how do I get it to play in the car? - other mp3 players are recognized while this one is not.
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Sorry I can't answer your question but I had no problem with this and my aftermarket radio although sound clarity was poor and controls did not work.
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Yes, you can. If you have an AUX jack in your stereo, you can use a 3.5 double male cable to jam in your car. (any radio shack) It sounds great with this player, btw. Many new cars come stocked with the mp3player aux jack.
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no. in fact even plugged into the usb in my car stereo, it only plays about half the mp3 items on it.
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I really do not have a problem ... The radio in my car for some reason was not picking up local radio frequencies now that I have this it works well as a fm radio picks up the local frequencies. The player is fine as an MP3 it was a no brainer to load it .... The only set back have is that I bought a 4 gig and I have way more music than that... I had a 32 gig iPod before and it was stolen ... And to be honest I don't miss it... No complaints about this product .... I use it mostly in my car just plug it in the aux and good to go ....
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microUSB to USB is what you need. plug it in like any other USB mp3 player and it will be recognized by any compatible device: pc, sound system, etc.
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This mp3 plays whatever is on the sd memory card or your phone. You have to have sd card or usp cable connected to your phone or aux connected to your phone. Once you hook it up you select a radio station that matches the number of the station on the mp3
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I had to update my car stereo with one that has a MP3 jack. Without that MP3 jack my stereo couldn't play podcasts from my iPhone or music from my MP3 player (not necessarily iPod).
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If you have the know how you can download anything and put it on a flash and use that. I downloaded and put stuff on my mp3 and bought a cable to connect the mp3 to this unit to play music. Cable was like $5. Unit has an input place for that.
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I had similar issue with an external hard drive that I wanted to use to play music. The Audi system only works with certain formats, according to the car owner's manual. I had to reformat the hard drive as FAT32, then it worked.
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Make sure the transmitter is on the same FM station channel as your car radio and play your songs on your phone. You also want to make sure that your phone is compatible with the transmitter.
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All USB-A thumb drives have worked. Make sure they are formatted as FAT (mine are FAT32). Put one MP3 file on the drive, plug the drive into the box, switch the box input to USB and it should start playing automatically after it reads the contents of the drive. If you have a lot of songs/directories on the thumb drive, it can take a long time to read it.
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My Sonawave plays music in the root of the drive, and also in a folder. If you still have trouble, just move your mp3 files to the root of the drive. By the way, it only plays MP3 type files. Good luck.
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I don't have a MP3 player. You can always pull up the manual on line and check to see if it will work.
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It will not play the sound through your car speakers during a call, but everything else it will. Make sure your dock settings are correct as James suggested. Make sure you are plugged into both the cigarette lighter and the aux port on you car stereo.
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Luke, If you still need one, I have uploaded a User's Guide / Manual for this MP3 player. It's included at the end of my review. Rick S.
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I drive a 2011 Honda CR-V and so far haven't been able to find a model that will work in it. I have the 5th generation Shuffle and when I tried to plug it in was told that my vehicle didn't support the format. I know this hasn't been much help as I'm not sure what year model car you drive. I'm assuming that my car would need a much older model iPod since none of the three MP3 players I've tried have worked. I hope you find something that works for you!
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If your phone or mp3 player has Bluetooth, it will play through this stereo. That is what I do. I do have another mp3 player that doesn't have Bluetooth and I use a cord that has a 3.5mm connector on one end and RCA connectors on the other end. I found my cord at Radio Shack. Hope this helps.