How does this unit read the file structure from a USB stick? Does it do it by the order structure within the folder or does it have some goofy way?
1003229
My thumb drive has windows media files on it and the kenwood reads the files perfectly fine including reading out the bands name, track number, and the name of the song all displayed on the screen. really a descent head unit for the money
1003230
Haven't used a USB drive with a stick yet just plug my iPhone charger n it. Charges d phone and plays at the same time
38199
It acts like just another drive. I have never used any of the software that came installed on any removable USB storage device I've purchased. None of that software works on Linux any way. It just lies there and wastes space.
990957
It acts as though it is an external drive. Just plug in and access your files, it's super easy.
1449304
It will only see files on the root directory. It does not have an LED display. If it did, you would be able to select different sectors on you USB.I have not been able to get this unit to work. Also, you must be able to format your USB into sectors of 1.4mg. It's been awhile, I don't remember if it came with software to do that. One more thing. You have to find 2Gb or smaller USB sticks. Good Luck, but I would not recommend.
205021
No, I purchased this unit for that purpose and it didn't work. I could see and read files from the USB drive but could not save files to the drive. The problem seemed to be that it was so slow the write failed due to time out, not permissions.
1916788
This will work fine just like any other external USB drive. If you don't want it formatted as NTFS, it can be easily formatted as FAT32 or whatever your need is.
1893221
well i just got a sandisk thumb drive that is 2 gig i put some pictures and one word doc and one text doc and some programs on it and put it in the player and it did not-read anything on it but it put a folder call buda on the drive i have not look at the manual to see what files it can read
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Likely it is FAT32, or maybe NTFS. Go here, and just format to FAT. http://download.cnet.com/USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-75984825.html Use caution you are formatting the correct drive letter, or you may have disastrous results, by accidentally formatting an external drive, or SD Card.
408321
It is truly random, at least for all practical purposes it is. To a human it looks random, a mathematician might spot a flaw in the algorithm but it won't matter for someone viewing in random mode. It does always start with the same photo and after that they are random. I have just under 200 photos on the USB memory stick all in the top level directory (not in folders) and I have it set to play a random side show. On power up it always shows the same photo and then after that they are random. This would be a bug if the photos were displayed for an hour (the longest setting) but with any of the shorter times it is not a problem. After displaying this same photo the next one and all after will be random.
1985281
I attached the USB drive to the standard USB port and use file explorer to browse it. It just simple worked.
2238229
It does not show up in my file explorer as a drive. It shows up as exactly what it is, Sansa View, with an icon that resembles a generic mp3 player with headphones. There is no (*:\) anything tagged on at all.Looking into the system settings I see nothing that allows me to change any USB options. In fact, there are absolutely no options for changing the way the device interfaces with a computer.Hope this helps.~BS~
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I just bought one of these a few days ago, and I bought a 2GB microSD card to go with it. When I plugged the device (with microSD inserted) into my computer, it shows up as TWO separate external drives ("disk" and "disk-1"). I then dragged files to them separately. But... when the device is removed, it displayes "refresh database, do not remove SD card" (or something similar) and thinks for about 30 seconds. After that, it appears that the two separate file systems are seen as ONE by the device itself.I am using Linux (Ubuntu 7.04). I'm not sure if it is different with Windows platforms. I just bought one of these a few days ago, and I bought a 2GB microSD card to go with it. When I plugged the device (with microSD inserted) into my computer, it shows up as TWO separate external drives ("disk" and "disk-1"). I then dragged files to them separately. But... when the device is removed, it displayes "refresh database, do not remove SD card" (or something similar) and thinks for about 30 seconds. After that, it appears that the two separate file systems are seen as ONE by the device itself.I am using Linux (Ubuntu 7.04). I'm... » Read More I just bought one of these a few days ago, and I bought a 2GB microSD card to go with it. When I plugged the device (with microSD inserted) into my computer, it shows up as TWO separate external drives ("disk" and "disk-1"). I then dragged files to them separately. But... when the device is removed, it displayes "refresh database, do not remove SD card" (or something similar) and thinks for about 30 seconds. After that, it appears that the two separate file systems are seen as ONE by the device itself.I am using Linux (Ubuntu 7.04). I'm not sure if it is different with Windows platforms. « Show Less
1640657
Sorry, I have no idea what you are asking me about, all I can tell you is that this drive works with a USB port, other than that, I can't help you :(
2017615
Not an expert, but you may try reformatting the usb drive in FAT32 structure.
1790021
Hi, this was a gift to my sister-in-law a few years ago. But if I remember correctly,you connect device to the computer with provided usb and download pictures to it. Once loaded, you view pictures directly on the device. Hope that helps.
944413
Sorry, but I won't be much help. I have not used a flash drive on that unit.
1200002
Happy New Year! No this Card Reader will not read a USB Stick. However it is awesome for reading SD Cards.