sc00by Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 I am having a challenge finding a usb thumb drive which works with Sync 3. I've tried several thumb drives in different sizes and file systems but I continue to encounter "unsupported USB device, please remove." Am curious for anyone using a thumb drive, what is the make and model? I have a plethora of MP3 files I'd like to play from the drive. Almost was going to burn a CD but there is no optical drive in my car🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 (edited) I have a 128GB Samsung USB drive formatted ExFAT - when received it was formatted ExFAT https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPG9YX9/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&th=1 Edited August 14 by 1004ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 (edited) I keep all my music on old iPod Nanos. You can pick them up very cheaply still (faulty screens and dud batteries don't mater), load them with your favourite playlists and they work really well with Sync 3. l Edited August 15 by niceonept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc00by Posted August 15 Author Report Share Posted August 15 14 hours ago, 1004ron said: I have a 128GB Samsung USB drive formatted ExFAT - when received it was formatted ExFAT https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPG9YX9/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&th=1 I bought one of these, we'll see. I have been using 8, 32, and 64gb drives. 1 hour ago, niceonept said: I keep all my music on old iPod Nanos. You can pick them up very cheaply still (faulty screens and dud batteries don't mater), load them with your favourite playlists and they work really well with Sync 3. l I was thinking about trying itunes to load the songs onto my iphone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc00by Posted August 19 Author Report Share Posted August 19 On 8/14/2024 at 4:56 PM, 1004ron said: I have a 128GB Samsung USB drive formatted ExFAT - when received it was formatted ExFAT https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPG9YX9/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&th=1 This thumbdrive worked. It was also the largest capacity drive I tried so I wonder if there is a min size requirement? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 I've used the same brand and model USB 32GB drive for the Cyanlabs Sync3 updates - but I don't think they still sell them in that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted August 20 Report Share Posted August 20 I stop using USB thumb drives because its a pain to organize the music in a way where its easy to choose the song or album. I still use CDRs that I recorded, purchased DVDs and have several songs and albums transferred to the hard disk. Lately however, I usually just flip on SiriusXM (news or comedy channels, 50s, 60s & 70s. Granson likes the Beatles channel, the 90s and the current crap.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 21 Report Share Posted August 21 23 hours ago, enigma-2 said: I stop using USB thumb drives because its a pain to organize the music in a way where its easy to choose the song or album. I still use CDRs that I recorded, purchased DVDs and have several songs and albums transferred to the hard disk. Lately however, I usually just flip on SiriusXM (news or comedy channels, 50s, 60s & 70s. Granson likes the Beatles channel, the 90s and the current crap.) Play song Hotel California Play artist Eagles Play album Hotel California Or create a playlist and say Play Playlist. Should still work even for burned CDs. Worst case just edit the mp3 tags. Works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 All that organization takes work. <Work -in the voice of Maynard G. Crebbs.> Problem with using Sync is I can't remember what songs are on the thumb drive. (Sad isn't, see what you've got to look forward to?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonesail Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 On 8/14/2024 at 3:06 PM, sc00by said: I am having a challenge finding a usb thumb drive which works with Sync 3. The problem .. I think .. is the version of the USB flash drive. I went thru this and found that only USB 2.0 thumb drives work with my Sync 3 vehicle. I currently have a 32 GB thumb drive and it works fine. Downside is they are much slower than the new USB 3 drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 4 minutes ago, gonesail said: The problem .. I think .. is the version of the USB flash drive. I went thru this and found that only USB 2.0 thumb drives work with my Sync 3 vehicle. I currently have a 32 GB thumb drive and it works fine. Downside is they are much slower than the new USB 3 drives. The ones I'm using linked above are USB-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 On 8/15/2024 at 1:45 PM, sc00by said: I bought one of these, we'll see. I have been using 8, 32, and 64gb drives. I was thinking about trying itunes to load the songs onto my iphone. That should work too. I have a lot of my iTunes music loaded onto an old iPod Touch (which is essentially an iPhone without the phone bit) and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonesail Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 7 hours ago, 1004ron said: The ones I'm using linked above are USB-3 I have also heard that the USB hubs can be USB version specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc00by Posted October 29 Author Report Share Posted October 29 Guys this topic has been run aground. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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