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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by hrchdog
Files are in m4a and mp3
Format would be compatible. Are you actually putting the music files onto the USB stick? Or are you just putting the playlists (only) on the USB stick?

You don't have any security or backup software on the USB stick? Some USB sticks come with these type of utilities pre-installed & maybe they're not allowing the Infosys to read them?

Just throwing out questions because this just doesn't seem to make sense?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Hammz
Format would be compatible. Are you actually putting the music files onto the USB stick? Or are you just putting the playlists (only) on the USB stick?

You don't have any security or backup software on the USB stick? Some USB sticks come with these type of utilities pre-installed & maybe they're not allowing the Infosys to read them?

Just throwing out questions because this just doesn't seem to make sense?
I'm making a playlist in ITunes then transferring it to usb stick.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 10:00 AM
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Make sure your itunes converts to mp3. I tried converting to itunes and had alot of songs missing.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by hrchdog
I'm making a playlist in ITunes then transferring it to usb stick.
You need to make sure you copy the actual music over to the USB stick.

A playlist is nothing more than an XML file that points to your music.
You very well may not have any actual music on your memory stick.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 01:01 PM
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You need to make sure you copy the actual music over to the USB stick.
How do I do this? I can stick the usb into a computer and it will play.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by hrchdog
You need to make sure you copy the actual music over to the USB stick.
How do I do this? I can stick the usb into a computer and it will play.

You can stick into the computer and play the songs because the playlist on the USB points to the songs on your computer. You can't drag, or export, a playlist from iTunes to a USB and make it work on your Boom system.

Try this:
Delete everything from the USB
Put 1 song on the USB, drag and drop a song from your computer
See if your bike can recognize the USB and play the song.


I posted a screenshot of my USB drive here:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/new-r...ization-6.html
 

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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by J929626
You can stick into the computer and play the songs because the playlist on the USB points to the songs on your computer. You can't drag, or export, a playlist from iTunes to a USB and make it work on your Boom system.

Try this:
Delete everything from the USB
Put 1 song on the USB, drag and drop a song from your computer
See if your bike can recognize the USB and play the song.


I posted a screenshot of my USB drive here:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/new-r...ization-6.html
Rather than deleting everything, start with the basics. Reformat the usb with the tool I linked earlier. Then try what he said.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Tourinon
I must have really lucked out. Grabbed an old flash drive out of a drawer, downloaded all my songs from Itunes and it works great! Displays album art and all. Shuffle feature works, alphabetical by title works.
Same here and it made me feel pretty smart otherwise I would be really lost.
 
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