plugged my mp3 player in and while riding with the volume maxed out, i could barely hear it. the cd sounds fine. i'm thinking of burning cd's in mp3 format, does anyone know how to do this?????

 

For MP3s (depending on how you rip-em) figure 1 mb per minute of the song. so in reality a 700mb CD will hold roughly 700min of music MP3s which is almost 8 hours of continuous music before it has to start repeating. IPODS are nice because you can select what Genre or artist or playlist you want to play where the MP3 CD in the HD player will basically play the songs in a 'sorted order'. I think it is based on FILENAME. So if you want to rip your own music you might want to make the filenames something like [ARTIST]_[ALBUM]_[TRACK]_[TITLE].mp3. The problem with this format is the filename can be so long you don't get to even see the title of the song on the LCD Display.

I'd first check to ensure you are 'outputting' enough volume from your MP3 player. I wasn't sure what you were syaing when you say the 'volume is maxed out'. Are you saying the MP3 Player's volume button is as high as it goes or the HD Deck's volume is as high as it goes? Maybe check both volumes.

You might also need to adjust the MAX OUTPUT/VOLUME. I know for IPODS there is a setting for this but am not aware of other MP3 players have this feature. So if you have an iPOD check the max output/volume setting and adjust for full maximum when you have it connected to your Deck.

Use a good 1/8" to 1/8" STEREO Mini-Plug and you should be fine. Ensure the plug is well seated in both the MP3 player and the deck itself.

Just some suggestions to look at.

 

iceman is right. You need to max out the volume on the mp3 player so that the volume on the cd player will max also.

 

i didnt know you could plug your mp3 into your deck on the HD, so were do you plug that little bugger at.ive got one hell-of-a selection on my mp3 and would like to be able to list on the scoot.

 

On the Harmon Kardon stereos, there is a little Aux. plug-in on the bottom right-hand side. It has a rubber dust cover (at least on the '07s)

 

thanks, thats what i have a 07 UC so ill have to look closer and go get me a jumper so i can go with the flow. THANKS again for all that everyone has done for me on this board. yall starting to fell like family around here know sorry im emotional

 

radioshack has the cable for about $6.