2014 Media Devices - Music
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Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Michigan
File structure doesn't matter, but I use:
Root
___Artist Name
______Album Name
_________Song 1 Name.mp3
_________Song 2 Name.mp3
_________Album Art.jpg
You can use various file formats. If you use playlists, (listname.m3u) at long as they describe the full path to the song, you can put the lists in the root. You may wish to limit size to 16Gb. Too big a stick size takes a long time to boot up the radio.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Hammz; Jul 22, 2014 at 06:53 AM.
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From: prince george, b.c.
I have a 2014 street glide. I tried my older (about 10 years ?) ipod classic it worked but not that well. My kid smashed the screen on her iphone 4s. I cleared everything off it, loaded it with music and it works great.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Bear Creek PA
The older, "first gen" iPods with the actual spinning hard drive don't work so well with the bumps, they tend to crap out with impacts. If you're going to go "iPod," look for one that has the flash memory, like the iPod mini or later. Or go with the USB stick/flash drive.
2nd Gear
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From: Fayetteville, TN
Ipods
Agree with previous posts about using a USB Flash Drive. I've downloaded my entire collection of almost 3300 songs on one and it works great. For whatever reasons the IPOD Classics won't work for very long. Usually one or two good bumps in the road craps out the IPOD Classic. The IPOD Nano's work great but a downside is you either have to take it with you when you leave the bike or risk someone stealing it from your bike. If they steal your USB Flash Drive you're only out the cost of it and the aggravation.
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From: Long Island NY
And if somebody pops the cover and steals it you're only out an $8 thumb drive...
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I still have a usb in the JukeBoxŽ because it is easy to plug in the stick for updates there, but it is about 3" longer than the stock one.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Cleveland, OH
Just use a thumb drive and put it on shuffle in the radio settings. You can get a 16gb for around ten bucks. It'll hold plenty of tunes. And if it gets stolen, oh well, it's a cheap investment. Like others have mentioned the older iPods have a physical hard drive which are not going to do as well being bounced around.
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