How to FORMAT a SD CARD for car player??

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How to FORMAT a SD CARD for car player??

Hi,

recently just bought a Car Player whicih c'ld read SD CARD & USB drive!! I'm tying to format the card to MS-DOS FAT which is windows format & drag the mp3 files into the card or USB drive. Well, I plug it to the player it detected USB or SD CARD but c'ld not play the files contented on both..am I did wrong or Mac doesn't able to do it?!

Thanks

Posted on Dec 15, 2009 7:23 PM

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Lyssa

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Dec 15, 2009 8:03 PM in response to Ray1018

Please try to avoid using abbreviations. They make understanding your post difficult.

I think the issue is you didn't quite format the drive right. You're close though.

In *Disk Utility*, in the Partition tab, you should see an Options... button in the lower left corner, beneath the *Volume Scheme* box. Click the Options... button and choose *MBR (Master Boot Record)* in that window. From there, you should be able to format the drive as FAT.

Hopefully reformatting solves the issue.

~Lyssa

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dbsneddon

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Dec 15, 2009 7:41 PM in response to Ray1018

Could not play the files or did not find them?
FAT format is usual for devices like this.
Does the manual that came with the player, or
the website, give any hints about what is needed?
Are there any restrictions on the names of the
mp3 files?

Dave

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Ray1018 Author

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Dec 15, 2009 7:54 PM in response to dbsneddon

Thanks Dave!

It's a China Made Player..no website at all..haaa..manual doesn't mention much on it! I'm wondering is there any root file or directory s'ld content to let the play understand the path? I'm so unlucky..hope some c'ld help me up!

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Ray1018 Author

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Dec 15, 2009 9:23 PM in response to dbsneddon

Huh..i'ld like to say thanks again too all friends here!
I use the Master Boot Record while format!
For USB thumb drive ,it open up but no content inside the window! For the SD card, it detected & shown STOP icon & SD E..

What's wrong?! Wierd

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dbsneddon

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Dec 15, 2009 9:28 PM in response to Ray1018

It is either looking for a particular directory containing the files, or
the filenames you are using are not considered valid.
Try putting a file on there and rename it to a.mp3 and see if it can see
that.
Can you provide the make and model number of the player?
Or any other identifying names/codes?

Dave

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Ray1018 Author

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Dec 15, 2009 11:07 PM in response to dbsneddon

Ok Dave, I'll try to put a simple file name as you mentioned "a.mp3" soon!! My player is "avsystem", btw I even c'ld not find any website regardingly to the brand, haaa..but it's a China Made!!

I try out a several format like wmv, avi, mp4, wave...but seems is the root/directory problem..wierd!!

I'll try to format it on WINDOWS & see how's the result then..

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Ray1018 Author

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Dec 16, 2009 6:18 AM in response to dbsneddon

huh..Dave, i've try out like this...

Using a PC to Format my USB & SD Card

1) OLD 512MB SD (FAT Format)
2) NEW 4GB SDHC (FAT32 Format)
3) OLD 4GB (FAT32)
4) NEW Kingston 8GB (FAT32 Format)

Only "2" the new 4GB SDHC which formated in FAT32 Failed to play and even open Root window on my player...

What do you think?
Why Format to MS-DOS FAT on Mac c'ld not successful?

Need your brainstorming...thanks!!!

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Answer 8

Dec 16, 2009 8:13 AM in response to Ray1018

Hi,

I do not know if this helps but I spend quite a lot of time on ebay and there have been complaints of some memory cards or USB drives from China being forgeries and do not work.

Just a thought,

Alan

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Ray1018 Author

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Dec 17, 2009 12:41 AM in response to Alan Bishop2

thanks Alan,

But this is quite a wrong issue or complaint!!
I did it finally.

Most of the Player who built with SD Card slot will only reganise FAT16 but nowadays all formated to FAT32 automatically...So, Once Formated to FAT16 it'll work. FAT16 will only posible to Format if the Card capacity is below 2GB.

For USB Pendrive, It work on both FAT32 & FAT16.

Back to the basic, most of the Player programme everything accordingly to Windows or DOS system..so, It's a Must to format a Card or Pendrive on PC to make it work well on most Player!!

I just guess, it's maybe caused by the Root File or the Directory...PC formatting provide the Directory to let the player open the folder and read the file well...

Correct me if i'm wrong..haaaa..just my 2 cents after doing some experiments these few days..
Thanks again for all who willing to help here!!

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dbsneddon

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Dec 15, 2009 8:10 PM in response to Ray1018

Does it find the files and not play them or is it
not able to find any files?
(And check the format as suggested by Lyssa.)

Dave

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dbsneddon

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Dec 15, 2009 11:13 PM in response to Ray1018

Do a google search for "avsystem car mp3 player" and try to
identify the system. I doubt you will get any real help here
unless you can identify the exact player you have.

Dave

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Király

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Dec 16, 2009 7:18 AM in response to Ray1018

It could be that your device is choking on the invisible files that your Mac leaves on it.

Try this to get rid of that junk:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28432

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Ray1018 Author

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Dec 16, 2009 7:37 AM in response to Király

Oh? interesting..what's that mean?

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