Can I download music to my audio system?
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Can I download music to my audio system?
Okay, you can tell that I don't know much about music files (beyond sticking a CD into the slot). Is there a harddrive on the 2010 RX that I can download music from itunes onto? I believe some brands like Mercedes have that capability, but I don't believe the RX is equipped to do that. I guess the only way to hear downloaded music is to plug in an iPod. Anyone know for sure? Thanks!
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The only drawback to using a thumb drive is that each folder can only hold 255 songs.
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on gen5, ls460 is hdd base and it does have the option to allow people to rip music to hdd, but since 2010 with gen6, feature is gone
though i have to say, if they allow people to just copy songs over from mp3 files / cds, great. but they limited it so that you can only rip songs from audio cd format, that made it quite painful
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But it works well, and the folders are selectable from the radio display. IIRC, the songs need to be converted from apple proprietary format to mp3. After that, the playlist can be dragged directly from iTunes to the thumb drive folder.
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I'll stick with the iPod. It takes about 15 minutes to download one CD to the HD in my mom's MKS. Maybe setting up a Mac Mini would be better. My old installer put them in a few party buses for video and music. Could be sweet with ML.
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I thought I could have one folder per play list. But with a 255 file limit per folder, I had to change that plan. Instead I have multiple folders per playlist. So for my "Poker" playlist, I have folders named Poker1, Poker2, Poker3, etc on the thumb drive.
Within the folders, I name the files <Title>-<Artist>. Alphabetizing first by title provides better randomization than alphabetizing first by artist.
I use MediaMonkey to convert from apple lossless (ripped from CD) to mp3.
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If you go to ebay you can purchase on of these.
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I bought 2 USB drives. They are very cheap and work excellent. What you do is plug on your personal computer, right click and create new folders. make about 8-10 name each one like...Music, Music I, Music II etc. ( or they type of music in the folder..country etc.)
open your i tunes or media center and drag the music into the folders. Don't put more that 255 mp3 files in a folder. After you fill your folders on desktop, insert your USB, open it and drag and drop your new music folders on to it. You can insert the sub in your Lexus and turn on the radio, click USB. If at first it doesn't recognize it while the radio is on with USB selected, withdraw the use from the slot and reenter it. you may have to do this once or twice, however the system will see it and would will be amazed that all files folders, names, artists are visible to be seen and selected.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Geek-Squad-GS-8G...item230adf70eb
I bought 2 USB drives. They are very cheap and work excellent. What you do is plug on your personal computer, right click and create new folders. make about 8-10 name each one like...Music, Music I, Music II etc. ( or they type of music in the folder..country etc.)
open your i tunes or media center and drag the music into the folders. Don't put more that 255 mp3 files in a folder. After you fill your folders on desktop, insert your USB, open it and drag and drop your new music folders on to it. You can insert the sub in your Lexus and turn on the radio, click USB. If at first it doesn't recognize it while the radio is on with USB selected, withdraw the use from the slot and reenter it. you may have to do this once or twice, however the system will see it and would will be amazed that all files folders, names, artists are visible to be seen and selected.
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