jfalk;694844 Wrote: 
> I just bought a 2010 Mercedes Benz.  The multimedia system in the car
> has a PCMCIA slot which will take a 32GB card with an adapter.  The
> system works OK, I guess, complete with display,but I don't see any
> obvious reason that Mercedes couldn't install some version of
> squeezecenter in the car. 
> 
> The Mercedes system: (a) takes only MP3s (b) has a 4,000 track limit
> (c) has a 255 file folder limit, including subfolders (this is a
> ridiculous limitation and causes almost all the relevant problems) and
> (d) doesn't read tags: it just displays the folder and filename on the
> screen.
> 
> So I've made this work by using artist folders (with a misc folder for
> artists without many tracks) and then using mp3tag to make the filename
> [first letter of album name]-[track no]-[song name]-[album name].  This
> at least puts the files in the right order, and although the album name
> (and sometimes the song title) is almost invariably cut off I can sort
> of make it work.  But it makes me realize how spoiled Slim Devices have
> made me.
> 
> And when you think how close this is to being useful -- it reads a 32GB
> card; it plays music; it allows you to select music by twirling a dial
> and move between folders by punching the dial, and it has a display --
> just a little more software and --- oh, well.

Sounds like you'd be better off with a Pioneer head unit attached to a
USB HD. (Mine's an 80GB.)

P


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pski

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