SilverJ

Hey guys. My USB on my MDX only seems to read the music on the USB stick if I start the car, disconnect it, and connect it back up. And even though it plays music at that point, it does not show any folder information (it used to but stopped working recently).
If I turn the car off and start up again and turn on the USB, it will just hang on USB loading. IN my TL, I can just leave it plugged in all the time and it never has any issue reading or displaying the folder info. I have the exact same data on both usb drives. Anyone have that happen on their MDX ?

J-Spec Dan

i do not have those issues but then again, i'm using an iPod nano and it's always connected.

mrgold35

I usually get about 2-3 years on average from a flashdrive with normal use (computer specialist with constant daily use). I've had some that failed out the box and some drives that last +5 years. I would back-up the drive and maybe try another drive with the MDX. I use a 64GB Silicon Power Touch 830 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $43 on Amazon with zero issues for about a year plugged in 24/7 on my X.

SilverJ

Maybe I will try the USB stick that's in my TL and see if that works.
Its just odd that it partially reads it, I could see it not reading it at all or reading it fully.

SilverJ

update:swapped out the usb sticks. Worked fine then. I actually even put in the old one that didnt workr before and that now shows the file directories too. Go figure.

technocrat

I think I had read somewhere that sometimes the system doesnt *refresh* & the bet way to do so is to just use another USB & then plug back the regular one & you should see the changes.

So all you had to do (& you did) was to force the system to re-read your old USB & then it would work.

csmeance

I know I-drive indexes the whole audio directory like the Acura system and puts a small file on the USB with the index to help loading times after the first use. perhaps that file was corrupted on the drive.

You can view it on most window's computers by enabling the show hidden files option.

SilverJ

Is I- drive the usb system in the Acura ?

technocrat

iDrive is BMW's car interactive system.

He is suggesting what iDrive does & is asking that if Acura uses similar system then you could figure this on a PC.

SilverJ

got it. I will look for that next time it acts up. Thanks.

csmeance

No, acura uses a similar system that has close to same behavior of numbering and indexing every item first!

^yup, you can erase the index file on a PC and it'll force the radio to re-index the drive.

^glad to hear! Enjoy the tunes! Personally I love the DVD MP3 disks, 4.6GB of music that I never have to worry about

SilverJ

DVD MP3 discs ? Really ? Is that the ones that I think Adobeman had a tutorial on here years ago ?

I did make one of those for one of my Older TL's, but honestly, I think the USB drive is so much easier. The one I have cost 15 bucks for 32GB of music.
My TL has never given me an issue as far as the USB drive is concerned and it appears the MDX is OK now too.
I like the idea that its just always there in the car and if I ever need to add songs I can, with a DVD once you burn it, its done.

csmeance

I made it with itunes and inserted a dvd, selected MP3 cd under burn options and selected the open session option so I can continue to write on it! My MDX doesn't have the USB so it's a workaround.

SilverJ

Ah I see. If you don't have a USB drive I can understand why you would do this.

Update on my issue, the original USB stick stopped reading the file directories again on the MDX, I took it out and looked at it on Windows explorer. It doesn't add any additional indexing files. Back to the drawing board.
Up next I will try the USB stick from the MDX in my TL and see if it still doesn't work properly in the TL.