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lukev01

Member Since: 24 Mar 2012
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 412

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Problems listening to music via USB

Hi All

Probably a numty question but.....

I have transferred a playlist from iTunes to a USB stick. So far so good...

I put it into the USB slot on the Alpine unit and selected USB audio with the green button.

"No file" is the message that comes up.

I have looked at the file type - MPEG-4 audio, that iTunes used by default.

What am I doing wrong? 1970 Series 2A 88"

5th Oct 2014 5:52pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Not an Alpine unit but with my Defender and Company Car on a USB stick or memory card you have to access the media on the stick or card via the menu 'Flat Directories' to get access to the music. If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

5th Oct 2014 7:35pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20294

Files are most likely protected for copyright / piracy reasons.
They'll only play via a synced Apple device.
Unless they are not encrypted, AAC or .MP3.
If your music was iTunes purchased it will be most certainly be protected files.

5th Oct 2014 7:36pm

V12vanquish

Member Since: 28 Sep 2014
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 52

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Keswick Green

I think the files need to be MP3.
I had a similar problem getting music files to play on another car.
I ended up using windows media player to convert the files to MP3 format, copied onto a memory stick and it worked fine.
I'm currently using this same memory stick in my new Defender with no problems.
The only thing I don't like is it sticks out in the dash, it's going to get clouted sooner rather than later and probably damage the radio.

Last edited by V12vanquish on 5th Oct 2014 8:16pm. Edited 1 time in total

5th Oct 2014 7:58pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20294

Some can support AAC and MP3, generally MP3 is the most widely covered format.

5th Oct 2014 8:04pm

redzob

Member Since: 16 Jul 2014
Location: St. Peter Port
Posts: 137

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Corris Grey

I had to convert all my iTunes to mp3. There's an export function on iTunes but it still took hours... Defender Puma 2.2 XS 90
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Way too many racing bikes.

5th Oct 2014 8:44pm

lukev01

Member Since: 24 Mar 2012
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 412

Thanks for all replies.

For now, I have connected the iPod but will try again when I have a spare evening. 1970 Series 2A 88"

5th Oct 2014 10:18pm

glpinxit

Member Since: 31 Jul 2010
Location: rural Somerset
Posts: 156

Interested in the answer to this. My USB memory played fine in my previous Kenwood unit but will only play about 3 albums on the standard MY14 XS Alpine unit. I'm too busy to find out why and am playing the iphone into it via USB or Bluetooth depending on how far I'm going. Cheers, Guy.

5th Oct 2014 10:23pm

kipperthedog

Member Since: 27 Jun 2013
Location: Down South
Posts: 403

I think I will invent a simple disc to put music on that just plays the tunes without any faffing about with a computer!

....oh.....no wait thats been done before

6th Oct 2014 7:31am

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