Update on the MP3 Player Installation
I finished up fiddling with the MP3 player today. I figured out what the problem was with the USB jump drive was. The drive I was trying to use was formatted in NTFS, when it needed to be FAT or FAT32. It also had 2 partitions on it, one was formatted in CDFS so that it could boot with it’s propriety software that came with the jump drive. Once I fixed the partition issue and reformatted it, it worked fine.
I was looking at the AUX input and basically decided that I would probably never plug anything into it, and if I did, I have no idea what it would be, unless it was another MP3 player, which makes no sense. So, I did not do anything further with it.
I have loaded up my songs on a spare SD card I had lying around, stuck it in the player, and went for a shakedown ride to see if I had any loose connections that might cause problems. After about 30 miles over some pretty bumpy roads, everything stayed intact and the unit works like a charm.
Overall, this player does what it is supposed to do. It stores almost 600 songs (if I don’t want to see the NO DISC flashing) or almost 10,000 otherwise. I will limit myself to the 6 folders with 99 songs, and if I want more, I can just pop another SD card in the unit and go on my way.
This was incredibly easy to install. I just took the seat off, plugged the cable into the vacant CD connector, ran the cable under the seat and up into the trunk, and stuck it to the inside of the trunk lid with Velcro. It took less that 30 minutes from start to finish! No drilling holes, no splicing wires, no soldering, no nothing.
In my mind, the functionality it doesn’t have is more than made up for in ease of installation, and simplicity of use. I would recommend this unit to anyone who wants to KISS like me. At roughly $130.00, it seems like a bargain. You can see this unit at BikeMP3.Com