ShadesOfBloo
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I have a 2020 Mustang GT with the 301A package (so no CD player). I’m looking for a way to make the media player do what I want. I’ve tried browsing topics here, and I’ve tried a search, and it looks like I have to start a new topic for my specific question.
I hope someone can bear with me, and help me out.
Two of my cars have CD players that read MP3 files. (The older one also reads WMA.) Hundreds of songs on one disk; No fumbling required. The CD player can switch folders with the click of a button.
Now that I have a new car with no CD player I thought "OK, I can work with this. It could be pretty cool once I sort it out." Adapting even gave me an excuse to buy a thumb drive in the shape of a 1970 Mustang.
I've put about 3 GB of music on it so far. 3GB versus a CD's 700 MB...
I had high hopes for this being pretty awesome.
...But the stereo's default way to read the drive is that it picks songs at random.
Picking a folder for the mood I'm in takes many touches of the touchscreen AND I have to be parked to do it.
Once I pick a folder and start driving, the player just stays in that folder. When it runs out of songs in that folder, it starts over.
If I’m driving, it won’t let me override and pick a new folder.
(My only remedy so far is to put more songs in each folder. Now that I'm up to 70 songs in a folder, that's still about a 1.5 hour loop and it won't do for long trips.)
I like how a CD player will play all the music in one folder, then move on to another folder. If I’m in the mood for something in particular, I can pick which folder to start with.
Is there a setting to make my Mustang’s media player do that?
Also, one menu in particular annoys the **** out of me because I have to scroll all the way to the bottom to find the “explore device” option. That’s the only option I ever use off that menu. Is there a way to put that option at the top?
I hope someone can bear with me, and help me out.
Two of my cars have CD players that read MP3 files. (The older one also reads WMA.) Hundreds of songs on one disk; No fumbling required. The CD player can switch folders with the click of a button.
Now that I have a new car with no CD player I thought "OK, I can work with this. It could be pretty cool once I sort it out." Adapting even gave me an excuse to buy a thumb drive in the shape of a 1970 Mustang.
I've put about 3 GB of music on it so far. 3GB versus a CD's 700 MB...
I had high hopes for this being pretty awesome.
...But the stereo's default way to read the drive is that it picks songs at random.
Picking a folder for the mood I'm in takes many touches of the touchscreen AND I have to be parked to do it.
Once I pick a folder and start driving, the player just stays in that folder. When it runs out of songs in that folder, it starts over.
If I’m driving, it won’t let me override and pick a new folder.
(My only remedy so far is to put more songs in each folder. Now that I'm up to 70 songs in a folder, that's still about a 1.5 hour loop and it won't do for long trips.)
I like how a CD player will play all the music in one folder, then move on to another folder. If I’m in the mood for something in particular, I can pick which folder to start with.
Is there a setting to make my Mustang’s media player do that?
Also, one menu in particular annoys the **** out of me because I have to scroll all the way to the bottom to find the “explore device” option. That’s the only option I ever use off that menu. Is there a way to put that option at the top?
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