carfaninpa Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I am picking up my 2011 MKX later this week. I am used to listening to CDs that I burned from iTunes in my old car which has a 6 CD changer. Of course, the format in iTunes is proprietary to Apple. What is the best way for me to now listen to my music in the new MKX? I would prefer to just have mp3 files on a usb flash drive but getting from iTunes to mp3 is difficult. I guess I could buy a new ipod (now on my iphone4) dedicated to the car. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakleeman Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I am picking up my 2011 MKX later this week. I am used to listening to CDs that I burned from iTunes in my old car which has a 6 CD changer. Of course, the format in iTunes is proprietary to Apple. What is the best way for me to now listen to my music in the new MKX? I would prefer to just have mp3 files on a usb flash drive but getting from iTunes to mp3 is difficult. I guess I could buy a new ipod (now on my iphone4) dedicated to the car. Any suggestions would be appreciated. On the MyFord Touch system, one of the options (besides AM/FM, Sirius, CD, etc.) is BT/Stereo (bluetooth). I started up Pandora on my BT-connected phone and pushed the BT/Stereo option. It detected the BT audio feed and started playing Pandora over the car audio system. I imagine you could do the same with your iPhone connected via BT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsons66604 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I am picking up my 2011 MKX later this week. I am used to listening to CDs that I burned from iTunes in my old car which has a 6 CD changer. Of course, the format in iTunes is proprietary to Apple. What is the best way for me to now listen to my music in the new MKX? I would prefer to just have mp3 files on a usb flash drive but getting from iTunes to mp3 is difficult. I guess I could buy a new ipod (now on my iphone4) dedicated to the car. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I don't have iTunes in front of me but I found this on the internet http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071119173359AA54rRE in your iTunes library take them and drag and drop to your USB, easy as that I plan on bringing my old Gen5 iPod back to life and use it. It's big enough to hold my complete library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I don't have iTunes in front of me but I found this on the internet http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071119173359AA54rRE in your iTunes library take them and drag and drop to your USB, easy as that That won't work for protected content (old itunes songs, etc.). Protected content can only be played via a mp3 player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 What is the best way for me to now listen to my music in the new MKX? As stated just connect your iPhone to the usb port (just like an ipod) and play your music using Sync. Or you can stream your iPod from your iPhone to Sync using Bluetooth but you have to control the iPhone manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvford Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I bought an 8G 5th generation Ipod Nano from Amazon for $129 including shipping to leave in my car. It works great and the car detects it as soon as it's plugged in and you can control everything from the main screen. :yup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choff1138 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I bought an 8G 5th generation Ipod Nano from Amazon for $129 including shipping to leave in my car. It works great and the car detects it as soon as it's plugged in and you can control everything from the main screen. :yup: I still have my itouch that I bought before I got my phone and tend to carry both around anyway - just planning to use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revOevoM Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I successfully tested listening to the music ripped from CD to my iTunes library in Apple Lossless format and sync'd to my iPod Touch. Sounded great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyyfz Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Of course, the format in iTunes is proprietary to Apple. 100% incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpattie Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I purchased a 2011 Edge Labor Day, I just took my iTunes music folder and dropped/Dragged it to USB Thumb drive I connected to laptop. Pretty much like the Yahoo Answer in above post. It does take up move space than the sum of the music so make sure you get a large enough Thumb Drive. I got 16 gb and it used maybe 10-11 for around 1800 songs, plus cover art, etc. First time you connect the USB it will want to index it and it works fine. I used BT connection from iPhone for a while but that was not nearly as easy to use, especially with voice commands, over BT voice commands did not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I purchased a 2011 Edge Labor Day, I just took my iTunes music folder and dropped/Dragged it to USB Thumb drive I connected to laptop. Pretty much like the Yahoo Answer in above post. It does take up move space than the sum of the music so make sure you get a large enough Thumb Drive. I got 16 gb and it used maybe 10-11 for around 1800 songs, plus cover art, etc. First time you connect the USB it will want to index it and it works fine. I used BT connection from iPhone for a while but that was not nearly as easy to use, especially with voice commands, over BT voice commands did not work. Are any of the songs purchased from iTunes ( and if so are they unprotected) or did you rip them from CDs? What format files ended up on the usb drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpattie Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Are any of the songs purchased from iTunes ( and if so are they unprotected) or did you rip them from CDs? What format files ended up on the usb drive? Not sure of the format, it was whatever was in iTunes. Some purchased, some ripped. Will have to try the purchased ones to make sure they work, thinking back, I think all I have tried in car were ripped. Not enough time driving and SOOOOO many things to listen to, exploring Sirius also so have not used the USB all that much other than to make sure they played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Not sure of the format, it was whatever was in iTunes. Some purchased, some ripped. Will have to try the purchased ones to make sure they work, thinking back, I think all I have tried in car were ripped. Not enough time driving and SOOOOO many things to listen to, exploring Sirius also so have not used the USB all that much other than to make sure they played. Older purchased songs may still be protected and those should not work on a usb drive. Ripped songs and unprotected purchased songs (newer ones) should work fine. It's a copyright thing. One way to test is to see if itunes allows you to convert the song to a MP3 format. If not you can get around it by burning it to an audio disc and then ripping it back in. It's a pain but it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choff1138 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 One way to test is to see if itunes allows you to convert the song to a MP3 format. If not you can get around it by burning it to an audio disc and then ripping it back in. It's a pain but it works. We do this a lot anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpattie Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I got on syncmyride.com and there is also software to download that when I ran it did some updates to the iTunes library. it was called syncmyiTunes. This is the description, there are phone and windows versions also. SYNCMyiTunes MAC Client Are you using iTunes with your media player and having trouble indexing your music with SYNC? SYNC My iTunes may be able to help. It's a downloadable software program that corrects common errors in your iTunes music library, so that your music can be indexed by SYNC. If SYNC communicates that it is unable to index all the music on your media player when you plug it into your SYNC-equipped vehicle, then you should run SYNC My iTunes. Click this link to download and use SYNC My iTunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsons66604 Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 I got on syncmyride.com and there is also software to download that when I ran it did some updates to the iTunes library. it was called syncmyiTunes. This is the description, there are phone and windows versions also. SYNCMyiTunes MAC Client Are you using iTunes with your media player and having trouble indexing your music with SYNC? SYNC My iTunes may be able to help. It's a downloadable software program that corrects common errors in your iTunes music library, so that your music can be indexed by SYNC. If SYNC communicates that it is unable to index all the music on your media player when you plug it into your SYNC-equipped vehicle, then you should run SYNC My iTunes. Click this link to download and use SYNC My iTunes. That's good to know. I'll check it out if my old iPod has issues. The software must index library and send the info with the music. This takes the load off the mytouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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