[Charles Summers]

Hmm.... these look interesting, but I can't find anything positive or
negative here about them. I'd LOVE to just pop in a flash drive instead of
burning CD's.

What's your take on these?

[Matt Ion]

Charles Summers wrote:
Hmm.... these look interesting, but I can't find anything positive or
negative here about them. I'd LOVE to just pop in a flash drive instead of
burning CD's.

What's your take on these?

Not having used one, I'll speak more generally: I think it's a great idea, and
there should be no quality issues related to the media. You MAY see
sound-quality problems related to the compression format used (MP3, etc.) but
those are the same whether using MP3s on CD, or on a portable player (iPod,
etc.) and not a failing of using flash-memory.

[MOSFET]

Hmm.... these look interesting, but I can't find anything positive or
negative here about them. I'd LOVE to just pop in a flash drive instead of
burning CD's.

What's your take on these?

Well, wait a second. Matt is talking about flash drives, but your SUBJECT
line reads USB systems, which are different things, right? I have seen HU's
with flash-drive ports (like for SD cards), but a USB port is something
entirely different, right?

I'm not entirely clear what you would use a USB port on a HU for (for
transfering songs from what to what, an internal HD in a HU?). I know
Alpine has USB capability now. Is this so the MP3 data (from an iPod fopr
instance) can be sent to the HU for MP3 decoding? Is there a benefit to
this? I'm honestly not clear on this. Just curious.

MOSFET

[Charles Summers]

"MOSFET" wrote in message
m...

Well, wait a second. Matt is talking about flash drives, but your SUBJECT
line reads USB systems, which are different things, right? I have seen
HU's
with flash-drive ports (like for SD cards), but a USB port is something
entirely different, right?

I'm not entirely clear what you would use a USB port on a HU for (for
transfering songs from what to what, an internal HD in a HU?). I know
Alpine has USB capability now. Is this so the MP3 data (from an iPod fopr
instance) can be sent to the HU for MP3 decoding? Is there a benefit to
this? I'm honestly not clear on this. Just curious.

MOSFET


Here's some examples:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-SG6EfF8...00&I=257KDG820
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-SG6EfF8...300&I=113MP532

Apparently, you can transfer your songs to a flash drive, insert it into the
USB port and use it as you would on your computer to play mp3's or WMA's.

[Matt Ion]

MOSFET wrote:
Hmm.... these look interesting, but I can't find anything positive or
negative here about them. I'd LOVE to just pop in a flash drive instead of
burning CD's.

What's your take on these?


Well, wait a second. Matt is talking about flash drives, but your SUBJECT
line reads USB systems, which are different things, right? I have seen HU's
with flash-drive ports (like for SD cards), but a USB port is something
entirely different, right?

Different connection, but you're still talking flash memory inside.

I'm not entirely clear what you would use a USB port on a HU for (for
transfering songs from what to what, an internal HD in a HU?). I know
Alpine has USB capability now. Is this so the MP3 data (from an iPod fopr
instance) can be sent to the HU for MP3 decoding? Is there a benefit to
this? I'm honestly not clear on this. Just curious.

The decks I've seen with a USB port are designed to play songs from a "thumb
drive/jump drive/etc." device. Others have SD or CF slots to play off standard
memory cards. Either way, you're just using flash memory as a storage medium,
instead of a CD.

[MOSFET]

The decks I've seen with a USB port are designed to play songs from a
"thumb
drive/jump drive/etc." device. Others have SD or CF slots to play off
standard
memory cards. Either way, you're just using flash memory as a storage
medium,
instead of a CD.

YES! Those jump drives. I know what you mean. Thanks Matt.

Nick

[Matt Ion]

MOSFET wrote:
The decks I've seen with a USB port are designed to play songs from a

"thumb

drive/jump drive/etc." device. Others have SD or CF slots to play off

standard

memory cards. Either way, you're just using flash memory as a storage

medium,

instead of a CD.


YES! Those jump drives. I know what you mean. Thanks Matt.

I thought you were blocking me?

[MOSFET]

I thought you were blocking me?

Nope, changed my mind.

See ya,

MOSFET

[Charles Summers]

"Charles Summers" wrote in message
. ..
Hmm.... these look interesting, but I can't find anything positive or
negative here about them. I'd LOVE to just pop in a flash drive instead of
burning CD's.

What's your take on these?


FWIW: I bought the JVC.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-SG6EfF8...00&I=257KDG820

We'll see how well they work.