USB stick capacity

steveinutah · Dec 21, 2011

Okay, don't flame me - I know I've seen this but can't find it with search. Did I see somewhere that the largest USB stick/thumb drive the non-nav 2011 MO SL can access is 2GB. Is that correct?

The owner manual either doesn't say or I can't find it. Why the hell can't Nissan give us a model-specific owner manual? They have such a confusing mix of instructions for every possible combination it's very hard to find anything about the audio system! Maybe I'll cut out all the pages that only pertain to the nav system.

BillArf · Dec 21, 2011

Manual mentions USB 2.0 (no mention of USB 1.0) pertaining to usable media. Also mentions the format of USB stick has to be either FAT16 or FAT32. There is no mention in the manual of min or max GB that USB stick can be that I am aware of.

My Murano, USB experiences .............. Have your USB stick formatted to FAT32 or expect issues. Murano will read smaller then 4GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB USB Stick. I have not tested with larger capacity sticks.

steveinutah · Dec 21, 2011

Thanks, Bill. I seem to remember a post here saying you could use any size thumb drive but the system would only recognize the first 2gb. Maybe I'm kornfuzed and thinking of the 2.0 usb spec.

steveinutah · Dec 21, 2011

BTW, I have a usb stick I had knocking around in the MO and it sill holds way more music than I'll listen to in a year or so. Anything larger is a waste for me.

nighttalk · Dec 21, 2011

i have 2011 sl no-nav

i am using 8GB usb,
now over 2 months, i havent finish everything yet....

hokey777 · Dec 21, 2011

The manual says nothing about capacity (GB), but it does say this:

Models without navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders and files: 999 (Max. 255 files for one folder)

With navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders: 255 (including root folder), Files: 512 (Max. 255 files for one folder)

My '09 has the CF card, and it will only use up to 2GB.

Qat · Dec 22, 2011

steveinutah said:
BTW, I have a usb stick I had knocking around in the MO and it sill holds way more music than I'll listen to in a year or so. Anything larger is a waste for me.

My daughter gives me a hard time because I still use a 5 year old iPod mini 4G. But the thing holds enough music I can listen to it for 2 weeks driving to work before it gets through the playlist. Plenty of space for my needs.

steveinutah · Dec 22, 2011

hokey777 said:
The manual says nothing about capacity (GB), but it does say this:

Models without navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders and files: 999 (Max. 255 files for one folder)

With navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders: 255 (including root folder), Files: 512 (Max. 255 files for one folder)

My '09 has the CF card, and it will only use up to 2GB.

Yeah, I did see that part in the manual. Thanks.

hokey777 · Dec 22, 2011

So are you having a problem with not being able to access all of your music on the USB? What is the capacity of it? How many files are on it? Are they all WMA, MP3, M4a?

steveinutah · Dec 23, 2011

No, I'm not having any problems accessing it - just wondered because I thought I'd read about a 2gb limit. In fact today I finished filling the 4gb stick I'm using and it works great.

hokey777 · Dec 23, 2011

Glad to hear it. Perhaps it was the CF card you heard about that has that limitation. Wish I had the USB instead :banghead:

steveinutah · Dec 23, 2011

Seems to me that one of the major advantages of the usb stick over the iPod is that the car doesn't appear to charge the iPod, so you'd need to leave it plugged into a charger for long term use. True you can't select by artist, genre etc on the usb, but I just want some music & don't want to be picking specific stuff anyway. The USB already only has music I like . . .

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