[lmaxim]

i've tried to search the many USB/Flash threads - just can't seem to locate this....
can a USB 3.1 be used in a 2018 CRV?

bestbuy has a 3.1 on sale for $8 US (32GB). but i don't want to buy if it won't work in 2018.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-ultra-32gb-usb-3-1-flash-drive-black/6182920.p?skuId=6182920



:headscratch: :Rockin: :badum:

 

[dick_w]

I *think* that's a lower capacity version of the one I am using. USB 3.1 won't matter in the USB 2 CR-V but it should write faster on a USB 3 capable host.

 

[lmaxim]

i was thinking that too, and it says nothing in the manual.
i hoped someone here had tried it. for regular home use, don't need another usb drive.

 

[norbac65]

USB 3.1 is compatible with the 2018 CR-V system, however, I believe the head unit still uses USB 2.0--making the 3.1 essentially backward compatible with your CR-V. But even if the CR-V's USB is 3.0, it's still backward compatible with 3.1. The only thing that perhaps you should be concerned with about a flash drive is its formatting. The CR-V recognizes FAT32 but not NTFS. Most USB flash drives these days come formatted with NTFS, with a few exceptions, since FAT32 is the older format. You can easily reformat an NTFS drive on your computer to FAT32 or viceversa. I purchased a Samsung nano flash drive for my CR-V to put on my MP3 files and I reformatted to FAT32, no problem. You can use a FAT32 flashdrive for both MP3 music files and downloading APK files for your Android apps. Anyway, good luck!

 

[lmaxim]

thank you :thumb:

 

[paisleymrs]

I have all of my music on a flashdrive but when I hook it into the car the music won't play in order, of "album" or track list? And there is a 1 or 2 second blacnk file after each song?

 

[norbac65]

That sounds kindda strange. Are your folders in alphabetical order or are they labeled with numbers/years? Most MP3 players tend to categorize the folders in ascending numbers first (0001, 0002, etc.) and then in alpha caracters/names. Also, some MP3 songs are recorded with metafiles of information, which is not always visible on your computer screen, depending on the media app you're using. Such information includes artist's name, name of song, year, etc. as well as a picture sometimes. In addition, the metafile may also have a song order that you don't necessarily see on the computer screen, media app, or the head unit screen. What I do with my MP3 files is I open them with a MP3 tag editor (Roxio, for example) and change the song order, year, album name, and/or add a picture; the latter never ceases to impress some people, haha! As far as the 1 or 2 second blank file after each song; do you see any info on the screen for those 1 or 2 seconds? It sounds about normal to me. If you have a continuous playing album, like a concert, for example, the MP3 files are going to be saved separately, therefore the 1-2-second pauses you "hear" in-between songs would be normal. Anyway, I hope this helps.

 

[SpokaneJim]

USB 3.1 is compatible with the 2018 CR-V system, however, I believe the head unit still uses USB 2.0--making the 3.1 essentially backward compatible with your CR-V. But even if the CR-V's USB is 3.0, it's still backward compatible with 3.1. The only thing that perhaps you should be concerned with about a flash drive is its formatting. The CR-V recognizes FAT32 but not NTFS. Most USB flash drives these days come formatted with NTFS, with a few exceptions, since FAT32 is the older format. You can easily reformat an NTFS drive on your computer to FAT32 or viceversa. I purchased a Samsung nano flash drive for my CR-V to put on my MP3 files and I reformatted to FAT32, no problem. You can use a FAT32 flashdrive for both MP3 music files and downloading APK files for your Android apps. Anyway, good luck!

Norbac65 is right. I will add this. Windows 10 Home formats a USB larger than 32 gig using exFAT. My 2018 Honda CR-V EX does not recognize exFAT and Windows 10 format forbids FAT32 if the USB drive is larger than 32 gig, even from the command line.

My solution was to use a tool by Verbatim at: verbatim.com/index/search.php?words=fat32+tool Just download the zip file and run it! This software allows FAT32 on drives larger then 32 gig.

I spend about 4 hours on this one figuring it out. Had a 14.4 gig drive and it worked in the Honda when using FAT32. So I formatted the same USB drive to exFAT and it failed.

With the 64 gig drive formatted to FAT32 (thanks Verbatim) the USB feature works in my Honda.

 

[larryr]

I use the HP USB formatter - have since Windows XP - it works on 8.1 so it should on Windows 10. It will fat32 almost any size USB drive (up to 2TB).
here is the link:

https://howtorecover.me/repair-usb-flash-drive-hp-storage

All versions of Linux have gparted that format almost every file format.

 

[Wildcat]

Just a caveat for everyone regarding flash drives and SD cards, especially if you shop Amazon (and especially eBay)--some of those really high capacity cards and drives are phonies. They mess with the FAT so the drive seems larger and shows up as large when your computer reads it, but the actual capacity is nowhere close. If the price seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Stick to name brands like Sandisk, Sony, Verbatim, Kingston, Crucial, Samsung, etc., and the store brands are also legit. (I've gotten a few freebies from the local Micro Center that have worked fine.) It's anything with a strange name with a price maybe 25% of what legit items sell for that should raise a red flag. The poor ratings should also give them away.

As for files/folders not being read in a proper order, I have named files and albums in such a way that they are organized properly.

For artists and album names, alphabetized sorting should be working. For track names, though, you should preface each track with the track number, like:

01 - FirstSong.mp3
02 - AnotherOne.mp3
03 - ThisOneIsGood.mp3

...and so on.

Some Pioneers have an issue reading things in order, and actually go by the order that the files are entered in the FAT. There is a utility out there that will sort the FAT entries and will correct this. My JVC has no issues reading filenames, but the Pioneer in our Civic was puzzling me on its sort order until I finally read about the issue with the FAT. Fixing that, it works fine now.

 

[lmaxim]

I have all of my music on a flashdrive but when I hook it into the car the music won't play in order, of "album" or track list? And there is a 1 or 2 second blacnk file after each song?

thread from earlier
[url]https://www.crvownersclub.com/forums/10-2007-2011-official-specs-features-etc-gen-3/183690-some-mp3-files-dont-play.html[/URL]