NYCGLK

So today I got my PCMCIA adapter that I bought on ebay for $20. Thank to whoever posted a link in another thread. So I took SD card out my camera and copied a few folders with music onto it. Popped it into GLK, and it worked. Ok not a big a deal, it's supposed to work, but a few things to notice:

It took about 1-2 seconds to recognize the card
It recognized name of every folder and subfolder and every song.
It reads russian, so all of my russian folders and songs were in russian and not in gibrish
Switching between songs and folders is instantaneous.
Could not copy songs to HDD from the SD of course, but then I thought why would I? 8 GB SD card costs $40 nowdays (can even get 16 GB, if you want lots of music), which is larger than HDD, loads up in 2 seconds and is much easier to organize on the computer. And my HDD is still empty if I want to rip a CD at some point.
PCMCIA adapter also fits flush so nothing sticks out and it's black.

My only concern is that the SD card I used was SanDisk extreme III, which is for DSLR camera and is made to be very quick, not sure if any other SD card would just as quick. Will have to get something cheap and try it out.

Music quality was pretty good too, could not tell a difference from CD.

bobhammer

bought one too!!

yualfred

I got a CF to PCMCIA adapter for $12 in a local computer store. I was thinking if it doesn't work in GLK, I can still use it for my DSLR to download pictures. Luckily, it works like a charm. Also SanDisk Extra II handles the speed with no problem.

NYCGLK

Here is what the adapter looks like in the car:

Baby G

Alfred can you post pics of the door handle chrome?

yualfred

I will, when i install it. It requires 24 hours of >20c temperature. so hopefully in a couple of days.

Baby G

Thanks eh

B-alan-ce

Did you notice a limitation on the number of songs allowed on any media device at a time.

I noticed from the book with MP3's on CD's there was a max of 255 dirs, with 255 files, max 8 levels deep with a total of 500 songs per disk, max.

In the USB (Glove Box connector) i experienced a 1000 songs max. It ignored the other 350 songs on my little Mini SD 8gig USB drive.

On the SD card for the MMI, it did not recognize my 4gig card with over 1000 songs, but my other card with 300 songs was readable.

Anyone else got some clear spec's on these types of media?

MilesBFree

Can someone please post the link here? I did a search for PCMCIA in this sub-forum, but could not find it.

I am assuming any such adapter should work, but since some of these may not fit flush I would like to go with what has been proven to work. i.e.- don't want one that sticks out and gets snapped off, taking a chunk of the dash with it and trashing the slot

PDXGLK

https://mbworld.org/forums/glk-class...ew-camera.html
It's mentioned in the link above.. about halfway down.

Here's the direct link..
http://jbrlsr.com/?aid=5336118859&bi...3D180292099972

I have a SanDisk 6 in 1 card that I got online which supports SD, SDHC, MultiMediaCard, SmartMedia, xD-Picture Card, Sony Memory Stick and Sony Memory Stick PRO card.

You can order them from redorbit.com for $20.12

NYCGLK

I'm pretty sure they are all standard size, search on ebay for $19.99 from Hong Hong, that's what I got.

MilesBFree

Awesome, thx for the links and info.

MilesBFree

I am ordering the one linked to by PDXGLK (thanks again!).

After doing a bit more research, I saw a few advertised on eBay that said they only supported SD cards up to 2 GB. The ones that support SDHC are good for up to 32 GB cards. For more details on different types of SD cards, please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_...32_GB_capacity

Now I just need to get the mini-SD adapter since that is what my Crackberry supports so I can swap the card in and out of the phone. Or it might just be easier to plug the phone into the Aux jack and keep the SD / PCMCIA adapter as a backup.

Does the stereo handle playlists that are on the SD card?

YardleyMB

Would this work with the standard stereo? I do not have the premium package. If it does work, what is it that I need to have it installed?

Thanks.

NYCGLK

do you have PCMCIA slot? I think it comes with Multimedia package, so you might not have the it. See the pic above as where it should be.

NYCGLK

I'd get a dedicated 8-16GB SD card. I'm not sure how big miniSDs are and how much cost goes up for 8-16GB?

Not sure if it hadles playlists, but if you make folder as playlist (create folder on the computer and put songs that you like in it) this would be a solution I guess.

YardleyMB

NYCGLKdo you have PCMCIA slot? I think it comes with Multimedia package, so you might not have the it. See the pic above as where it should be.
NYCGLK-

NYCGLKdo you have PCMCIA slot? I think it comes with Multimedia package, so you might not have the it. See the pic above as where it should be.
do you have PCMCIA slot? No

Can i get one now or is it too late??

Dreamka

No, you can't.

It comes with Navigation(Multimedia) Option

It meant you would have to choose Navi option when you placed your order for GLK.

andyf0

It supports .M3U playlists and since it will play .WMA files I assume it will work with a WMP playlist also.

NYCGLK

to yardleyMB... yea I believe it's too late, as it's not a dealer add on.

to andy.... interesting, I'll have to check it out, I just have to figure out how to create WMP playlist hahaha, I don't remember when I used windows media player, I always listed to radio on winamp.

What do you mean by it supports .M3U palylist? or how did you create/use it?

MilesBFree

Thanks Andy, I will try it out.

BostonPrince

NYCGLK.
Was the PCMCIA slot standard in your MM package option...My dealer has no clue?
Thank you.

BP

Baby G

Yes it comes with the MM package. Its a shocker how sales people don't know the complete feature on the cars they are selling...

BostonPrince

Thank you
Bp

andyf0

.M3U playlists are the most basic of playlists and can be created by hand in a text editor. However, since WMP creates a WMP playlist automatically I used Google and found a converter to create a .M3U from the WMP playlist, there's alot of them out there.

As usual Wikipedia knows everything http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playlist