mbaker550

I just purchased a 2008 S550 and I currently purchased a a pcmcia to sd adapter
with a Samsung 32gb SDHC Class 10. It took me a awhile to get it working but from time to time it will freeze so i would have to eject the memory card re-insert and it will come back on. its frustrating having to reset the card everytime it becomes glitchy. Can someone tell me if you have experienced both a SD or CF card and if so which one works the best. Your feedback is ver much appreciated. Thanks.

mcypert

This Tera adapter worked for me in the 2007 S600... with no hickups...


I think I have an 8G Transcend SDHC card...

I was told, the adapter manufacturer does make a difference...good luck...Mark

mbaker550

Thanks for your input.

mgokool

I purchased this one from ebay...using it with a 32gb SD card without any issues also.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-PCMCIA-T...MAAOSw14xWGHYZ

mbaker550

This the one I have

mgokool

If you recently got it, then maybe try sending it back for exchange. Possibly defective? I have my songs in different folders and sub folders, no issues accessing the files or it freezing up.

kj217

i thought only 2GB cards are supported :\

mcypert

You might be thinking of a PCMCIA card with 2 GB of storage.... We, above, are using a PCMCIA Adapter that accepts SD cards... Those, apparently, will work as high as 32 GB...

Regards.... Mark

mbaker550

Update: I purchased this card and i have no more problems now. Thanks for all your input.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tera-SDHC-Ca...4AAOSwRH5XKAGF

mcypert

You're Welcome....

For others similarly situated, I think Tera is an Austrian company. Their stuff may be made in China, but IIRC, Austrians speak German....Hence, their stuff seems to work in our cars...

Glad it works mbaker550....and I'm sure that makes your day....If I got the right Ebay link it cost $100USD... You can get the adapter and card for $30 on Amazon... Let's not spoil the vendors...


Regards...Mark

steve_g

Just purchased the adapter from amazon mentioned in the above post and got it 2 days later. Thanks prime

Adapter works perfectly fine and had no issues so far. Instead of the recommend bundle that they offer, adapter with 32gb sdhc card, i bought both separately and switched the sd card for this one which is the same price:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Spent 50 CAD for everything. Thx Mark for the post!

JohnNBK

I tried a no-name PCMCIA to SD card adaptor from eBay and a SanDisk one I "borrowed" from work, both work fine with any SD card I've put in it - eventually. The largest SD card I had kicking around was 128GB so not sure if it's possible to go larger. I spent a few hours last night trying this out as an excuse not to watch Strictly, here are my tips;

o Micro SD to SD adaptors don't work - you need a proper SD card
o The SD card MUST be formatted as FAT32. Windows won't format anything above 32GB as FAT32, only as exFAT (I think this is why a 32GB limit is often quoted) so you need to use a 3rd party disk utility (I used EaseUS Partition Master).
o Best results (faster loading) happened when a full rather than quick format was performed
o Music/Audiobooks/Podcasts/etc. must all be in the same format (all MP3 lossy or lossless, not mixed - didn't try WMA, FLAC, m4a, etc).
o Everything must be in a folder called "Music", effectively that is the Merc's root folder - you can have up to 256 folders or files at any level after that
o The more music you have the longer it takes to show up. I have 110GB of 320MP3 music and it doesn't show up until about 5 mins into a drive

If you have your music in iTunes (like I do) and need to covert it to MP3 I really, really, really recommend MusicBee. If you need any pointers on this PM me and I'll send you the settings I have and try to give you a few pointers.

Hope this helps,
John

noah330

Thanks! Most of my music is on CD, so I will need to rip them to MP3. Does the Gracenote put the albums together or do they need to be in folders and stuff?

Thanks again!

steve_g

Just to add to Johns detailed response above, I can confirm micro SD's work. Im interchanging Kingston's 64gb Micro SD XC with no problem for several years. I did format them with a 3rd party utility as it seems 32 is the max.

Everything else seems to be true.

Steve