Matt A Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Before buying this thing, I looked everywhere for anyone detailing the way this head unit handles playing mp3 files from an SD card or USB drive and found absolutely zero information. I know people don't really give a shit about that ability anymore but I do. Seems like HU manufacturers don't really care either. It's all about streaming these days! blargh. Well, my first indication that it wasn't going to be great was the fact that it can only handle 15000 files and/or 1500 folders. I suppose that might be fine for many people, but I have over 550GB of music which is over 80,000 files and close to 7000 albums. I would have loved to have just got a USB drive and dumped all my music on there instead of cherry picking and constantly refreshing, but oh well. I opted instead for a 128GB SD card to make things easy. 15 years ago I had an empeg (or RioCar) and it was far, far better than anything currently on the market that plays mp3 files. anyway, for those interested, here it is. Oh, by the way, the JDM bezel has an interior lip around the DIN opening which is interfering with the radio surround, so that's why there is no bezel on there, I need to modify it to fit. Apologies for the blurriness of the vid. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI7M3fE86cs]Pioneer AVH-4100NEX mp3 playback review - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebourne Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Sooo... Pros(?): Plays MP3s Touch Screen Not horribly slow Cons: when going back, goes to top of list Can't add file to queue Slow while indexing new sd card and my favorite: "I got some Ah-Bah on there." It's okay, man. Ain't no shame in bonding with your internal Dancing Queen for 3.5 minutes. And you countered with Alice in Chains. Well played. pic thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 ha. yeah, pros: it plays music. cons: it's really basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostedgrocerygetter Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I'm actually planning on getting this exact unit. Just waiting to get my car put back together. Although I'm not into running my personal stored music. I'd prefer to use pandora so from what I've been told it should work well. Do you happen to have an apple phone to use the apple play capability? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 no iPhone, sorry. But there are plenty of video reviews of that aspect. Are you putting in the JDM bezel? if so, be aware that it doesn't fit well around this radio. I had to really squeeze it in there and it's a bit off center. While the removable face of the stereo is stationery, it's fine, but the bezel does impede the movement of the faceplate a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostedgrocerygetter Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Yes I'll be using a jdm bezel. And yes I've watched the videos but I was just wondering if you had any real life input. Thanks though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 ok, just trying to help. It was rather disappointing to realize it didn't fit well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostedgrocerygetter Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I can imagine. I'll let you know how my fitment turns out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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