all folders are there and accessable, as well as the music inside. there are no hidden files or folders except 'System Volume Information' which I can't delete (well, I could but I didn't yet) there are only mp3 and jpg files on the drive used hardware reset button on the backside of the removable display updated the stereo's firmware (just to be sure) re-formatted the drive (FAT32) and copied the music onto it again checked the file / folder limitations provided by Kenwood - I'm waaay below those limits Not even the ones that I didn't touch at all.

Tried changing the folder manually, but there are no other folders in the list. This time it immediately started playing where I left off. When I did that in the past and plugged it back into the stereo it would usually scan the whole drive next time I start my car, which takes about 3-5 minutes sometimes. Yesterday I copied some more music to the drive and deleted some old folders. I use it for hands-free calling and listening to music from an USB flash drive (SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB - FAT32) and nothing else. My car has a Kenwood KMM-BT305 stereo that worked great until today. *sigh*įirst post and I already got a problem - seeking for help. I guess UTF-8 support is too much to ask in 2021. The manual of the radio states that it might not correctly display unusual characters, so it seems to have a limited charset.īut I'll definitely check that last bit and edit this post as soon as I know for sure.ĮDIT: It actually was that one folder with the 'ÿ' character. I also left out one folder that contained an unusual character 'ÿ' so I'm not 100% sure if the new format procedure fixed it or if it just really disliked that one folder. If someone needs a more detailed explanation I can write it up later, just let me know.Ĭar radio scanned the drive for a few seconds, working fine now.

That's also the reason why I didn't specify this step in more detail. Step 2 is kinda dangerous, if you are not careful you can wipe the wrong drive and destroy your OS. Switched back to Windows and formatted again, this time as 'full format' (untick 'quick format' in the formatting dialog) Overwrite the whole drive with zeros using dd on Linux.

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