Fiesta Bluetooth Music Player

[Pete G.E.]

We have just bought a brand new Fiesta and purchased a bluetooth car kit as part of the deal. We havew worked out the phone but the music player is driving us nuts. We have purchased a USB memory stick and copied itunes folder on to it. When we plug it in it registers as line inactive. As a techno phobe, I have no idea how to to download - copy programmes that can be put onto the stick. Can someone please help me with some quality instructions?

[DanGull]

iTunes stores its music (usually) as AAC files. Unfortunately, the Fiesta is unable to read them.

There is an option in iTunes to convert your files to MP3, but you won't be able to do this with any music purchased through iTunes rather than ripped from CD, as it has been protected. You will need a third party piece of software such as a virtual CD burner to convert iTunes purchased files to MP3.

[KeithC]

We have just bought a brand new Fiesta and purchased a Bluetooth car kit as part of the deal. We havew worked out the phone but the Music player is driving us nuts. We have purchased a USB memory stick and copied itunes folder on to it. When we plug it in it registers as line inactive. As a techno phobe, I have no idea how to to download - copy programmes that can be put onto the stick. Can someone please help me with some quality instructions?

OK.

First of all, you need to format the USB stick in FAT32 or else the car won't read it.

Stick the USB disk in the computer then goto the drive menu, ie double click the "Computer" icon on your desktop.

Go to the USB disk icon and right click over it and a list will appear.

Go down to "Format" and click on that.

You then need to go down to "File System" and select "FAT32" from the drop down menu.

Tick "Quick Format" and select "Start".

the disk will be formatted and then you can put the music folders onto the USB drive.

this could be your problem but it might have just been that the disk wasn't formatted in FAT 32.

If you've put iTunes folder on the disk and the songs in the iTunes folder are downloaded from the Aplle store, they may well be protected and therefore will only play on your iPod. If not and the songs are ones you've put into iTunes yourself, then it should work.

try formatting in FAT32 and take it from there.

[DanGull]

To convert iTunes (AAC files) into MP3 files (compatible with the Fiesta):

First of all, we need to check that the MP3 codec (or encoder) is active in iTunes. So open it up, click file, then preferences.

Under the general tab, click import settings, and check that the top pull down box has the MP3 encoder selected.

Hit OK, and OK again to return you to the iTunes library.

Click on any track - and then click advanced, followed by 'create MP3 version'. This will create a duplicate file that your Fiesta can read. Drag this file to your desktop, and then you can drag it to your memory stick when it is plugged in to the computer.

These files should now be able to be read by the Fiesta. Reminder - it won't work with purchased music. If you have this, I'll write another post on how to do this.

p.s. - I abandoned this, and went back to using an iPod. Converting 30gig of music to MP3 using iTunes was going to take me 6 months!

[DanGull]

Oh - we also need to add the question of which operating system are you using - Mac or PC?

[Pete G.E.]

Thanks Dan. Seems a long winded way but Ford dont tell you that when you buy it! At least we have converted some tracks now and can use the USB player. Thanks again

Pete

To convert iTunes (AAC files) into MP3 files (compatible with the Fiesta):

First of all, we need to check that the MP3 codec (or encoder) is active in iTunes. So open it up, click file, then preferences.

Under the general tab, click import settings, and check that the top pull down box has the MP3 encoder selected.

Hit OK, and OK again to return you to the iTunes library.

Click on any track - and then click advanced, followed by 'create MP3 version'. This will create a duplicate file that your Fiesta can read. Drag this file to your desktop, and then you can drag it to your memory stick when it is plugged in to the computer.

These files should now be able to be read by the Fiesta. Reminder - it won't work with purchased music. If you have this, I'll write another post on how to do this.

p.s. - I abandoned this, and went back to using an iPod. Converting 30gig of music to MP3 using iTunes was going to take me 6 months!

[KeithC]

Thanks Dan. Seems a long winded way but Ford dont tell you that when you buy it! At least we have converted some tracks now and can use the USB player. Thanks again

Pete

The reason they don't tell you is because they don't know each individual persons method of listening to music. They say it's MP3 compatible and it is. Because you prefer to get your music via a source that wants to tie you into one of it's products, has nothing to do with Ford.