Using an SD card in the RCD510

**rotelman** · 31-01-2009, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by nting

Cool rotelman!!!

Do you have a RCD or RNS?

RDC510. Pretty sure the RSN would work the same way. If this didn't work I was up for a $400 ipod adaptor

Rotelman

**nting** · 31-01-2009, 10:49 AM

Yes, you've saved me $400 too!!

**Jayse** · 02-02-2009, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by Macka

What sort of play time can you get on a 4GB SD card?

Hey mate,

I've got @ 4gb worth of music on the RNS510 so far and we did the return trip up to sydney over xmas and didn't get through all the music..

**ash** · 02-02-2009, 12:49 PM

Hi Guys,

I just purchased a MY09 R36 with an RDC510. I am using a 8gb SDHC Kingston card loaded with MP3's. I created the MP3's directly from my iTunes library. It works well and song title / artist info is displayed on the RCD510 and the MFD. Only gripe is that is can be slow to browse the directory structure (however the manual does state this). I believe that the max card size supported is 32gb.

**nting** · 02-02-2009, 01:14 PM

Fantastic response ash!

In regards to the slow browsing, do you know what speed (Class) your SDHC card is? Sometimes they write it as Class X (or X is a number in a circle)? Eg. (6) = Class 6.

Also, are you using FAT32 or NTFS? Sorry for getting techy. I will try these myself but I don't get my car till May 09!!!

**ash** · 02-02-2009, 02:06 PM

Format is fat32. from mem it is a 6Mb/s card but will check tonight. I have about 50 directories in the root so it takes about 30 - 45 seconds to scan. Once you dig deeper it speeds up as there are not as many objects. At the moment I am navigating music based on the directory structure which is a bit average. I hope there is a way to browse based on ID tages (artist, album, etc.)

**rotelman** · 02-02-2009, 02:33 PM

Hey Guys,

I also created and copied MP3's directly to my 12gb Card from itunes. I have about 11gb of music all in the one directory. The card takes about 5 seconds to start from cold. I select "MIX" and then start playing. Once I find something I feel like listening to I switch off the mix and can start listening to the Album!

Got to love the SD card option!