Verbatim USB drive "Unsupported"

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Mar 24, 2009 | 09:57 PM

CBX

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Verbatim USB drive "Unsupported" (fixed)

Learn by experience, I suppose (and by expenditure).

I stopped by Office Max today and bought an 8GB Verbatim pen drive on sale for $23, minus a $10 coupon I had.

I loaded a couple gig of MP3s, and the stereo displayed the dreaded "Unsupported", equivalent to Mr. Gates' BSD.

I tried removing the executable they have for setting up a secure partition, to no avail.

Last edited by CBX; Mar 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM.

Mar 25, 2009 | 12:55 AM

niko3257

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Originally Posted by CBX

you might have to change the format it is using.
not to familiar with it though. do a search.
a few people had this problem and i think they changed
the format of the usb and it worked.

Mar 25, 2009 | 04:22 AM

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try a reformat fat16 or fat32, not sure if that would work, but what I would try.

Mar 25, 2009 | 09:42 AM

crst4s

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I think the problem may be with the MP3 file rather than the USB drive. Check owners manual for compatible files (p.137/8). My Ativa 2 GB, bought on sale at Office Depot works fine, but I had to convert files downloaded from itunes to play on Fit audio system. Manual also notes that "devices with security lockout features etc." will not work.

Mar 25, 2009 | 10:20 AM

CBX

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Thanks for the ideas.

It is FAT32, same as two other brands of USB drives which work fine, using my existing MP3 files and file/folder structure.

edit; I renamed the volume from ten characters to eight, did a quick format (FAT32 again) and it works now.

Last edited by CBX; Mar 25, 2009 at 11:18 AM. Reason: Update