So as you all know this model comes with just the basic features and that includes the audio display and what it can accomplish. I formatted several different types of flash drives both 16 and 32 GB to fat 32. I copied about 60 files to the flash drives and all the different drives show up as unsupported. Interestingly however when I copied/ burned these same files as a data CD NOT an audio CD they fired right up when I inserted the CD into the tray. So it would appear that the car at least can play these files : ) So I am thinking that the only next step is to see what happens if I try and use a third party program to create an "audio flash drive" and see if the car will recognize it. Does anyone have first hand knowledge on whether or no this will work taking into consideration the model and limitations of my car's audio capabilities?

Properties of the individual files appear to be Extension file type .mp3, 224kbps, Item Type MP3 Format Sound and most of them are about 5MB so they are larger than the old mp3's of yesterday but they are not FLAC.

MediaMonkey has been suggested as a place to give it a go. TIA.

EDIT: CVT

 

I am not too familiar with burning songs to a CD, but my daughter burned some oldies for me on CDs with extension .cda. This CD plays on my laptop and in the LX Fit without any problem. Songs on flash drive with extension .mp3 play fine.

 

>Songs on flash drive with extension .mp3 play fine

Thanks for replying. Should you have the time and inclination can you find out which program she used to burn the songs to the flash drive? I know just copying them to the flash drive did not work for me. TIA.

 

This is what I use to copy and download songs from youtube to my flash drive that works in the LX player.
1. copy and paste the URL to the software "convert" window. Once the "convert" is done, then...
2. Click download to your device. I down load it to my desktop and then drag the download to my flash drive.
Caveat: There is a time limitation explained in the website.
https://ytmp3.cc/youtube-to-mp3/

 

Thanks for the tip however I won't be downloading any new material. I have amassed gigabytes of high quality and FLAC media that has been archived. As mentioned I was able to play the media when I created a simple data CD that slipped into the slot and showed up immediately. My problem seems to be creating a flash drive with the same media yet different flash drives from different manufacturers are showing up as unsupported. I believe I will next attempt to create an audio flash drive using an external program that hopefully will create an architecture on the flash drive that my car will recognize.