SD Cards for Audi Navigation Plus

**b7shfour** · 10-29-2007 02:49 PM

For anyone who has the Audi Navigation Plus radio in their cars.....

As i would expect, everybody loves to use the SD cards for music in their cars, just as I do. I have always used Sandisk cards that have never exceeded the capacity of 2.0 GB. Recently I bought a 4.0 GB Card that says "SDHC" on it. I believe it stands for (sanDiskHighCapacity). To get to the point; when i upload my music onto it the same way I did on the 2.0 GB cards, it will not play in my car. The screen reads "Card Empty" Does anybody know the solution to this problem or has had this problem in the past? There is also the occasional song or folder that does not play in the car (using the 2.0 GB cards I usually use)

Looking forward to any answers....

**BGEDWN** · 10-29-2007 03:21 PM

I'm almost positive that you can't use SDHC cards, just SD cards. There are 4GB SD cards out there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...13500&name=4GB

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**b7shfour** · 10-29-2007 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by BGEDWN

I'm almost positive that you can't use SDHC cards, just SD cards. There are 4GB SD cards out there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...13500&name=4GB

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Thanks a lot man, Now i gotta figure out how to get a regular SD card for as cheap as I got this SDHC Card for....

**RenoAudiNV** · 10-29-2007 04:31 PM

I have 4.0 GB SD cards (not SDHC), they work fine. Navplus may have more info on this...

**Audiman44** · 10-29-2007 07:14 PM

I have a Transcend 4GB card, works great!

Audiman44

**PenguiN** · 10-30-2007 07:52 AM

how do you guys copy iTunes music to the card?

**BGEDWN** · 10-30-2007 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by PenguiN

how do you guys copy iTunes music to the card?

What type of files are they saved as? itunes' default setting is to save imported files as .aaf or some other proprietary extension. Find the library on your drive where itunes saves the files you import to see what their extension is. If they aren't .mp3, convert them to .mp3 with itunes and change the setting to have all future imported files saved as .mp3.

**RenoAudiNV** · 10-30-2007 10:16 AM

i had to burn them as audio disc then rip them as MP3. There is a crack utility as well to remove DRM from m4p files to m4a...so i've heard.

**PenguiN** · 10-30-2007 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by BGEDWN

What type of files are they saved as? itunes' default setting is to save imported files as .aaf or some other proprietary extension. Find the library on your drive where itunes saves the files you import to see what their extension is. If they aren't .mp3, convert them to .mp3 with itunes and change the setting to have all future imported files saved as .mp3.

there is a way to convert songs to Mp3 with iTunes?

**b7shfour** · 10-30-2007 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by PenguiN

there is a way to convert songs to Mp3 with iTunes?

Yeah, there is. Right click the song and it will give u an option to convert to a cetain format. Mine is set to mp3.....you might have to change it in your i-tunes preferences.

**PenguiN** · 11-03-2007 11:42 AM

this is bullshit... it says protected files cannot be converted to another file format.... all of my songs seem to be "protected"

**enigma1406** · 11-03-2007 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by PenguiN

this is bullshit... it says protected files cannot be converted to another file format.... all of my songs seem to be "protected"

There are ways to get around that, but they're not legal. It has to do with cracking DRM.

**Race Shooter** · 11-03-2007 08:38 PM

If you downloaded them from iTunes they are protected songs. If you rip your music from CDs directly to MP3, iTunes will still use them, but you can copy them other places and use them if you want.

And has been pointed out, SDHC and SD are two different formats and many devices can not read the HC cards.

**BrianVan** · 08-20-2016 07:43 PM

You can use SDHC cards. you need to format the card as FAT32, not exfat.... IT nerd terms yes...just google it how to format....I have a 4 gig SDHC card with with a 2013 MMI A4...nearly 500 songs...almost too many..

**PetrolDave** · 08-21-2016 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by BrianVan

You can use SDHC cards. you need to format the card as FAT32, not exfat.... IT nerd terms yes...just google it how to format....I have a 4 gig SDHC card with with a 2013 MMI A4...nearly 500 songs...almost too many..

A 2013 A4 is NOT a B7, it's a B8 which has a completely different system.

In a B7 A4/S4/RS4 (which has RNS-E not MMI) you CANNOT use SDHC cards, only SD cards - unless you have replaced the factory fitted RNS-E with a later 2010+ version (which CAN use SDHC cards).

**Brettannica** · 08-21-2016 05:34 AM

As previously stated, they won't read SDHC cards.
I purchased the SEAT updated system (2012) which has the LED screen and 2x32Gb SD slots.

Capacity problem sorted