Sorry for the confusion, when I ordered the drives from Amazon they were listed this way see below. I do not use them and have only bough 2 or three in the past ten years so I just used the same terminology that they used in the ad description.
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SanDisk Cruzer 32 GB USB Flash Drive

 

Thanks for the clarification.

I would think that any memory limits on a SD card wouldn't necessarily translate to limitations of a USB flash drive as the limit is based on addressing the memory and that is handled completely differently between SD and USB

 

You can select by tapping the screen, or by voice command: e.g,: me: "Play Emmy Lou Harris." a: "You said Emmy Lou Harris, correct?" me: "Yes." [music plays!]
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You gotta admit, the VR in the C7 is FLAWLESS

 

I'm currently using a 128 GB USB and it works fine. Not sure about SD that size as others think 32 may be the largest. SJ

 

Does the system only recognize the mp3 format? Couldn't you put FLAC files on your phone and play it through a usb cable???

 

Sure, MP3s work fine as do iTunes Playlists.

As for your phone, you can stream music from it to the car via Bluetooth and no need for a hardwired connection

 

What I'm saying is my phone accepts SD cards, I could put flac or lossless audio files on that and play through my phone to an aux input right? I'm just trying to figure out this whole QUALITY issue.

 

Personally I think this whole "quality" issue is a moot point. I'd dare anyone to tell the difference between an MP3 and a lossless file through the C7's system. Especially over the exhaust and road noise.

That being said, I don't see a reason you couldn't do what you're thinking of doing but with the above reality, I'd ask why?

 

You beat me to it.

 

I'm just trying to please everyone!! If you want CD quality it seems easy to achieve, if you want mp3 quality we know it's easy to achieve.

 

I have been reading this thread with interest because my C7 has a 3/24 TPW, so I can't play with the USB or SD slots. I can't even miss the 12 Disc CD changer that my old C5 has, at least not yet.

Is the music strictly played from from the flash drives and SD cards?? Or is there a hard drive in the stereo like I have seen in Grand Cherokees, and Cadillac SRX's 2012 vintage?

 

No hard drive that I'm aware of but I you can pause, RR/FF radio so there is obviously some sort of storage. As for SD/USB, you play directly off them

 

Thanks for the quick response. I guess the internal hard drives of way back in 2012 became obsolete, like the CD players.

 

Well that's all well and good except that GM would not develop a whole new 7 speed transmission if they thought that manual transmissions were obsolete.

I would also like to know where you got your info stating that the automatic is faster than the manual, for the life of me I can't find any hard facts supporting that.

 

if you don't want to burn all those CDs and you have a portable CD player, you could get a cable that goes from your headphones on your CD player to your car. Called a 3.5mm (headphone) to USB adapter. The vette should be able to play the CD player, but have no idea how controlling it would work. (Either on the player itself or on the vette)

 

ROFL

 

Pretty sure you can't go from a mini jack to USB........

 

Depending on who you ask, I suppose I am rapidly approaching the senior citizen status myself. I will offer suggestions based on the experience I have had over quite a few years of adopting the "new" music technology.

Hopefully you have a computer with a decent sized hard drive. If you don't have a computer, please tell me your Vette isn't parked outside the public library while you are reading this forum.

Running windows or a Apple operating system won't matter if you download a free copy of iTunes from apple. They have versions for both environments.

Using iTunes you can "RIP" your CD's ( convert them to a portable digital format ) iTunes will organize your music library as well as make it convenient to purchase new music from Apple. You can also purchase digital music from a number of online sources. Amazon for one. There are also offshore music sellers who sell music at a huge discount although I am not sure of the legality of those vendors.

When ripping your music collection, I would suggest 256 kbs or 320 kbs as the bitrate of your conversion. The higher the bitrate, the better the music will sound. 192 would be the lowest I would consider.

Buy a ipod nano. I would recommend the 16 MB. Get an extra cable and keep it plugged into your car stereo as you only need to hook it to your computer in the event you want to alter your playlists or add/delete music from the ipod.

I just checked my iTunes library. I have over 22K audio files stored there. Mostly music, but a bunch of audio books as well. This will not all fit on any iPod or sd card made. iTunes will allow you to put a selection of your music on and off your iPod when you want.

There is a learning curve but if you have been playing around with computers a bit, it should go fairly smoothly. I would set a goal of getting iTunes installed, 5 of your favorite CD's ripped, learn about play lists and learn how to transfer your music to your iPod and play in the car before spending too much time ripping your entire collection. Once the workflow seems easy you can add your disks a handfull at at a time until you get it all in your computer.

Once you get good at it, have fun with younger folk and refer to "iTunes" as "The iTunes" it will make them crazy. I know because I got my 83 year old dad hooked up with digital music 10 years ago and he constantly does this.... on the phone, " Hey Paul, I just got some new music on the iTunes and it's great. You should take a listen..." Made me nuts until I started going with it. Now I am driving my kids nuts, but on purpose...

Welcome to this century. The water isn't bad once you get into it up to your neck.

Total investment: Itunes - Free. iPod Nano 16 GB and extra cable: Well under $200.

If you are a penny pinching old fart, you can use free software and a SD card. The SD cards are CHEAP, but if you are just learning, i would suggest going easy on yourself and entering the Apple ecosystem. At best you will save $150.

Regarding plugged in VS bluetooth... I recommend plugged in.

I am not even going to touch the subject of you not having a cell phone. OK, I will a little... SAFETY... Yes, people have been running around for hundreds of years without pocket communicators and been doing fine. Same with airbags. Took me 10 years to get my dad to get a cell phone of his own. Now you couldn't pry it out of his hands. If you do well with the iTunes ( sic ) you may want to take a peek at an iPhone too.


Paul

 

Two items. First, the vette infotainment system will read SD & SDHC cards. The SDHC class cards have a max capacity of 32 GB. The system will not read SDXC SD cards, which have higher capacity, so the max SD card size is 32 GB. USB Flash Drives do not have the same size restriction, so you can use a 64 or 128 GB Flash Drive. We currently have a 32 GB PNY SD card in the console of our C7. It has over 4500 songs on it and is still only 2/3 full. Most of the songs are in MP3 bit rates 192 or 256 Kbps. As many previous posters have said, in the C7 acoustic environment, you would be hard pressed to notice a quality difference between an MP3 ripped at 256 or 320 Kbps and a CD. For those wanting other file formats, pages 21-25 of the infotainment manual (available for download, and highly recommended if you are getting a C7,) contains info on compatible file types and restrictions.

Second, if you absolutely must have a CD player, there is an audio input jack in the center console, next to the SD slot and USB jacks.