Copy music from laptop? Is it possible?

DjSquall · 04-22-2010, 12:41 PM

Hey guys, I tried searching but my phone crashes every time I do it and closes the page ;(

here's my isssue - I have literally months of music on my laptop - approx. 80-90GB of it. Now I can't figure out if it's possible to get music on the HD of the car via a way other than cd's (ridiculosly time consuming) or the CF card (which I don't have) can it be done somehow via USB or Bluetooth? Let me know if this is possible and how to do it - if not, I guess I'm stuck dragging the iPod from car to car, which I forget almost every time!

thanks in advance!

Wicked CAS · 04-22-2010, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DjSquall

Hey guys, I tried searching but my phone crashes every time I do it and closes the page ;(

here's my isssue - I have literally months of music on my laptop - approx. 80-90GB of it. Now I can't figure out if it's possible to get music on the HD of the car via a way other than cd's (ridiculosly time consuming) or the CF card (which I don't have) can it be done somehow via USB or Bluetooth? Let me know if this is possible and how to do it - if not, I guess I'm stuck dragging the iPod from car to car, which I forget almost every time!

thanks in advance!

How about an external hard drive and usb. copy and paste just like a back up.

DjSquall · 04-22-2010, 03:24 PM

Hmmm. Will it copy off a USB stick? If so, I can jam it with tunes in just 1 trip

z370z · 04-22-2010, 03:54 PM

From what i know..... nothing works. Only way to the harddrive is via copying from cd's. Get a CF card, they're cheap ( $20 for a 4 GB card) and a card reader ($15)

DjSquall · 04-22-2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by z370z

From what i know..... nothing works. Only way to the harddrive is via copying from cd's. Get a CF card, they're cheap ( $20 for a 4 GB card) and a card reader ($15)

Disappointing.... I think I'll just use my iPod. It's s 60gb brickpod that I still use daily. I believe the cars controls will work well w/it. I guess I'll rip my friends' CDs on the go to fill the HD. (I don't really want to blow money on a CF card just to put music on my car, I'll never use it again..)

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll still try the USB stick!

jikhead · 04-22-2010, 05:04 PM

You can only rip from CD's, which is dumb. What type flash memory cards do you have laying around? You can buy an compact flash adapter for your memory cards laying around. When I was looking at getting my Z with the Nav, i was going to buy this compact flash to memory stick duo adapater because I have a bunch of those sticks, and it was only like $35. Just another idea for you.

DjSquall · 04-22-2010, 05:51 PM

Haha, I don't have any flash sticks

just laptops iPods USB sticks.. Looks like the iPod is the way to go for me.

Jeffblue · 04-22-2010, 06:15 PM

a lot of people just buy an ipod classic with a broken screen.

04-22-2010, 12:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
DjSquall A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tottenham, ON Age: 36 Posts: 1,340 Drives: My first car Rep Power: 22	Copy music from laptop? Is it possible? Hey guys, I tried searching but my phone crashes every time I do it and closes the page ;( here's my isssue - I have literally months of music on my laptop - approx. 80-90GB of it. Now I can't figure out if it's possible to get music on the HD of the car via a way other than cd's (ridiculosly time consuming) or the CF card (which I don't have) can it be done somehow via USB or Bluetooth? Let me know if this is possible and how to do it - if not, I guess I'm stuck dragging the iPod from car to car, which I forget almost every time! thanks in advance!

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04-22-2010, 03:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
DjSquall A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tottenham, ON Age: 36 Posts: 1,340 Drives: My first car Rep Power: 22	Hmmm. Will it copy off a USB stick? If so, I can jam it with tunes in just 1 trip

04-22-2010, 03:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
z370z Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Niagara Posts: 222 Drives: 09 370z 6M SPT/NAV Rep Power: 15	From what i know..... nothing works. Only way to the harddrive is via copying from cd's. Get a CF card, they're cheap ( $20 for a 4 GB card) and a card reader ($15)

04-22-2010, 05:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
jikhead Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 425 Drives: 09 370Z Blue 6spd Rep Power: 184	You can only rip from CD's, which is dumb. What type flash memory cards do you have laying around? You can buy an compact flash adapter for your memory cards laying around. When I was looking at getting my Z with the Nav, i was going to buy this compact flash to memory stick duo adapater because I have a bunch of those sticks, and it was only like $35. Just another idea for you.

04-22-2010, 05:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
DjSquall A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tottenham, ON Age: 36 Posts: 1,340 Drives: My first car Rep Power: 22	Haha, I don't have any flash sticks just laptops iPods USB sticks.. Looks like the iPod is the way to go for me.

04-22-2010, 06:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	a lot of people just buy an ipod classic with a broken screen.