How do I play 14GB of music on shuffle in my car?

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I have a Kenwood KDC-W5541U CD-Reciever with a USB port in my car. I have 14GB [almost 4000 songs] in mp3 format on a 32GB flashdrive & want to listen to them on random play/shuffle. The flashdrive plugs into the USB port on my player fine but the problem is the receiver only sees the first few songs & constantly plays only these few on shuffle. I'm thinking there is far too much information on the flashdrive for the system to cope with so is there anything I can 'splice' in between the flashdrive & the CD player to make it more intelligent or do I need to install an mp3 player in my car & forget about trying to do this on a car stereo? There is nothing in the user manual to suggest a maximum amount of info which the player will deal with although I realise I am trying to play a vast amount of music! Any constructive suggestions would be most appreciated!

Update:

EDIT: Hi MFK-many thanks for giving me some interesting ideas, I wondered about iPods but as I know nothing about them I didn't mention it!

Goober · Accepted Answer

Hey John,

Ok, now by no means am I an expert on anything like this.  I actually only have a vague idea what you are talking about when you mention "flash drive".  I wouldn't think that it would be to much info on the flash drive since it is a 32GB drive and you only have 14GB on it.  My thinking would be some kind of compatibility issue with it connecting with your vehicles CD player.

My suggestion (now remember that I don't know much about this, so by no means is this the definite "right" answer for you) is that you get a MP3 player and use it to play your music through your car stereo.  I have a 80GB Ipod and I love it, I have about 16GB of music on it along with a few pod-casts and even some video on there.  Now I do not play my Ipod through my car stereo, but I do know that there are new stereos with Ipod docks built in so to easily play your music in your car with ease.  Also there are FM transmitters that you can get that will send you music from the Ipod to a unused FM station.  There are also plug-ins for the Ipod so that it will play through a in-car cassette player (sounds like that is too old school for your car though).

I'm sorry this is all I can help you on, I hope you get some other people chime in and give you some better educated info on this.  Good luck with your music situation though.

MFK

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