Audio can be encoded in WMA format by using Windows Media® Player. WMA stands for Windows Media Audio and is an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. Supported bitrates: Between 8 kbps and 320 kbps and VBR. Supported formats: MPEG-1/MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 With remote playback, this unit does not support the following music file formats: Remote playback does not support the gapless playback. When WAV, FLAC and Apple Lossless files are continuously played back with the same format, sampling frequency, channels and quantization bit rate. This unit supports the gapless playback of the USB storage device in the following conditions. However, playback times may not be displayed correctly. Variable bit-rate (VBR) files are supported. The music files that can be played are the ones registered to the Windows Media Player 12 library. For example, when using Windows Media Player 12, not all music files in the PC can be played. Music files of the following formats that can be played depend on the network server. Hopefully Honda monitors these threads and can issue a firmware update to fix this.For server playback and playback from a USB storage device, this unit supports the following music file formats. If the door is opened and all power to the head unit is shut off abruptly, it would seem the USB drive is not properly powered down. If the radio is turned while the head unit still has power, it has time to properly power down and disconnect. This indicates there is an issue with how the head unit "disconnects" from the USB port. However, if I switch to another source like FM before powering down, or if I turn off the radio manually with the power button before exiting the vehicle, the USB will resume play instantly and flawlessly the next time I turn on the radio or switch back to USB as source. If the unit is automatically turned off by opening the door while playing the USB source there is a good chance it will not work properly when powered up the next time. Going back to the original issue on this thread, I've figured out that the problem with initializing or not recognizing the USB drive is related to how the head unit powers down. I have USB playback in inexpensive aftermarket head units units in two other vehicles and they both work flawlessly. Hopefully Honda will push out a system software update to fix this. I have loaded some tunes onto My Honda Music and that always works fine, but the on-board file storage size is very limited - maybe 10GB or so. Maybe I need to always switch sources before powering down and plan to try that. I'm really frustrated by how inconsistently USB playback works in my new Honda and wonder if Rocky has a point about how the head unit shuts down the USB port. Anyway, it is better with the dongle but that defeats the point of a low-profile USB drive. Maybe the connections are more solid with a dongle. Honda does recommend using a dongle to attach USB drives, but I assumed that was to prevent physical damage to the USB port from a protruding flash drive being bumped around. One time the head unit would not recognize it as inserted at all, even after I physically removed and reinserted it several times, so I plugged it it a USB extension dongle I had and it was recognized immediately. The SanDisk CZ33 will be successfully recognized and automatically replay fine 4 times out of 5, but will still occasionally stick in the "initializing" mode. It does indeed work better than the other four or five drives I tried, which were Kingston, SanDisk, Microcenter, and a some generic no-names. After some research on Amazon I found a few people said the SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 32GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-032G-B35 works in some Hondas, so I bought one. I've continued to tinker with this to try and find a pattern with limited success.
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