Getting music on to my xt

[Waynek1200rs]

Hi all,

I have just back to motorbiking after a 13 year gap and things have moved on as they do.

My bike coms set up is like this.

Zumo xt. Cardo pack talk bold and my Samsung A13.

I have amazon music app on my phone with the amazon music app with my purchased albums on it. So how can I get to play and control my music when on the move by using the zumo screen?

Can I download my music from my phone or computer to the zumo? I don't want to use my phones data when on the move hence why I want to download if possible. I'm not a computer geek, but can do the simple stuff if required the get it done.

[Stu]

Hi and welcome to the forum

If you can download the music then the best solution might be to put it all on an SD card and put that in the Zumo and control it from there

[Waynek1200rs]

Yes I did wonder if that's what was required, I did connect my zumo via usb cable to PC and did try that, but doesn't seem to work, but I will try a different way.

[Stu]

Yes I did wonder if that's what was required, I did connect my zumo via usb cable to PC and did try that, but doesn't seem to work, but I will try a different way.

if you have an SD card already in the zumo then I believe you will have to open the SD card through the file explorer then add music to that

I think you need to create a folder called MP3 or something like that

You don't have to do it that way there are other ways to get the music to play but the less connections you have the better

[jfheath]

if you have an SD card already in the zumo then I believe you will have to open the SD card through the file explorer then add music to that

I think you need to create a folder called MP3 or something like that

You don't have to do it that way there are other ways to get the music to play but the less connections you have the better

A folder called MP3 (It may have to be in Capital letters) can be placed in the root of Internal Storage or on the SD card. Or both.

You can place folders and subfolders withing the MP3 folder -
eg MP3 / Artist Name / Album Name / trackname.mp3

This may make it easier to manage the music files for you, but the XT's MP3 player takes no notice of your folder structure. It searches through all of the mp3 files that are on both the SD card and internal storage. It picks up the track name from the mp3 tags that are stored with each track and you can select All songs, Albums, Artists, Genres, Playlist and alphabetically by track name. If tracks have image files associated with them (say from Windows Media Player or from Apple iTunes, they can be copied along with the tracks and will then show up ont he MP3 player screen.

You can edit the MP3 tags in Media Player or iTunes before transfer, or simply download the images and tags from the internet. Internet Data isn't always correct, sometimes wrongly assigning the information from a similar CD.

It isn't obvious when the XT actually creates its own list from the contents of your MP3 folders, but you may experience some slow response, or tracks not being present when you first try to play them. Give it chance to do whatever it needs to do. Transfer a couple of albums to start off with to see how it works, and then take it from there.

Playlists - You would need to create a short one first on the XT and see what the file format looks like. It may then be possible to build your own up from an existing playlist - but the list has to refer to the location of the mp3 files on your XT. You cannot simply copy an exisiting playlist file. At least, I don't think so.

[Waynek1200rs]

Thanks I will have to get a 3 year old to show me

[Waynek1200rs]

Got it sorted, just needed the folder named MP3