Zumo 665 music files

For everything Garmin Zumo 660/665 related
Post Reply
simpkinsterry
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:51 pm
Been liked: 1 time
United States of America

Zumo 665 music files

Post by simpkinsterry »

I recently acquired a 665, to serve as a backup to my 660. I use the 660 to listen to music while riding, and have about 1900 songs loaded. All of my MP3 files are located on the SD Card.
I have these MP3 files in a folder called "MUSIC" and then several subfolders under it. This works perfectly on the 660, and it finds all of my MP3 files.
However, the 665 won't find my music files. I have tried the following:
1) loaded MP3 file in the 'root' directory of the SD card
2) loaded MP3 files in "MUSIC" folder and then subfolders under it (copy of my 660 setup)
3) loaded MP3 files in folder named "MP3" just incase that's what the 665 required

on a whim, I created a folder called "MP3" in the internal memory and copied 2 MP3 files to that folder. Media Player sees those 2 files just fine, but will not see the files on the SD card. Any ideas?
User avatar
lkraus
Subscriber
Posts: 456
Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:36 pm
Location: Central Ohio
Has liked: 60 times
Been liked: 146 times
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by lkraus »

Is the SDcard formatted as FAT32? A Zumo will not recognize any other format.
____________________________________
2006 R1200RT
Galaxy S10<>Zumo XT<>Sena 20S
simpkinsterry
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:51 pm
Been liked: 1 time
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by simpkinsterry »

Yes the card is formatted as FAT32. After my original post, I
- reformatted the card (again as FAT32) not quick format
- connected the 665 to my PC and copied a set of MP3 files that way instead of with the card inserted into my PC.
(I didn't really think this would matter, but what the heck, I hadn't tried that yet)
Still the 995 does not see the MP3 files on the SD Card.
simpkinsterry
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:51 pm
Been liked: 1 time
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by simpkinsterry »

I connected the 665 to Garmin Express and noticed that the internal memory is reporting 97% full.
That caused me to look at the device in Windows file manager (or whatever it's called in Win10).
There are 375 MB of files in the "Voice" folder with names of numerous other languages ( Bulgarian, Chinese, etc).
Can these be deleted only keeping the couple that I might want to use (English_American_xxxx).
Same questions about files in the "Vehicle" folder, can I simply delete any I don't want to use?
MSTOCK27370
Posts: 204
Joined: Tue May 05, 2020 1:02 pm
Has liked: 13 times
Been liked: 33 times
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by MSTOCK27370 »

Yes. You can delete any voice files for languages that you can't/don't want to listen to.

I always thought that music files had to be in a folder called MP3. And even calling it mp3 instead would cause the Garmin to not see them.
Michael S.
Trinity, North Carolina
Zumo 590LM, 396LM, 550 BMW R1100RT, R100, R60/6
carolinarider09
Posts: 296
Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:40 am
Location: South Carolina
Has liked: 28 times
Been liked: 38 times
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by carolinarider09 »

I can tell you the following. I have both a Zumo 550, 660 and a 665. On all of the units the "Music" files are stored in a folder on the SD Card named MP3. I just took a screen shot of the storage on the 665 and 660. Here is the shot. Cann't seem to post it as I expected.

Image
Attachments
Screenshot 2024-01-17 at 3.46.40 PM.png
Screenshot 2024-01-17 at 3.46.40 PM.png (229.48 KiB) Viewed 3852 times
simpkinsterry
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:51 pm
Been liked: 1 time
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by simpkinsterry »

Well I appear to have a solution. They mystery may not be completely 'solved', but I appear to have a working unit that now 'sees' my MP3 files.
I removed/replaced the 32Gb card with a 16Gb card and all of my music files are now recognized by the 665.
I have been using the same model 32Gb card in my 660 for several years, and assumed (yes I know what that equals) it would work in my 665 since I found numerous people on the web reporting success with a 32Gb card in a 665. Oh well, live and learn.
my 1901 song library easily fits on the 16Gb card so this will work just fine.
thanks to all who replied.
User avatar
Peobody
Subscriber
Posts: 1565
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:33 pm
Location: North Carolina USA
Has liked: 117 times
Been liked: 348 times
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by Peobody »

I recall reading a tip recommending that when formatting a 32GB card use a 32kb allocation unit. It wasn't made clear why this worked. Unfortunately, I don't recall the specific device that tip was for.
2008 Honda GL1800 Goldwing
1995 Kawasaki ZG1000 Concours
zūmo XT linked to Cardo Packtalk Bold and iPhone SE.
simpkinsterry
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:51 pm
Been liked: 1 time
United States of America

Re: Zumo 665 music files

Post by simpkinsterry »

After reading the reply from Peobody, I checked, and I have another 32Gb card (different brand, ONN instead of the Samsung I've been using) that is formatted with 32kb allocation unit.
I loaded my music library onto it and gave it a try. Well the 665 reads it just fine. Now I'm wondering was it the 32kb vs 16kb format, or the brand of card. So I reformatted the Samsung with 32kb and loaded the music onto it. The 665 will NOT recognize that card. So there is something about a Samsung 32Gb "EVO Select" flash card the 665 doesn't like. I don't know what, and frankly at this point, I don't care. As far as I am concerned, Mystery Solved.
Post Reply