Beosound 3 SD card

Hi

 

can anyone give me step by step instructions on how to be able to download music from iTunes onto the SD card so that I can actually play them on a Beosound 3.  It's beaten me!

What operating system are you using and how are you plugging the SD card into that personal computer ?

Mavericks, and I use the dedicated Sd card slot on the iMac.

I use(d) the "export to MP3"-function in iTunes, then copied the MP3-version to the SD-card. But please remember to delete the MP-songs afterwards, if not you will end up with each track twice in iTunes. Eventually I found this to be too time consuming and bought a BeoLit 12 in addition to the now-FM-only-BS3 :-)

Roger

You are right.  Sounds very time-consuming.  No quicker way?

thorne:

You are right. Sounds very time-consuming. No quicker way?

Quicker was the BeoSound 2 way ... But that atrophied over time.

You will probably find that the MP3s should not be at the root level; and should only one folder level deep; and that the folder should be simple text.

At least those were the BS2 constraints - and I believe the design was for a common SD platform between the BS2 BS3 and BS4.

Thanks for that but I am afraid I hardly understood any of it 'not at root level, one folder deep etc'. The bottom line is, how can I download itunes music onto an SD card so that I can play it on Beosound 3?  Sorry for not understanding these terms

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

I dont know what the BS3 supports for formats, but MP3 with higher (160) or higher (192) from the import settings in itunes should work,

So just switch your import preference in itunes, then hold the option (mac) or shift (windows) key and choose create version from the itunes file menu, it will ask you for a destination, just point it to the SD card which should show up in your finder or explorer or whatnot.

Just be sure to adjust your import settings afterwards, in case you rip a CD for other purposes. if you just download, you dont have toa ctually worry about that

 

cheers

JK

 

 

I think (guessing here) that certain SD cards are not supported, and only older (and smaller) ones will work. What type of card are you using and how is it formatted?

 

 

Thanks for all helpful replies.  I'll let you know how I get on!

crossbytje:

I think (guessing here) that certain SD cards are not supported, and only older (and smaller) ones will work.

I believe it only supports up to 2 GB (like so many older devices). Therefore newer SDHC cards will not work, even if you only formatted them to 2G.

thorne:

Thanks for that but I am afraid I hardly understood any of it 'not at root level, one folder deep etc'.

sorry about that - I was in a hurry.

The SD card should appear like a drive on your PC (I agree that it also probably has to be 2GB (BeoSound 2) or 4GB (? BeoSound 3 or 4 ?) and not higher).

Which you look at the "drive" it should not have a list of MP3 files.

It should have a list of folders (directories), and inside each of those should be the MP3 files.

So you want an effect like this - but I am making an educated guess on how I know my BS2 and BS4 work, and I a presuming the BS3 fits the mould.