USB Maximum Capacity?

[kered5]

Hi Guys...

Just taken ownership of a new 2014 FFE and am so far liking it...apart from the fact that it's in the service department due to the fact that the heater was producing ZERO heat....but anyway!!

I have a quick question that I hope someone will be able to answer here...Is there a maximum capacity for a USB memory stick plugged into the media hub?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jmueller065]

The user guide doesn't mention any maximum drive size:
http://support.ford.com/media/d/MFT_User_Guide.pdf

Wow while googling around for info on this (which I still haven't found a maximum for) I did find what CPU is in the MFT module:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ford-focus-infotainment-sync-myford,3206-2.html

Do you have a size in mind you want to use? (If you already have it I would say to try it.). There have been reports, though, that MFT will slow down considerably if you plug a flash drive with a large amount of music on it in (not sure what "large" means but I'm thinking > 50GB or so).

 

[kered5]

Thanks for the info!

I only have an 8GB drive right now but my iTunes directory has 108GB....so I was thinking of going the whole way and getting a 128GB stick.

I was worried that it might be slower with larger drives though!

 

[WattsUp]

Fwiw, I use a 64GB stick (about 80% full) and it works fine.

 

[v_traveller]

Did you mean 64GB (Gigabytes)?

 

[WattsUp]

Did you mean 64GB (Gigabytes)?

No, kilobytes... all my favorite songs are really short.

(Yes, 64GB)

 

[v_traveller]

Holy crap! What's on your playlist??? That's impressive.

In any case, nice to know that 64GB works.

 

[WattsUp]

Holy crap! What's on your playlist??? That's impressive.

Really? Well, it's my entire music collection, about 3500 tracks, and totals about 40-50GB. I encode everything at a pretty high bitrate... individual .mp3 file sizes average about 12MB.