yohanofUM
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- 2017 Explorer Sport
Hi, my name is Yohan and I have an irrational need for access to a large library of music and from what I've read...I'm not alone.
Problem 1: My 2017 Explorer Sport doesn't have an aux / line in jack.
Problem 2: My Sync 3 v 3.0 build 19025 system does not allow (custom) pairing of Bluetooth transmitters.
Problem 3: My Sync system has unclear database, memory size or track limits for exFAT or FAT32 USB devices.
Side note: I've been using a Trond BT-Duo bluetooth module in several late-model infotainment systems (lots of car renting for work...) and my old 2011 Escape Sync system, without issue. I cannot get it to pair on Sync 3 v3.0 18093 or 19025.
I've been after the "500gb iPod" since 2002 and finally got around to building one this summer using old classics and some hack tools (check out Rockbox if interested, very cool). However, legacy hardware so we're talking a 3.5mm jack or a Bluetooth transmitter. After an exhaustive search without solutions, problems 1 & 2 have squashed my dreams of pairing my iPod with my Explorer.
After digging further on Sync's capabilities for reading and indexing media stored on external hardware, this appeared to be a better route: ditch the iPod, transfer music library to a 512gb USB media and let Sync do the rest.
If you're under 50,000 tracks (or pieces of metadata - not sure what the limit is), you probably need not subscribe as apart from max readable device size or format, implementations under 50k should work just fine.
But, if you're over 50,000 tracks... are we dealing with Sync's inability to index beyond 50,000 or will we be unable to even explore the folder structures via 'explore device'?
Open to suggestions for all three problems and hopefully consolidating them here will help future users who may also find this misery spread far and wide across the interwebz...
Useful links:
Ford Sync USB devices | David Artiss see comments section regarding ability to explore files to a certain extent, but inability to have all files indexed for voice recognition.
Ford SYNC 3 USB to 3.5mm AUX Adapter perhaps not necessarily useful - no documentation, no reviews, but (in theory) the tech we (I) need.
Can't find audio line in on 2017 platinum older thread from forum user xhauler, back in 2016 where he was able to at least get sync 3 to detect a bluetooth transmitter.
Problem 1: My 2017 Explorer Sport doesn't have an aux / line in jack.
Problem 2: My Sync 3 v 3.0 build 19025 system does not allow (custom) pairing of Bluetooth transmitters.
Problem 3: My Sync system has unclear database, memory size or track limits for exFAT or FAT32 USB devices.
Side note: I've been using a Trond BT-Duo bluetooth module in several late-model infotainment systems (lots of car renting for work...) and my old 2011 Escape Sync system, without issue. I cannot get it to pair on Sync 3 v3.0 18093 or 19025.
I've been after the "500gb iPod" since 2002 and finally got around to building one this summer using old classics and some hack tools (check out Rockbox if interested, very cool). However, legacy hardware so we're talking a 3.5mm jack or a Bluetooth transmitter. After an exhaustive search without solutions, problems 1 & 2 have squashed my dreams of pairing my iPod with my Explorer.
After digging further on Sync's capabilities for reading and indexing media stored on external hardware, this appeared to be a better route: ditch the iPod, transfer music library to a 512gb USB media and let Sync do the rest.
If you're under 50,000 tracks (or pieces of metadata - not sure what the limit is), you probably need not subscribe as apart from max readable device size or format, implementations under 50k should work just fine.
But, if you're over 50,000 tracks... are we dealing with Sync's inability to index beyond 50,000 or will we be unable to even explore the folder structures via 'explore device'?
Open to suggestions for all three problems and hopefully consolidating them here will help future users who may also find this misery spread far and wide across the interwebz...
Useful links:
Ford Sync USB devices | David Artiss see comments section regarding ability to explore files to a certain extent, but inability to have all files indexed for voice recognition.
Ford SYNC 3 USB to 3.5mm AUX Adapter perhaps not necessarily useful - no documentation, no reviews, but (in theory) the tech we (I) need.
Can't find audio line in on 2017 platinum older thread from forum user xhauler, back in 2016 where he was able to at least get sync 3 to detect a bluetooth transmitter.