IntraveeII with SD Card

[Wobblewing]

Hi,

Instead of using an iPOD I would prefer to use an SD card device with the intravee.

I would like to install the SD card in the car, because buying an iPOD where I'd just keep it in the car would seem like a waste of money.

Has anyone done this?

Say an interveeII with an ai-NET SD card reader... If you have, did it work well?

Andy

 

[jimbo1958]

Hi,

Instead of using an iPOD I would prefer to use an SD card device with the intravee.

I would like to install the SD card in the car, because buying an iPOD where I'd just keep it in the car would seem like a waste of money.

Has anyone done this?

Say an interveeII with an ai-NET SD card reader... If you have, did it work well?

Andy

Can't say I've heard of anyone on here using an SD card. Let us know how you get on.
I bought a 2nd hand mint 80gb Ipod Classic for about £60 off of Gumtree. Looked on Ebay but even battered up ones were going for silly money.

 

[RichardP]

You can use the Alpine KCA-620m with a USB/SD card, but it's not a good solution. Far better to buy a second hand iPod and the KCA-420i.

 

[Wobblewing]

Thanks. In what way is the KCA-620m not a good solution? Do you mean the user interface on the sat nav screen is poorer than using the iPOD interface?

Fundamentally an Intervee II + KCA-620m and a 20quid SD card is cheaper than the iPod solution.

 

[oli445]

If you decide to go with the introvee and iPod, I'm going to be selling mine ASAP as I'm embarking on a project and won't need it anymore. Will be looking for £185 delivered to anyone on here cash or bank transfer for the introvee II and alpine KCA

 

[Mangozac]

I use a Dension Gateway 300 and 8GB USB flash drive for my music. IMO way better than using an iPod (although it can also have an iPod connected if desired)

 

[Stuart Truman]

I use a Dension Gateway 300 and 8GB USB flash drive for my music. IMO way better than using an iPod (although it can also have an iPod connected if desired)

I used to have one of these in my mini. Has the software got any better? Fannying about with various button presses to get it to do things was a pita. The intravee ii is seamless

 

[Z4 Coupe]

The problem I found with USB and not iPod is USB tends to put gaps in between tracks. If you listen to mixed music its a pita.

 

[RichardP]

Thanks. In what way is the KCA-620m not a good solution? Do you mean the user interface on the sat nav screen is poorer than using the iPOD interface?

The Intravee interface is similar, but the KCA-620m is a porly implemented device.

- It re-reads the USB device every time is powers up.
- It always starts playback from the track that was first written to the USB device.
- It is limited to about 1024 tracks total, more than that and it becomes unstable and selects semi random tracks.
- Often the end of a track is missed off, probably a miscalculation of ID3 data.
- Browsing is by track/folder only, no Artist/Album/Playlist capability.

I could go on, but just take it from me, the KCA-420i/iPod is a much better solution.

 

[markeg]

If you decide to go with the introvee and iPod, I'm going to be selling mine ASAP as I'm embarking on a project and won't need it anymore. Will be looking for £185 delivered to anyone on here cash or bank transfer for the introvee II and alpine KCA

Good price that

 

[yg54sg]

My plan would be to get the intravee and an old iPhone 3GS / 3G / iPod Touch - connect it up in the centre console area so its on all the time, now that iTunes can remotely sync over WIFI it should be possible to put new music on the car remotely when the car is parked outside the house or in the garage. Perfect solution IMO.

 

[srhutch]

Would agree with above, get yourself a cheap iPod. I have OEM USB in my other car and as said the gaps between song with live music is a PITA.

 

[Stuart Truman]

I thought iPods will put a gap between mp3s if you don't flag them as continuous or gapless?

 

[Wobblewing]

Oli445 please check your PM, I'm interested in buying that from you.

Andy

 

[Wobblewing]

Guys, thanks for all your feedback, I'll go with your suggestion..

 

[oli445]

Oli445 please check your PM, I'm interested in buying that from you.

Andy

Replied to, first refusal is yours!

 

[Z4 Coupe]

I thought iPods will put a gap between mp3s if you don't flag them as continuous or gapless?

It just automatically does it. One of the few mp3 players that does.

 

[Mangozac]

I use a Dension Gateway 300 and 8GB USB flash drive for my music. IMO way better than using an iPod (although it can also have an iPod connected if desired)

I used to have one of these in my mini. Has the software got any better? Fannying about with various button presses to get it to do things was a pita. The intravee ii is seamless

I tend to just leave my music on random so don't have to do hardly any stuffing around with the menus. I agree they could be easier to use, but on a non-Nav system they're doing the best they can with what's available. The only annoying thing is that the BMW business CD head unit cancels random mode every time the ignition is turned off, so the order gets shuffled at every start.

 

[Matt_3.0Si]

Apologies for the thread necromancy, but did anyone try this yet? I'm interested in putting an Intravee II in my E86 with factory sat nav, and would prefer SD card compatibility over iPod.

I actually have a KCE-420i sat here from an install in a previous car, as well as an old iPhone 3G, but I found the setup very laggy, and syncing an iPod to change my music around is a pain (I'm always finding new bands I like). I was thinking about trying one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-c...9?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item35d98fbd11

The above comes with USB, SD and a 'dumb' aux socket. One could probably do a very neat install with that if you were electronically minded I'd have thought ... .