Anyone know if the USB port supports v3.0?

[Jetjockey10]

I loaded up an older v2.0 USB key with 600+ mp3 music files and started the transfer to the 64 GB SSD. The copying was so slow that I gave up at the 50% mark. Now I am considering moving the data over to a v3.0 USB key, erasing the incomplete first copying attempt and hoping for improved copy speed.

Is there a better way to load up the Jukebox?

Regards,
Ray

 

[losboricua]

The way the USB pins are setup on the plug, it is USB 2.0. MP3 is already a compressed format which make it slow to transfer when copying from one device to another.

 

[TroyK]

I loaded up an older v2.0 USB key with 600+ mp3 music files and started the transfer to the 64 GB SSD. The copying was so slow that I gave up at the 50% mark. Now I am considering moving the data over to a v3.0 USB key, erasing the incomplete first copying attempt and hoping for improved copy speed.

Is there a better way to load up the Jukebox?

Regards,
Ray

just checking but are you aware you can listen to your mp3s right off your usb drive without transferring them to the jukebox?

 

[Jetjockey10]

just checking but are you aware you can listen to your mp3s right off your usb drive without transferring them to the jukebox?

Yes, I am and that is a good feature. Of course, it then becomes a dedicated USB key for the Genesis.

Regards,

Ray

 

[danygenesis]

Yes, I am and that is a good feature. Of course, it then becomes a dedicated USB key for the Genesis.

Regards,

Ray

And that's exactly what I have.

 

[NewGen]

I use a couple of 3.0 USB drives in my Genesis. But I'm afraid you'll be disappointed to hear that you will not have any speedier transfer to your Genesis Jukebox, since it uses USB 2.0. Now if you are moving stuff from a PC with USB 3.0 you'll save a little bit of time there. Hope that helps you.

 

[MikeyTG]

Be aware that there is a approx. 7000(?) file limit to a plugged in USB drive. The unit will only catalog the first 7000 songs/files and ignore the rest. This probably also applies to the internal drive too.

Something I thought of but never checked out: There is an SD card plugged into the unit. I was wondering if you could copy the existing files on this to a much larger card, plug it in, and get more storage space for the internal jukebox.