Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

A few weeks ago I posted that it was time to replace stereo/CD player
on the boat. Coumbus Day seemed like an auspicious moment to install
thenew C-70 radar, so while I had the overhead console torn apart for
wiring, etc I took the oppty to swap out the stereo.

Got a Kenwood unit with a remote control (no more squaking from Mrs. G
about being unable to reach the controls)

Biggest selling feature is a USB port on the face. No more CD's for
me!

Looked at the Ipods that everybody recommended; but a 4GB unit is
about $150. For $30 (on sale at Office Depot) I got a 4GB thumb drive
that will plug into the USB port on the Kenwood and play through the
normal amp and speakers.

I'll be transferring about 150-200 CD's onto the thumb drive (if they
wll all fit, otherwise will spend another $30). With stowage always at
a premium on any boat, I'm looking forward to recovering a galley
drawer currently stuffed with CD, as well as bringing aboard a greater
variety of music from the collection normally kept at home.

So far tonight I've uploaded albums by:

Bob Dylan
Billie Holiday
Beatles ("The Early Years"- this is the album where they honest to
golly sing "When the Saint's go Marchin' In" and "My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean."
Howlin Wolf
Linda Ronstadt
Robert Cray Blues Band
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt ("Trio II")
The Doors
David Crosby and Graham Nash
Fleetwood Mac
Blood Sweat and Tears

Takes only 3-4 minutes to rip a CD onto the thumb drive.

Nice thing about it, I don't have any guilty conscience about stealing
music somewhere. This is all stuff I paid for, just putting it onto a
different format. :-)

I'll stick this thumb drive in within the next day or so and report
about whether it's easy to use........

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:04:19 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Bob Dylan
Billie Holiday
Beatles ("The Early Years"- this is the album where they honest to
golly sing "When the Saint's go Marchin' In" and "My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean."

Great album - have it myself.

Howlin Wolf
Linda Ronstadt
Robert Cray Blues Band
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt ("Trio II")

Very underrated - like this album a lot.

The Doors
David Crosby and Graham Nash

Well, that explains a lot.

Fleetwood Mac

Which album?

Blood Sweat and Tears

Always a favorite of mine.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 2:59?am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:04:19 -0700, Chuck Gould

wrote:
Bob Dylan
Billie Holiday
Beatles ("The Early Years"- this is the album where they honest to
golly sing "When the Saint's go Marchin' In" and "My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean."

Great album - have it myself.

Howlin Wolf
Linda Ronstadt
Robert Cray Blues Band
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt ("Trio II")

Very underrated - like this album a lot.

The Doors
David Crosby and Graham Nash

Well, that explains a lot.

Fleetwood Mac

Which album?

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)




Blood Sweat and Tears

Always a favorite of mine.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)

Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)

Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~

We're the people who've actually heard their music, and I don't mean the
worst of the bootleg recordings.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)

Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~


Maybe you need to find a better class of friends.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 11:36 am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)

Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~

Maybe you need to find a better class of friends.

Deadheads, real deadheads are a great class of folks. I am not talking
about these hopped up VW Rabbit, backwards hat, shaved head deadheads.
I am talking about the rainbow people, and such. Lived with a bunch of
em' in Springfield 20 years ago. Never got into the music, but I loved
the atmosphere.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 12:01 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Oct 9, 11:36 am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:
"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)
Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.
Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.
~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~
Maybe you need to find a better class of friends.

Deadheads, real deadheads are a great class of folks. I am not talking
about these hopped up VW Rabbit, backwards hat, shaved head deadheads.
I am talking about the rainbow people, and such. Lived with a bunch of
em' in Springfield 20 years ago. Never got into the music, but I loved
the atmosphere.

I dig it. Bet you are not talking about Springfield, MO!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No, the united socialist republic of Mass:)

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:36:56 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)

Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~

Maybe you need to find a better class of friends.

Well wasn't that snarky... :)

To tell the truth, we have a bunch of Deadheads in our apartments and
they all are nice folks - never late on rent, keep the places up and
never a hassle or problem on anything.

And our family attorney is a Deadhead.

Plus Mrs. Wave.

In addition to...

Well, I think you get the point. :)

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:36:56 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)
Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~
Maybe you need to find a better class of friends.

Well wasn't that snarky... :)

To tell the truth, we have a bunch of Deadheads in our apartments and
they all are nice folks - never late on rent, keep the places up and
never a hassle or problem on anything.

And our family attorney is a Deadhead.

Plus Mrs. Wave.

In addition to...

Well, I think you get the point. :)


Uh...I was making a pun out of the name. I knew what you meant...

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:34:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)

Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~

http://tinyurl.com/377zhd


www.wolfgangsvault.com

You have to register (free), and the only email you'll get is (maybe) a
confirmation, and the occasional note about new recordings added to the
collection. Prepare to spend lots of time...

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 12:09 pm, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:36:56 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:53:10 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

"Greatest Hits" (Which is the primary item in my FM collection, my
taste always ran more toward the Grateful Dead)
Good lord - I can't get away fron Deadherads.

Almost everybody I know is a Deadhead.

~~ AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! ~~
Maybe you need to find a better class of friends.

Well wasn't that snarky... :)

To tell the truth, we have a bunch of Deadheads in our apartments and
they all are nice folks - never late on rent, keep the places up and
never a hassle or problem on anything.

And our family attorney is a Deadhead.

Plus Mrs. Wave.

In addition to...

Well, I think you get the point. :)

Uh...I was making a pun out of the name. I knew what you meant...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ever meet the "Rainbows"?? They are pre-commercial-deadhead, real life
hippies, mostly in NW Mass and NH. All into flowers, dancin' stokin'
and gettin' neket and such. Fun on a weekend, but not lifestyle I
could survive;)

As far as I am concerened, when cocaine infiltrated the dead culture
and the band in the mid 80's, it was the beginning of their fall.
There was a seachange in the group and the crowd, they started coming
to concerts in Beemers and such, dancing bears became "trendy", coke
ruins everything it touches.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 7:01 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

ups.com...





A few weeks ago I posted that it was time to replace stereo/CD player
on the boat. Coumbus Day seemed like an auspicious moment to install
thenew C-70 radar, so while I had the overhead console torn apart for
wiring, etc I took the oppty to swap out the stereo.

Got a Kenwood unit with a remote control (no more squaking from Mrs. G
about being unable to reach the controls)

Biggest selling feature is a USB port on the face. No more CD's for
me!

Looked at the Ipods that everybody recommended; but a 4GB unit is
about $150. For $30 (on sale at Office Depot) I got a 4GB thumb drive
that will plug into the USB port on the Kenwood and play through the
normal amp and speakers.

I'll be transferring about 150-200 CD's onto the thumb drive (if they
wll all fit, otherwise will spend another $30). With stowage always at
a premium on any boat, I'm looking forward to recovering a galley
drawer currently stuffed with CD, as well as bringing aboard a greater
variety of music from the collection normally kept at home.

So far tonight I've uploaded albums by:

Bob Dylan
Billie Holiday
Beatles ("The Early Years"- this is the album where they honest to
golly sing "When the Saint's go Marchin' In" and "My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean."
Howlin Wolf
Linda Ronstadt
Robert Cray Blues Band
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt ("Trio II")
The Doors
David Crosby and Graham Nash
Fleetwood Mac
Blood Sweat and Tears

Takes only 3-4 minutes to rip a CD onto the thumb drive.

Nice thing about it, I don't have any guilty conscience about stealing
music somewhere. This is all stuff I paid for, just putting it onto a
different format. :-)

I'll stick this thumb drive in within the next day or so and report
about whether it's easy to use........

How do you control what is playing on the thumb drive?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I would imagine if the stereo has a usb port, it has software and
display to control it.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:01:08 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

I'll stick this thumb drive in within the next day or so and report
about whether it's easy to use........


How do you control what is playing on the thumb drive?

With your index finger.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:01:08 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

I'll stick this thumb drive in within the next day or so and report
about whether it's easy to use........

How do you control what is playing on the thumb drive?

With your index finger.

Damn, I was going to guess a different finger.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:17:36 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

How do you control what is playing on the thumb drive?

With your index finger.

Damn, I was going to guess a different finger.

That works also.

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 8:17 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:01:08 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

I'll stick this thumb drive in within the next day or so and report
about whether it's easy to use........

How do you control what is playing on the thumb drive?

With your index finger.

Damn, I was going to guess a different finger.

Lemme' guess. Around here we call it "the New York driving finger" ;)

Solved mystereo dilemna with a thumb drive
 

On Oct 9, 4:01?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

ups.com...





A few weeks ago I posted that it was time to replace stereo/CD player
on the boat. Coumbus Day seemed like an auspicious moment to install
thenew C-70 radar, so while I had the overhead console torn apart for
wiring, etc I took the oppty to swap out the stereo.

Got a Kenwood unit with a remote control (no more squaking from Mrs. G
about being unable to reach the controls)

Biggest selling feature is a USB port on the face. No more CD's for
me!

Looked at the Ipods that everybody recommended; but a 4GB unit is
about $150. For $30 (on sale at Office Depot) I got a 4GB thumb drive
that will plug into the USB port on the Kenwood and play through the
normal amp and speakers.

I'll be transferring about 150-200 CD's onto the thumb drive (if they
wll all fit, otherwise will spend another $30). With stowage always at
a premium on any boat, I'm looking forward to recovering a galley
drawer currently stuffed with CD, as well as bringing aboard a greater
variety of music from the collection normally kept at home.

So far tonight I've uploaded albums by:

Bob Dylan
Billie Holiday
Beatles ("The Early Years"- this is the album where they honest to
golly sing "When the Saint's go Marchin' In" and "My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean."
Howlin Wolf
Linda Ronstadt
Robert Cray Blues Band
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt ("Trio II")
The Doors
David Crosby and Graham Nash
Fleetwood Mac
Blood Sweat and Tears

Takes only 3-4 minutes to rip a CD onto the thumb drive.

Nice thing about it, I don't have any guilty conscience about stealing
music somewhere. This is all stuff I paid for, just putting it onto a
different format. :-)

I'll stick this thumb drive in within the next day or so and report
about whether it's easy to use........

How do you control what is playing on the thumb drive?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll be able to report on actiual usage of this thing in the next day
or so.

Since the main reason I would have been drawn to an iPod would have
been as a means to store music other than on CD's, the $30 thumb drive
is a better solution for my needs *if* I can at least select
individual folders/albums- or possibly even individual tracks.