Just wanting to make sure I understand here...lol

When you push left button "in" the radio changes folders on the jumpdrive just like playlists on an Ipod? You can still change individual songs within that folder by pushing the right button up or down?

If that is the case, then that is basically the same concept at my playlists on my ipod. all i have to do is put the songs I want in certain folders (country 1, country 2, hard rock 1, hard rock 2, alternative, etc). I would be able to use the left button to change between the folders and the right button to change the songs within that button. all without every touching the HU. Let me know if I got that right? Thanks

 

Yes! You described it as it works on my 03 EG.

 

Awesome. Thx
Which HU do you presently have?

 

Same one the Post is referring to, KDC-X998. Is that the same HU you are working with?

 

I just sent Bill a PM asking if he got a chance to look into this.

 

Thanks Bert.

I don't have that HU "yet". lol I'm waiting but it looks like I'll be contacting BT and getting me an install kit. then find me the best price on that HU

 

Any updates?

 

Haven't heard anything yet. I'll be talking to Bill next week and bring it up.

 

I am in the process of getting this unit and the BT retro kit. So I understand correctly if I use my usb thumb drive direct to the front usb port, I can view Artist/Album/Song?
Or do I have to use the Kenwood software to do so. I don't care about genre. I can sync with windows media player or direct from pc to thumb drive. Files will be layered as Artis/Album/Song in the Thumb Drive.

 

Here are a list of display options as shown in the 998x manual. The display can also be set to display 2 or 3 lines of text.

The benefit of using the Kenwood Music Editor Light software is for organizing and quickly searching for songs in folders or albums. You could create and name folders (say by Genre) and place them on a USB drive then run the the Music Editor to create a type of Playlist that can be easily searchable.