regular mp3 & radio

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I own an 2010 Elantra Touring. It comes with a connection for an ipod to
the radio. Would like to find a way to also use my Creative Zen thru the
radio as well but since the radio has no cassette and I've heard negative
things about fm transmiters I am wondering if there are any other
alternatives. Thanks. Zach
 
zach said:
I own an 2010 Elantra Touring. It comes with a connection for an ipod to
the radio. Would like to find a way to also use my Creative Zen thru the
radio as well but since the radio has no cassette and I've heard negative
things about fm transmiters I am wondering if there are any other
alternatives. Thanks. Zach
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No USB port on the Zen?
According to Hyundai, the radio has one.

http://www.hyundaiusa.com/elantra-touring/interior.aspx
six-speaker 172-watt audio system with XM® Satellite Radio and iPod®/USB
and auxiliary input jacks. But hey, who's counting.
 
Ed said:
No USB port on the Zen?
According to Hyundai, the radio has one.
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Ok--could very well be operator error here. I'll try things out again.
Thanks for the heads-up.
....Zach
 
zach said:
I own an 2010 Elantra Touring. It comes with a connection for an ipod to
the radio. Would like to find a way to also use my Creative Zen thru
the radio as well but since the radio has no cassette and I've heard
negative things about fm transmiters I am wondering if there are any
other alternatives. Thanks. Zach
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Most newer cars have an aux in jack.
I don't know if there is a way to get audio out of your Zen thing
though. Seems to me it should have a headphone jack.
 
zach said:
Ok--could very well be operator error here. I'll try things out again.
Thanks for the heads-up.
...Zach
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On my Sonata, the USB port is in the center consol. I can plug in a stick
so the Zen should act the same way.
 
zach said:
I own an 2010 Elantra Touring. It comes with a connection for an ipod to
the radio. Would like to find a way to also use my Creative Zen thru the
radio as well but since the radio has no cassette and I've heard negative
things about fm transmiters I am wondering if there are any other
alternatives. Thanks. Zach
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You should be able to use any regular USB Stick with the Radio.
Just copy MP3-files to the stick.

Background: There are two different protocols for transfering data via
USB. MTP and MSC. Your Creative Zen is set to MTP mode. The radio
needs MSC mode. If you can switch the Zen to MSC it'll work fine, but
maybe you won't be able to sync it to your computer with the software
you're using. All USB Sticks are MSC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol

HTH,
Raphael
 
Raphael said:
Background: There are two different protocols for transfering data via
USB. MTP and MSC. Your Creative Zen is set to MTP mode. The radio
needs MSC mode. If you can switch the Zen to MSC it'll work fine, but
maybe you won't be able to sync it to your computer with the software
you're using. All USB Sticks are MSC.
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Thanks for the info--greatly appreciated. Zach
 
Paul said:
Most newer cars have an aux in jack.
I don't know if there is a way to get audio out of your Zen thing though.
Seems to me it should have a headphone jack.
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Thanks--appreciate the info. Zach
 
What's biggest USB stick I can use to play music as my64 gig keeps saying error but my 4 gig works fine tia
 
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