get a headunit with usb in back , then lead short usb cable up to hole
in ashtray. USB device then plugs into that cable. No clutter on
faceplate.

alistair

On 17-Jun-11, at 9:57 AM, neil n wrote:

> Good point.
>
> When on random mode, my Kenwood will freeze for a bit while cueing up
> an Mp3 file from thumb drive. Likely it's how I've organized files but
> maybe capacity of thumb drive affects things.
>
> It sounds like Loren would prefer not to do this, but when using thumb
> drive, leaving the head unit on "random" is great. It picks what it
> picks which keeps things fresh to some degree. The pregnant pauses
> between tunes not withstanding.     ;)
>
> I would suggest a USB cable with a lower profile right angle where it
> plugs into head unit. Haven't found one locally yet. All I can see is
> me knocking the USB thumb drive and damaging the USB socket.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Jim Johnston <inmytree1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Be sure to check the how big of a USB Thumb you can use with the
>> unit.  For
>> mine, the literature states it won't read anything of 2gigs.
>
>
>
>
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> Neil n
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