Jukebox Storage

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Porsche2018

Discussion Starter · Aug 20, 2017

I was reading about the Jukebox storage feature in advance of taking delivery of my car and I have a few questions someone may be able to shed some light on:

1. Has anyone loaded music to Jukebox and is it a time consuming process?
2. is he jukebox storage on the Cayman and Boxster only 11GB?
3. can the storage capacity be increased (especially since I have about 30GB of music)?
4. I will load all my music on a pen drive and leave it in the glove compartment attached to the USB port.....question is it a slow process to retrieve the music from a USB device as the source? I will be using a 3.0 USB with up to 100MB/s read capability.....

If possible, I would much prefer being able to have all my music stored on the cars hard drive.........

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· #4 · Aug 20, 2017 (Edited)

Porsche2018 said:
I was reading about the Jukebox storage feature in advance of taking delivery of my car and I have a few questions someone may be able to shed some light on:

1. Has anyone loaded music to Jukebox and is it a time consuming process?
2. is he jukebox storage on the Cayman and Boxster only 11GB?
3. can the storage capacity be increased (especially since I have about 30GB of music)?
4. I will load all my music on a pen drive and leave it in the glove compartment attached to the USB port.....question is it a slow process to retrieve the music from a USB device as the source? I will be using a 3.0 USB with up to 100MB/s read capability.....

If possible, I would much prefer being able to have all my music stored on the cars hard drive.........

The time it takes depends very much on (A) What you're loading from (B) The file type you are using. A USB drive or Memory card uploads much quicker than files burnt to disc. A low quality MP3 file obviously uploads quicker than a high resolution FLAC file because there's less information. I don't know if it's possible to upgrade the storage but I doubt it even though it is somewhat limited. You'll just need to be very selective of what you decide to upload, but addition & deletion of files is a very simple matter. You can play directly from the USB drive or Memory card even whilst uploading, or could even opt to storing your music on a combination of Jukebox, Memory cards, USB drives & an iPod. With all them you'll have enough music to drive half way around the world before listening to the same track again.

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· #6 · Aug 20, 2017

RsZk said:
1. It is supposedly 40gb but some of the storage must be used for other data as I could not upload all the music I had on a 32gb memory card.

I can't remember the figure but even with low quality MP3 I couldn't get anything like the number of tracks stored the unit suggested I would. I've now taken to only using the jukebox for MP3 & storing higher quality recordings on USB sticks. A few weeks back my jukebox actually froze up when it got full & would only play the one album (On the + side I now know all of the lyrics). I couldn't even delete anything & booked the car in with the dealership. Every other function of the PCM unit worked except the jukebox. I tried all sorts but to no avail, then a few days later I got in the car & everything was back to normal. The unit checked out O.K at the dealership & touch wood I've had no problems since. It remains a mystery.

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· #7 · Aug 20, 2017

Viffermike said:
My two cents, as an audiophile with plans to upgrade my 718's base stereo:
1. Haven't, and won't. My big concern is sample size; there's no info in the Owner's Manual regarding what bitrate the Jukebox stores digital files in.

That's the thing with the jukebox, it's space is that limited that when I stored files of a decent quality it was full in no time. It stored so little in flac that I was limited to very few albums so I filled it with MP3's as a sort of back up. The thing is now it is only full of MP3's I've actually stopped listening to it & only use the USB drives & memory cards with Flac files. I'll probably just delete the jukebox contents contents & fill it with a few of my desert island discs in a decent quality.

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· #27 · Aug 24, 2017

agent 86 said:
Hey, I would like to know more about using SD cards with HiDef audio. I understand the basics MP3 vs. FLAC etc., but I have never actually taken advantage of the lossless formats. Anybody willing to share their process for selecting content (source), then transferring the files to SD for use in car?

I like music. I like good sound, but I have pretty much settled for music purchased from iTunes then played in car via bluetooth or via AirPlay because it was easy. I also listen to XM Sirius, and some FM.

I listen to pretty much all types of music, although, i'm partial to Jazz. I managed a Sam Goody record store many moons ago. We sold LP's, 45's, cassettes, and 8track tapes. I recall with CD's were launched. :O

If you want to try ripping a few CD's in different formats for experimentation then I can recommend dBpoweramp. It's an absolute cinch to use. It's fairly inexpensive but in any case they allow you a 21 day free trial. All converted files will be stored on your computer & you can just drag them to an inserted SD card.

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· #31 · Aug 25, 2017

Pythonposse said:
I go to HDTracks and download the music as WAV files - you can pick the resolution desired. They're really big files but can be converted later, if desired, by some of the processes decribed above. I just drag the WAV music files to the SD card and it's ready to go. Maybe not tons of music but enough for me. Easy too. That's why I update them frequently. Just remember that the music is only as good as the source. Some older stuff may be re-recorded in HD but ...

I also make quite a number of purchases from HD Tracks, but normally only the audiophile high resolution stuff on Flac 24/96 & above, as well as the odd DSD recording. It has to be said that some of their prices are absolutely ridiculous (certainly on HD tracks U.K), especially when much of the store content is only of CD quality & I can buy an actual physical copy for a mere fraction of the price.................................I'd recommend the jazz album Fragile by Robert Len which is available on HD tracks though. A superb recording that they have available in numerous formats & sample rates (I have it in Flac 192/24). It's probably my favourite album that I've purchased from that particular site.

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· #34 · Aug 27, 2017

agent 86 said:
Thanks guys. I decided to take the easy way out for now. At home we're exclusively iOS and OS X, so I decided to go with ALAC files using iTunes. I loaded a few CD to my 16GB SD card and everything worked out fine for my initial test.

I really wanted to experience the process and get a feel for what it was like to navigate albums and songs while in the car.

I will eventually convert my CDs to FLAC.

Hi, I got fed up with Microsoft a few years back & only use Apple products too, it really is no problem using dBpoweramp with either though. Going back to HD tracks, I'd also like to point out there are also free samplers on site that you can try.

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· #36 · Aug 28, 2017

Yipekiye said:
Are the samples on HD Tracks complete songs or tidbits of songs?

They are actually whole albums consisting of multiple tracks from numerous genre's. Three are compiled by HD tracks themselves & there is also an album called Covers3 by Chesky records. Or at the very least it was free yesterday, which I found quite surprising as it contains 19 tracks.

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· #37 · Aug 28, 2017

Chilli said:
They are actually whole albums consisting of multiple tracks from numerous genre's. Three are compiled by HD tracks themselves & there is also an album called Covers3 by Chesky records. Or at the very least it was free yesterday, which I found quite surprising as it contains 19 tracks.

Just to help identification I've done a couple of screen shots of the artwork. There may possibly be others on site that are free but I haven't really looked.

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· #40 · Jan 17, 2018

jbox said:
Is it possible to load files from a cd into the jukebox? The manual suggests that it is, but when I press the "opt" button while playing a cd, there is no option for copying to the jukebox. What am I missing?

You can't load directly from a Red Book CD (the type you would typically buy in a store) as there isn't the ripping software, but it will load from an optical disc containing files of a suitable format such as MP3, Flac etc (suitable formats are listed in the manual). I wouldn't bother burning those files to a disc though as it's easier & faster to load them onto a memory card or pen drive. You can either purchase files in a suitable format, or use ripping software such as dBpoweramp. The jukebox has a woefully limited capacity & is only really suitable for storage of low resolution lossy MP3's (which take up far less space than anything worth actually listening to). Otherwise you'll find it gets full with very few albums. If you're happy with that then fine, but if you care about sound quality then I & many others keep high resolution files stored on memory cards, thumb drives & bypass the jukebox itself. The functionality is the same.

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· #42 · Jan 17, 2018 (Edited)

TEST DRyVer said:
Just as I suspected! You have horrible taste in music... And most likely, horrible taste in food as well. :laugh: Thankfully, you have REALLY good taste in cars, so it's kind of a wash

Hey at least unlike yourself I wouldn't scream & wet myself at the very sight of Justin Bieber. I also have an extremely varied taste in music & enjoy artistes from just about all genres with the notable exclusion of opera (just never been able to abide it). I own many thousands of recordings so if you wish to discuss the subject of music elsewhere I'll happily do so, just not here, as this is for 718's (Hopefully one day that might finally sink into your skull). As for food (though I'm not quite sure why you're waffling on about that on a 718 forum again), I've travelled & still do travel extensively. I've also lived in Singapore as well as Germany, Belgium, France & the U.K & also eaten at a great many Michelin starred restaurants. So the chances are that my palette is considerably more experienced & refined than your own. So you just keep wallowing in your ignorance & stuffing your face with oversized burgers & I'll keep to eating the likes of smoked eel with foie gras (fabulous, I ate that & many other delicacies at Vandal a few weeks back on one of the Spanish islands. Possibly the same night you were tucked up in your trailer chowing down on mac & cheese).

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· #45 · Jan 17, 2018

jbox said:
Well, my response above is a bit out of order and makes no sense in its current context, but I was replying to Chilli's post #40. Thanks again Chilli.

Lol, no problem it's a pleasure & don't worry about myself & Test DRyVer it's just a bit of banter.

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