weird USB problem

[erubus]

copied from D2 forum where I accidentally posted originally

Hi guys. My D3 is fitted with a dension AMI with USB, AUX and i-pod connectors. Initially I had a small 2 or 3 GB USB stick with a few albums on which worked away fine. Happy that it was all working well I bought a new 16GB one and put on a similar amount of music as I wasnt sure what size the MMI would accept so didnt want to waste a couple of hours choosing music to put on for it not to work. Again, this worked fine for a few days until i got an error message on the MMI.

Now I can't rememebr what the error message actually said annoyingly but the music stopped playing anyway. I had just arrived back home by this point so i just took the USB stick out and went inside.

Assuming that the error was with the stick, I formatted it and then filled it up with 7 or 8 GB of music.

When I put this stick in, I either get a "loading CD" message that doesnt go away or more usually, I just get the list of albums that was on the first stick. It was even playing albums that were on the first stick but not on the second so it had clearly stored them somewhere.

I tried reseting the MMI by pressing the TEL, main dial and top right soft key simultaneously. Now I get the albums that were initially on the second stick but nothing else. This is regardless of whether the stick is actually inserted or not.

I'm at a loss as to what could be the problem. I dont yet have VCDS and would struggle to work it anyway TBH.

I have since bought an AUX cable and can get music off my phone but obviousy I cant get any of the menus on the MMI screen and can't choose/change music except by doing it on the phone and risking 3 points and £100 fine.

If anyone can help I'd be eternally grateful, I have some really great tunes that the Bose stereo would really do justice to and I'm getting sick of the same four albums over and over again!

gill