Garmin MP3 Player

 

I have a Nuvi 660. How can I seperate the MP3 files to play by type or artist and play them on my unit?

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Ydocmij1 wrote:

I have a Nuvi 660. How can I seperate the MP3 files to play by type or artist and play them on my unit?

Your GPS categorizes the songs according to the info in the ID3 tags. If you don't fill in those fields, the songs won't appear in the categories.

iTunes and any number of other programs allow you to fill in the tags in groups, or, in Windows, you can do the same thing. Just select the file(s) (you can do multiples) and right click for properties. Go to the Properties/Summary/Advance and fill in the blanks.

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Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.

You can start by

Using the search function to see if the topic has been discussed in the past, if you had you would have found this:
http://www.poi-factory.com/search/node/Playlists

Just trying to get the new and old community members to use search.

Miss POI can you merge this into:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/4514

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Using Android Based GPS.The above post and my sig reflects my own opinions, expressed for the purpose of informing or inspiring, not commanding. Naturally, you are free to reject or embrace whatever you read.

To the OP:

Use Media Monkey to set the tags, then the Album, Artist, Genre will show up on the GPS unit MP3 player screens.

This is completely separate from Playlists. Playlists are not needed for this function to work properly.

merged

BobDee wrote:

Miss POI can you merge this into:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/4514

I have now merged these two threads, thanks Bobdee for pointing this out.

Miss POI

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Well, now my post above makes no sense because the original poster in thread in which I replied didn't have anything to do with Playlists. Oh well. Hopefully, they will get it sorted out or will repost.

Did I mess up

Motorcycle Mama wrote:

Well, now my post above makes no sense because the original poster in thread in which I replied didn't have anything to do with Playlists. Oh well. Hopefully, they will get it sorted out or will repost.

Ok now I am thoroughly confused, was I misadvised about merging those threads?

Is this fixed now?

Miss POI

MP3 Playlist Creator

Ydocmij1 wrote:

I have a Nuvi 660. How can I seperate the MP3 files to play by type or artist and play them on my unit?

Use Google to go to "ODDGRAVITY". They have a very good utility for what you need. They would like a donation but it is basically free. Also go to a site "AUDACITY" for a fine audio processing program. Also,as you gain experience you will want to get an "MP3 Gain" processing utility to equalize loudness characteristics to minimize volume adjustments between various tracks and albums.

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Thanks, Miss Poi. smile All straight now.

I think a lot of confusion

I think a lot of confusion may have been avoided had the individual asking the advice, been supplied answers along with the advice to search. I think some of us are too quick to point people to search the site before attempting to answer their queries. Of course, if you don't have a clue about the subject, telling them to search right off the cuff is one way to get your five cents worth in, I suppose.

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Nuvi 2595LMT Oregon 450 - Always drink upstream from the herd.

wish....

Wish I had the mp-3 option....sorry can't help, but i'm certain some one on this site will be able to help.

And I'm happy with it. And

And I'm happy with it. And adding free mp3 from http://chemp3.com to my player playlist all the time.