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Product Description – This software was specifically built for the Goldwing music players to populate and arrange MP3, WMA songs on your USB Thumb drive with just few clicks of your mouse. Works with ANY BRAND GL1800 Digital Music Player such as the 2012+ Goldwing integrated player, BikeMP3, J&M, DMC that require USB Flash Drive or SD Memory Card to operate.  Designed to work with WindowsXP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

Built-in Media Player allows the user to “right-click” on a song track and preview the music directly on their computer. To stop the music simply requires a "right-“double-click". The player also solves many of the hardware problems with loading USB flash drives experienced with earlier J&M and BikeMP3 versions.

This software tool allows one to find all of the MP3/WMA songs on their hard drive and provides an easy method for organizing and loading the virtual CDs on the USB thumb drive. The tool limits each CD to user-selected maximum number songs and allows you to add, move and remove songs according to what you want to listen to. The tool only contains and manipulates a song catalog / list, so nothing is ever actually touched on the source hard drive.  The software also supports the Honda Goldwing 2012+ integrated audio system.

The JMDM-GL18 and BikeMP3 V1 plays the music in the order the songs are loaded into the SD memory card, copying a block of songs and dumping them on the SD memory card doesn’t quite work the way you want.  The software loads the songs on the memory device in the order you want to listen to the music.  The BikeMP3 V3 (latest) player plays the song tracks in alpha-numeric order.  The software names the song file names such that they play in the appropriate order.

Once the music lists have been completed on any given CD, the user can choose to optionally randomize, manually reorder or sort the song order again if needed.

For the final step, a simple drop-down menu is selected and the songs are copied from your hard drive to the USB Thumb drive or SD memory card. This is the only time the music files are actually accessed by the tool. If any song file already exists on the target memory chip it will not be re-copied over.

Afterward you can save the configuration so that the process can be modified and repeated at a later date. I find that having access to 990 songs is more music than I can ever listen to in a single month of riding. The rebuilding of the list is now a simple task and allows me to want to change it more frequently than if I had to use Excel or manually build the list.

For more information and helpful hints, visit:

 http://wingstuff.k7tty.com/

 

Honda 2012 Goldwing with the Premium Audio System

The 2012 Goldwing motorcycle provides the capability to interface an iPod or USB memory device via an interface cable in the rear trunk. It will play MP3 and WMA format music files. It will use the handle bar controls to switch folders and also provide additional features like random play, search and repeat. It supports a USB flash drive of 265 MBytes or more.  Songs can be arranged in up to 999 folders including the root directory with up to 8 hierarchies of folders with a maximum of 255 songs in any single folder.

The software supports up to 16 folders for arranging songs.  A recommendation would be to arrange songs by genre with a mix of song track authors and music styles. 

Automotive-style In-dash Audio System

Automotive In-dash audio systems that accept a USB flash drive and are capable of playing MP3 and WMA are similar in design to the 2012 Goldwing motorcycle.  This software can be also be used to load USB flash drives for these applications as well as Cell Phones and some MP3 players that utilize a USB flash drive-type interface.

BikeMP3 Digital Music Player V3

BikeMP3 GL1800 Digital Music Player is an upgraded version of the older MP3/WMA solution for the Honda Goldwing. This new unit addresses the pitfalls of older solutions as well as offering the most requested additional features. Song Populating Software works with any of today's popular digital players such as BikeMP3, J&M, etc. The BikeMP3 delivers CD-quality sound directly into the factory sound system via the CD changer port, no loss of sound quality that can occur with existing solutions. Directly control the unit from your bike audio controls, the user only needs to insert a SD card or USB stick up to 8G, then your set to enjoy digital music (MP3/WMA) on your bike. 2-year warranty.

Standard Features

  1. Pauses when switched to another audio source
  2. Automatically changes from folder to folder
  3. Adds a second AUX input to the bike (remove memory card to activate)
  4. Screw in connections for security
    Indexes alphabetically and numerically
  5. Smaller size than previous units
  6. Anti lockup circuit and software (addresses problems with pre 2006 radios)
  7. Factory XM supported without extra switches to buy
  8. Unlimited storage Using extra SD cards or USB sticks up to 8GB each
  9. Handlebar control
    Digital sound quality
  10. One plug easy install
    AUX cable included

J&M MP3 Digital Music Player, Changer, iPod, Aux, Bluetooth

New JM Bluetooth Digital Music Player plugs directly into the CD selected music input plug on all 2001-2010 Honda Gold Wing audio systems, replacing the Honda CD changer, at a fraction of the cost. Store and play up to 884 MP3 song tracks from your music library on a single SD card, (exact # of song track storage and playback will vary depending on model year of the GL-1800) and toggle thru song after song using your existing handlebar audio system controls. Plug in your iPod® with your favorite music files stored, and toggle thru song after song using your existing handlebar audio system controls, without discharging your iPod’s internal battery. Plug in your remote mounted Satellite radio receiver or MP3 player, using the 3.5mm 3-conductor plug accessory cable and enjoy high-quality stereo music thru the Honda audio system CD selection. Link by Bluetooth® your cell phone or Garmin® Zumo to the player and your cell phone conversations or navigation commands will automatically prioritize OVER whichever music files are being played at the time, allowing hands free cell phone conversations, by both the driver and passenger thru their J&M brand helmet headsets. If your cell phone/smart phone also contains stored stereo music files, they will stream via Bluetooth, into the music player and on thru to the GL-1800 audio system.

Basics

The software tool was written to support a variety of different MP3 / WMA music players. This software was designed to support the GoldWing virtual CD music player and it's requirements for music format.

Many simple players essentially plays the music in the order the songs are loaded into the SD memory card, copying a block of songs and dumping them on the SD memory card doesn’t quite work the way you want.

The music player is also picky as to what is on the card.  It only wants to see WMA / MP3 music files, files have to be loaded in a specific order. It only wants to see a specific number of folders/directories with each containing no more than the maximum number of tracks. 

If you multi-task the memory card by loading non-music files and data, then the music player becomes confused, operation erratic in the order tracks are played, and potentially it will stop working.  It doesn't seem to damage the music player, but does require you cycle the motorcycle ignition to reset the unit.

Simpler music players found on many older cell phones require all songs to be placed in a single root directory.  They may or may not support random play order.  This software tool allows for the user to select either mode.

At any time during construction of the lists, you can save the configuration so that the process can be modified and repeated at a later date.

The application shown on the left shows two main windows.

  1. The left window displays the tracks (or songs) from your hard drive.  You tell it what root directory to start looking in and it does a recursive search for all MP3 and WMA music media. 

  2. The right window shows 10 CD drive volumes, each with a list of tracks (songs) that have been selected for writing to the removable storage device. 

  3. You determine the maximum number of songs allowed on each CD volume. Your MP3 / WMA player instructions will tell you if there are any limits.

The concept is simple

  1. Choose songs from the left window list and move them to the right window.  These are lists, so you are not actually moving any song files at this time, just file names.

  2. Organize the song file names into each of the 16 CD tabbed folders

  3. Randomize the order they play in or you can sort the order by song Title, Author or Album by pressing the button at the top of each column.

  4. Once satisfied, copy the songs from your main computer's hard drive to the removable storage device.

Product Pass Key

When you first start up the product, it will ask you for your email address and pass key.  The pass key is provided either with the distribution software on CD-ROM or by the WEB download site where you acquired the software.

Trial Mode - If you don't have the KEY, you are still allowed to use the software, but instead of writing to the USB Thumb Drive or SD memory card with 10 directories and 99 tracks in each directory it will create the 10 directories and only populate 3 tracks per directory.  This doesn't fully utilize the music player's capability of 990+ tracks total, but there is a good reason.

One may ask why only 3 tracks?  If you received this software from a free web site, then it is enabled only for the trial mode functionality  When you purchase the full copy, you will be given the pass key to unlock the software.

Quick Start Guide

The following eleven steps will quickly get you to the finish line so that you can try out the software and cut an SD / USB memory device.  There are YouTube video links later in these instructions that show you step-by-step how to get the maximum out of the software tool.

1.  Select the player option that best describes your motorcycle. This panel provides a recommended starting point that you can later modify prior to creating your USB flash drive.

2.  Open the Motorcycle Application

3.  Under the Windows Start button, open  the Open Windows Explorer application

4.  Arrange the windows side-by-side as shown in the picture below.  This will allow you to easily see the building of the database.

5.  Find your music files on your main computer

6.  Select the top (main) music folder in your Windows Explorer, click and drag it to the motorcycle software application.  The motorcycle application should start to populate with WMA and MP3 song tracks.

7.  Select the number of CD volumes and number of files you want for each folder using the table below and input selection into the Number CD Volumes and Max songs per CD fields  as shown in the picture below.

Music Player

CD Volumes

Song tracks per volume

Play order

BikeMP3 Digital Music Player V3

9

99

sorted alpha-numeric by file name

J&M  MP3 Digital Music Player, Changer, iPod, Aux, Bluetooth (adds to price)

6 to 9 depending on bike year

45 or 99 depending on bike year

played in order loaded to memory device

J&M JMDM GL18 (older model)

6 to 10 depending on bike year

45 or 99 depending on bike year

played in order loaded to memory device

 

8.  Press Random Load Songs.

9.  Select the next CD folder tab  (CD1, CD2, CD3 . . . .  ) and repeat the process for all folders.

10.  Ready to do the copy, in  the Destination Drive and Directory (upper right edit window) enter the drive letter of your SD/USB memory device.  You should already have inserted your SD or USB memory into the computer slot.  It should already be empty, if not, under the File menu, there is a Clean External Memory Card dialog window.

11.  Under the File menu, select Copy CD Collection to Thumb Drive, it opens up the following dialog window.

12.  Select the version of player you have (BikeMP3 or J&M) and start the copy.

 At this point, wait for the process to complete, and when finished you can remove your memory card and use it in the GL1800.

The following sections provide other options and detailed information on using the software

Music Selection Preparation, Organizing the Hard Drive

There are some recommended things you can do to make the software tool easier to use.
  1. In the example picture, all music is organized in a root directory called RCA_LYRA in a "Public Music" folder.  This is the folder I use when setting the source music folder.
  2. The next level of folders should be the "Artist".  In this case there are A3, Acoustic Alchemy, Al DiMeola, etc.
  3. The next level should be the "Album"  This is where the music should be stored. 

 

  
Not all MP3 or WMA songs have the Artist , Album  and Title populated in the ID3 header.  If this information is not in the header, the software will use the current folder as the Album and the next folder as the Artist.  In this example for the 12 songs shown, Artist="A3" and Album="Exile on Coldharbor Land".

Selecting Source and Destination Drives

Selection of the source and destination drives is important for the proper operation of the tool.

The source directory needs to have all of the MP3 and WMA songs that you are interested in saved in a manner that you want to manage it not only for this software tool for the music player but for all other MP3 players and applications that you use to play the music.

The destination device, if it be an SD memory card or SD Thumb Drive, needs to be completely clean of all files if this software is to properly store the files onto it.

The music player has a simple operating system that simply plays music in the order that it is saved on the memory device.  This software will load the memory device so that it plays your music in the proper order you want, but if there are already existing files on the SD/Thumb Drive memory device, then there is no guarantee that you music will play in the order that you expect it to play in. 

Saving and Restoring Configuration

Under the File menu shown above, there are two options:

  1. Save Current Configuration

  2. Restore Previous Configuration

This allows you to save and restore the contents of all windows to a configuration file, and at a later date you can bring back this configuration for modification or re-use.  The configuration filers are stored in the Program Files/GL_Audio/Data directory.  If you are running Windows 7 or VISTA, the following comment applies:

Modifications to virtualised directories by legacy processes redirect to the user’s virtual root directory, %LocalAppData%\VirtualStore. For example, if a virtualised process that is running on my system creates C:\Program Files\GL_Audio\Data, the file it actually creates is C:\Users\Markruss\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\GL_Audio\Data The Local component of the path highlights the fact that virtualised files don’t roam with the rest of the profile when the account has a roaming profile.

Block and Selective Moving of Tracks

Drag 'n' Drop Files

You can drag music files from the Windows File Explorer to the source drive window.  It will accept WMA and MP3 files.  You can also drag files from the source window to the destination window and back.  File dragging also works inside of a window to move files up or down in play order.

Running Software under Linux

The companion software does run under LINUX Fedora (free version of Redhat) just fine. The secret is to install "Wine". Wine is a Open Source software application that allows computer programs written for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. If you are using KDE, install it using KPackageKit Software Management under System tools. You can then create a desktop shortcut and use it just like any other GUI software application.

Preview Music by simple right mouse click

You can preview music my simply using your mouse and doing a right-click on the song you want o listen to. To turn off playing music, perform a double-right-click on the song track and the music will stop playing.  There are no volume controls in the software, use the Microsoft Windows controls.

iTunes Conversion to MP3

Following is a straight-forward method of doing the conversion that doesn't require the creation of a CDROM to do the transfer.  Since your first email,  I downloaded Apple's QuickTime software with the iTunes package and installed it on my computer.  The following procedure was used by me to do the conversion:

Things you'll need:   iTunes  http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

  1. Open iTunes.
  2. Open iTunes Preferences. This can be done by clicking "Edit" and selecting "Preferences" on a Windows computer or clicking "iTunes" and selecting "Preferences" on a Macintosh computer.
  3. Under the "General" tab, click the "Import Settings" button. Then click the drop-down menu labeled "Import Using" and select the "MP3 Encoder".
  4. Click "OK" to confirm this selection. Click "OK" to exit the Preferences menu.
  5. The following steps will create a new MP3 version in the iTunes folders.
    • Click to highlight the iTunes file in your library that you would like to turn into an MP3 file.  If you hold the shift key while selecting a song, you can select multiple songs and convert them at the same time.
    • Then click "Advanced" and select "Create MP3 Version."
    • Alternatively, right-click the file and select "Create MP3 Version".   
    • An MP3 version of the iTunes file will then appear below the original file. You have now successfully turned an iTunes file into an MP3 file.
  6. The following steps will update the music file header format from an older default to the current header format. 
    • In iTunes, use your mouse to highlight all the new MP3 files you just created. 
    • Right-mouse-click over the highlighted files and select "Convert ID3 tags...". A dialog box will appear.
    • Check the "ID3 tab version:" box and select "v2.3" from the drop-down box.
    • Press "OK".  Song tags should now be compatible with most newer software.
  7. When using iTunes to create the MP3 version on my computer, it stored the songs in a default directory which is my user account at C:\Users\John Doe\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music .   Substitute your user account where mine is shown in RED.   Use your File Explorer to copy those songs to your C:\User\Public\Music directory structure.
    • Note, the motorcycle music software is capable of reading the songs is the directory that iTunes created them in.  I recommend that you skip copying the songs to a new directory and use the software to read in the MP3 songs from the iTunes folders.
After you have converted these songs to MP3, you can use the motorcycle software tool to read them in.  This is where the YouTube videos you watched came in.

What CD options work best for my bike

Provided with this software is a set of tracks that can be used to determine how many CD volumes your motorcycle and music player supports.  Each track contains a voice annunciation telling you which CD volume and track is now playing, which should match the display on your GoldWing.

If you are unsure of your system's capability, we recommend that you practice with these tracks on your USB Thumb Drive or SD memory card to experiment and determine the best configuration for your system. 

Under the "File" and "Restore Previous Configuration..." menu  load the file named "TestAudio.cfg"

Test Music Tracks

CD0_Track1.wma
CD0_Track2.wma
CD1_Track1.wma
CD1_Track2.wma
CD2_Track1.wma
CD2_Track2.wma
CD3_Track1.wma
CD3_Track2.wma
CD4_Track1.wma
CD4_Track2.wma		 CD5_Track1.wma
CD5_Track2.wma
CD6_Track1.wma
CD6_Track2.wma
CD7_Track1.wma
CD7_Track2.wma
CD8_Track1.wma
CD8_Track2.wma
CD9_Track1.wma
CD9_Track2.wma

Options for clearing selection

Finding a song in the source listing

The source directory can become quite large.  As you see in this example there are 8459 songs to search for.  Typing in the name of the song and pressing Search highlights all of the matches and scrolls the list to the first song.

The search string is case sensitive.

  1. Pressing "Skip" ignores the next selection and moves to the next song.  The song name is shown in the Action box.
  2. Pressing "Add to CD" will move the song from the source directory list to the CD volume currently active.
  3. When you are done, press "Quit"

Rule of Thumb Drive and Smooth Listening

Several lessons learned about the GoldWing's music player that you might find helpful.

  1. Use this software tool the way it was designed. It will put the software on your memory device in the format the music player expects to see it.

  2. Start with a cleaned SD or Thumb Drive.  If it has any files on it that aren't where they are supposed to be, the music player gets confused.

  3. Don't put more than 99 tracks (54 or 87 tracks for some models) on each CD volume.  This is determined by the year of your GoldWing and possibly the music player firmware version. 

  4. You will need to determine number of CD volumes that your GoldWing model/year and music player will handle through experimentation.  There is a test case Configuration file and WMA files included with this software distribution  (look in the "C:\Program Files\GL_Audio\Data" directory..

  1. For most users, 990 tracks in WMA or MP3 will easily fit onto a 4GB memory device with room to spare.  No need to waste money on larger USB or SD memory devices.

  2. The music player does not like to see excessive Radio Frequency energy. If you are using the USB cable, do not place it near the base of your CB Radio Antenna.  When you press the PTT, the music stops, only to be reset by cycling ignition on and off.

  3. Low battery voltage, weak battery or poor battery connections will cause voltage variations that will confuse the music player.

  4. Voltage spikes caused by mega-watt air horns or other high-powered electrical add-on devices may confuse the music player.

  5. The GoldWing reverse drive qualifies as a large electrical load with numerous voltage spikes and noise on the electrical system.

GoldWing Music Player Lessons Learned
Information and Helpful Tips!

Several lessons learned about aftermarket Gold Wing
music players that you might find helpful.

The Music Player Secrets and Idiosyncrasies

  1. Start with a cleaned SD or Thumb Drive. If it has any files on it that aren't where they are supposed to be, the digital music player gets confused!!!. This has been a leading cause of most problems, simply from lack of understanding on how to format music properly.

  2. Don't put more than 99 tracks (54 or 87 tracks for some models) on each CD volume. This is determined by the year of your GoldWing and possibly the music player firmware version.

  3. For most users, 990 tracks in WMA or MP3 will easily fit onto a 4GB memory device with room to spare. No need to waste money on larger USB or SD memory devices.

  4. The JMDM GL18 and Honda GoldWing go through a discovery mode during startup; i.e. turning on the ignition. During discovery mode the display on the GoldWing's CD picture spins like normal and the song track "minute:seconds" timer does not begin to increment with music playing until the JMDM GL18 and GoldWing have completed negotiations.   If the music never starts, it may be because the JMDM GL18, Honda GoldWing and your memory device failed to negotiate number of CD's and number of tracks per CD's. Here are some suggestions:

    1. If it worked before and you are trying a newly built memory device, most likely the memory device is corrupt and has been rejected. Reformat the USB Thumb Drive or SD chip to FAT32 and reload it from scratch using the software tool.

    2. Try another USB Thumb Drive (that worked before) to verify the new memory device is the cause.

    3. If this is your first try on a new install and you never were able to get the music player to work, contact the vendor and/or manufacturer.

    4. Don't replace the memory device while the GoldWing and device is powered, it won't automatically detect the change.  Memory device detection is only performed during the startup negotiation process.

  5. The JMDM GL18 device claims to accept up to 8 GByte USB Thumb Drive or SD chip. I was using a 16 GByte memory device for testing and everything appeared to work well for about half-dozen reloads of the memory device, but then the JMDM GL18 stopped working.  Appears that once the FAT32 tables exceeded the 8 GByte boundary the JMDM GL18 would fail to initialize. The work-around was to reformat the USB Thumb Drive or SD chip to FAT32 and reload it from scratch using the software tool.   My recommendation is to stick with the 4 GByte memory devices which should be more than adequate for 990 WMA and MP3 song tracks.

  6. The number of CD volumes and Tracks per CD varies between GoldWing year and features (Standard versus Nav/Airbag models.  This is due to firmware (software) differences between GoldWing year and model and there is no work-around.

About Battery Health, Battery Voltage, CB Radio/RF and other Anomalies

  1. On 2001 through 2005 GoldWing motorcycles, the A.SEL button (or UM1 on some models) may cause a lockup or crash of the GoldWing Audio System.

    Basically pressing the A.SEL button locks up (crashes) the GL1800 music system computer and requires a battery disconnect or fuse removal to reset in many cases. I think what is happening is the A.SEL (Rpt/ROM) must send a command to the Honda CDROM drive expecting a response. The response never returns because the DMC or JMDM doesn't support the command. The GL1800 audio control computer (made by Panasonic) simply waits forever for a response, and since it's connected to the GL1800 power system (keep-alive memory retention) it cannot service any other commands from any other buttons that are pressed. A complete power reset is the only recovery (disconnect battery or remove fuse).

  2. Low battery voltage, weak battery or poor battery connections will cause voltage variations that will confuse the music player.

  3. Voltage spikes caused by mega-watt air horns or other high-powered electrical add-on devices may confuse the music player.

  4. The GoldWing reverse drive qualifies as a large electrical load with numerous voltage spikes and noise on the electrical system.

  5. The music player does not like to see excessive Radio Frequency energy. If you are using the USB cable, do not place it near the base of your CB Radio Antenna. When you press the PTT, the music stops, only to be reset by cycling ignition on and off.

Software Tool Advantages and Features

  1. Use this software tool the way it was designed. It will put the software on your memory device in the format the music player expects to see it.

  2. You will need to determine number of CD volumes that your GoldWing model/year and music player will handle through experimentation. There is a test case Configuration file and WMA files included with this software distribution (look in the "C:\Program Files\GL_Audio\Data" directory.

  3. Software automatically populates and arranges mp3, wma songs to USB flash ( thumb) drives or SD cards and will work with any brand GL1800 Digital Music Players that require a USB Flash Drive or SD Card.

  4. Users of Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Vista may experience a problem reading music files stored in the "C:\Users" directory structure. For security reasons Microsoft created "virtualized directories" to make these operating systems compatible with the older WindowsXP and earlier operating systems. For example, the path appears to be "C:\Users\Public\Public Music" whereas the actual path accepted by this software is "C:\Users\Public\Music". The easiest work-around is to use the mouse Drag'n'Drop method between the Windows (File) Explorer and the motorcycle software tool.

  5. In some rare cases, the music folders and song tracks do not play in the order that you loaded them onto the memory device. I found that on super fast machines, the Windows operating system queues up the songs when writing and appears to reorder the song tracks when closing files (dependent on size of song). This is a "feature" of Windows and there is no work-around.

 
J&M JMDM Music Player Recommendations
GoldWingYear
 Options Max number CD volumes Max song tracks per volume Max Tracks
2001 thru 2005 Standard/Premium Audio Package 6 45 270
2006 thru 2010 Premium Audio Package 10 99 990
2006 thru 2010 Premium Audio Package with GPS NAV 6 45 270
2009 thru 2010 Premium Audio Package with XM and GPS NAV 6 45 270
 

Notes:

  1. On 2005 and earlier GoldWings, pressing the A.SEL (RPT/RDM) button (or UM1 on foreign models) may cause a lockup or crash of the GoldWing audio system.  This is a defect in the 2005 and earlier GoldWing radio software and the only recovery is to disconnect the battery or remove the fuse to reset the motorcycle radio.  There are no known issues with 2006 and later Standard or Premier Audio Packages with the A.SEL (RPT/RDM) button while playing the JMDM GL18.
  2. Overloading the USB SD memory device with more than the recommended number of CD volumes and song tracks per volume may cause problems with the Honda motorcycle radio to communicate with the JMDM GL18 and cause intermittent performance.
  3. Placing song files other than WMA and MP3 formats on the USB thumb drive/ SD chip may cause intermittent performance.
  4. Improper loading of files and creation of additional folders/directories on the USB/SD memory device  may cause intermittent performance.  The JMDM GL18 does not deal well with improperly populated USB/SD memory devices.  Carefully follow the instructions provided by J&M or purchase the companion software offered by WingStuff.
BikeMP3 V3 Recommendations
  1. 2001 to 2010 Standard and Premium Audio Models -- Folders 1 to 9 with 99 files in each folder
  2. 2006 to 2010 Navigation and Airbag Models (Excluding XM) -- Folders 1 to 6 with 99 files in each folder
  3. 2009 to 2010 Factory XM Equipped Models -- Folders 1 to 9 with 99 files in each folder

Please Note This Unit Does Not Support Shuffle Or Random Modes The Design Of The OEM Controls Just Allows For FOLDER +/- And TRACK +/-

This software will name your song track using an alpha-numeric naming convention so that your music plays in the order that you loaded it onto the USB Thumb Drive or SD memory card.

 
The following table shows a comparison between the different music player products. The iPod and iPhone interfaces to the player via a USB cable interface. The Music Player Software offered only by Wingstuff allows the user to control the play order for the BikeMP3 and J&M players, otherwise the play order is determined by either the file name or load order for the USB or SD memory device. The Honda display is only capable of displaying a single-digit CD volume (0 to 9) It also only displays Tracks numbered 1 to 99. Some players allow the user to overload the number of volumes and tracks, but it's a guessing game as to the actual CD volume and song track being played.

Music Player

Price

Media Source

Formats

CD Volumes

Song tracks per volume

Random Play

Play order

Hondaline Factory Honda C.D. Player

$700

CDROM

Audio

6

~14

yes

sequential

BikeMP3 Digital Music Player V3

$110

USB, SD

FAT32, MP3, WMA

9

99

no

sorted alpha-numeric by file name

J&M  MP3 Digital Music Player, Changer, iPod, Aux, Bluetooth (adds to price)

$145 or  $255

USB, SD, iPod

FAT32, MP3, WMA, iPod

6 to 9 depending on bike year

45 or 99 depending on bike year

tbd

played in order loaded to memory device

HONPDSDR Soundgate iPod, iPhone Plug-N-Play Interface

$135

iPod, iPhone

m4p, m4a

n/a

tbd

yes

n/a

Honda 2012 Goldwing with the Premium Audio System

$24,000

USB

FAT 12, 16, 32, MP3, WMA

999

255

yes

load order

Disclaimers

Product Description. This product was designed to select, organize and copy MP3 and WMA music media from a source directory to a destination device.  There is no proprietary software or GNU General Public License (GPL) software utilized in the source code.  The design was developed from publicly available resources to include GoldWing forums, manufacturer user manuals and face-to-face discussions.

Product Affiliations. This product is in no way connected with the manufacturers of any specific MP3/WMA music players sold for use on the GoldWing.  The software is of a generic MP3/WMA music player design with multiple applications.

Disclaimer of Warranty. WINGSTUFF AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPER PROVIDES THE SOFTWARE AND THE SERVICES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL RISK OF QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES REMAINS WITH YOU. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Limitation of Remedies. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER OF THIS PRODUCT, WINGSTUFF , ITS EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECTORS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT DAMAGES OR OTHER RELIEF ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES INCLUDING, BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION AND NOT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST OPPORTUNITY, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LEGAL FEES, ARISING OUT OF SUCH USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF WINGSTUFF  OR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER OR AN AUTHORIZED LICENSOR DEALER, DISTRIBUTOR OR SUPPLIER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, WINGSTUFF'S AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPER'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Contact Information

CycleGiant.com - WingStuff.com
20902 Bake Pkwy. Suite 106
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Phone 949.454.2199		 Call Toll Free at 1.800.260.4050
Mon thru Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm and
Sat 9:00am - 3:00pm ( Pacific Time )

This software was developed by the Bytheway Software Development Labs (BSDL) in Renton, Washington

Copyright Bill Bytheway, K7TTY -- March 2012