Yesterday I managed to convert and copy my old ALAC (Apple Lossless) Itunes files, originally recorded from my vinyls to CDR and thence to my, ipod, to a 32fat formatted pendrive in Flac (generic lossless) format and the system reads and plays the pendrive. The jury is out on the quality of reproduction so far as I have no real idea of what the car system is capable of. My only benchmark is Spotify free in the car and suffice to say that FM radio sounds better. Time will tell but at least I have retrieved my old recordings/rips from my vinyl collection. I actually listened to the first "Faces" LP and another by Little Walter on my way to work. I almost cried........ like going back to self recorded cassettes
I have yet to try and download the Metadata for titles and set tags so I can´t choose songs but I intend to have a collection of small pendrives for Soul, another for Blues, another for Van the Man only etc. etc. It´s really impressive how you just plug them in, the system recognises the manufacturer (Phillips, Sandisk, Kingston or whatever) and starts playing. An almost analogue touch in an antiseptic digital world. A bit like the car.
