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TL;DR: In order to fit all the studies on one USB, the USB is formatted with exFAT. Older car stereos use FAT32 and cannot read exFAT formatted disks.

Q: Is there a work around?
A: Yes. There are a couple options if you have a computer.

1. Using a known working USB
   • Plug a USB you know works with your car stereo into your computer.
   • Plug in your Verse by Verse through the Bible USB to the computer.
   • Open both USBs up. Drag some files from the Verse by Verse USB to your known-working USB.
   • You will not be able to fit all the files on the known-working USB
2. Reformat the Verse by Verse USB
   • Save the files on the Verse by Verse USB to your computer. Do not proceed until you are sure they are all saved on your computer!
   • Reformat the Verse by Verse USB drive with FAT32 Format program. (Softronic will try to trick you into installing another program, tell it No and proceed with the download).  This article has details on how to reformat the drive.
     • Or you can skip the download and reformat from the command line. See this article for details.
   • Your drive will now only hold 32GB of files.
   • Save some files onto the newly reformatted USB.
   • You will not be able to fit all the files on the USB.

Details for those who are interested:

FAT32 is a old and very cross-compatible format which is why car stereos used it for so long. But FAT32 limits the USB drive size to 32GB. There is no way around this issue. Therefore, newer, larger drives are generally formatted as exFAT.

Since there are approximately 36GB of audio files on the Verse by Verse USB, they have to be formatted as exFAT to fit all the files on one USB drive. Older car stereos cannot understand exFAT format and therefore do not recognize exFAT USBs.

Additional reading:

FAT32 vs exFAT

What is disk formatting?

Our Ladies Fall Bible Study will begin on Friday, September 26 at 9:30am in the Sanctuary. Vicky Bentley will be our guest speaker on this morning. Childcare for ages 5 and younger.

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Ladies Fellowship Dinner and Study
Vicky Bentley of Far Reaching Ministries will be here on Saturday , September 27. All ladies are invited for soup and salad at 5:30pm in the Fellowship Hall, followed by a special message from Vicky at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary. Childcare will not be provided. If you would like to help by bringing soup, salad, bread or dessert; or with set up, serving or clean up, please visit the table in the lobby to sign up.

Join us for our Thanksgiving Dinner at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, November 24th @ 5:00pm. This year our dinner will take place in a new location at the fairgrounds, the Jacklin Events Building which can be accessed off of Kathleen Avenue through Gate C; maps are available at the Info Center.

Turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy are provided, feel free to bring a side dish or dessert. If you would like to help with setup, serving, or cleanup; signups are in the lobby.

Map to Kootenai County Fairgrounds:

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Join us for our Thanksgiving Dinner at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, November 18th @ 5:00pm.

Turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy are provided, feel free to bring a side dish or dessert. If you would like to help with setup, serving, or cleanup; signups are in the lobby.

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Join us Wednesday, October 31st from 4pm to 8pm for candy, games, face-painting, food, fun and more!

Words You Need To Know The Meaning Of:

MP3: An MP3 is an audio file that can be played on your computer and certain devices, like smartphones (iPhones, Blackberrys, Droids, etc.), MP3 players, and tablets. MP3s purposely remove audio information in order to create a smaller file size. This is why they don’t sound quite as good as the original file.

Download: take a file off the internet and put it on your computer.

Rip: to take a file off a CD or DVD and put it on your computer. The audio files on a CD are .cda files, which can only be read by CD players. That is why we rip them off the CD and create .mp3 files.

Encode: to take a audio file and make it another type of audio file (e.g., taking a .wav file and creating a .mp3 file)

Our tutorial uses iTunes. If you don’t have it, it can be downloaded from the Apple website (click here to go there). Install it as you would any other program.

To download studies from our website:

1. Open your browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, or Chrome).

2. Go to northcountrychapel.com/studies and choose the book you want, then the study. 

3. Right click on link that says “To Download: right click here, save as”. Your browser may say something like “save link as” or “save target as”. Click on that.

4. In the window that pops up, choose where you want to save your file. You may want to create a folder in your “My Music” folder, or you can put it on your Desktop, or in the “Downloads” folder. It’s up to you, just remember where you saved it. You are welcome to change the name of the file, but our numbering system will keep them in bible order (rather than alphabetical).

5. Click save. The file will download to whatever location you chose. This will take a few minutes.

6. Open the folder you just saved the MP3 file to.

7. Open iTunes and drag the file into the main iTunes window (your file will probably not look like a really cool traffic cone, but don’t worry about that).

8. If you lose track of the file, you can do a search for it in the upper right hand corner.

9. Click play, or double click on the file to play it.