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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Nav on 06 August 2014, 22:55

Title: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: Nav on 06 August 2014, 22:55
Right. I've just purchased a 64gb sd card.  Transfered music in 5 folders and put it in my mk7 Golf GTD.  Says unable to read, what am I missing? Help guys
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: p3asa on 06 August 2014, 22:58
It probably needs to be formatted in Fat32 rather than exFat that it will have been formatted in.
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: Nav on 06 August 2014, 23:01
Thanks. 
Just on format. It only has NTFS and exFAT option :-(
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: p3asa on 06 August 2014, 23:05
https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=40&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=3eV&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=sb&q=how+to+format+fat32+on+large+sd+card&oq=how+to+format+fat32+on+large+sd+card&gs_l=serp.3...14501.15652.0.16300.7.7.0.0.0.0.92.495.6.6.0....0...1c.1.51.serp..5.2.167.MIlmsT8QUe0

Although this site suggests that exfat will work but then others have said it needs to be fat32
http://www.haydnwilliams.com/blog/vw-golf-mk7-sd-cards-and-album-art
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: valvebounce on 07 August 2014, 06:48
I had same problem, you could try this:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=259301.msg2452019#msg2452019
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: Nav on 07 August 2014, 17:23
Right guys.  I stayed up til 3.30 in morning,  finally got my sd card formatted to Fat32,  jumped in car and put sd card in 'unable to read sd card' I feel helpless and tired   :sad: why won't it play? 64gb micro sd card with adapter

I used EASEus to format to FAT32
 Please help if you've had the same problem.

Thanks for your precious time guys (would really appreciate it)

Regards

Nav
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: valvebounce on 07 August 2014, 18:43
Oh dear, sorry to hear that. Try following my previous post.
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: p3asa on 07 August 2014, 18:50
Maybe something to do with the adaptor!?!
I'm sure I had something similar in the Mk6. The card with adaptor worked fine in the PC but in the RNS it couldn't be read.
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: GeoBog on 07 August 2014, 21:06
64gb micro sd card with adapter

There you go, that's your problem. As far as I know, it states in the manual to only use SD/SDHC not microsd with adapter.

I've got a 32GB SDHC Class 10 and works a treat.
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: Adam on 07 August 2014, 21:41
My bets are on it will only allow up to 32GB's like the Audi's  :whistle:
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: GeoBog on 07 August 2014, 21:48
In the manual it says SDHC up to 32 GB and SDXC up to 2 TB

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Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: marnie on 07 August 2014, 22:34
Micro SD in SD adapter works fine in my CMS.
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: JohnH on 08 August 2014, 20:33
My bets are on it will only allow up to 32GB's like the Audi's  :whistle:

i'm using a 128GB without issues
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: Nav on 10 August 2014, 16:33
Ah. Cheers for replies guys.
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: Adam on 11 August 2014, 12:29
My bets are on it will only allow up to 32GB's like the Audi's  :whistle:

i'm using a 128GB without issues

That will be a SDXC card..
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: kevinm on 11 August 2014, 16:22
As said above, cards over 32GB have to be SDXC. I'm using a 64GB SDXC without problems
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: JohnH on 11 August 2014, 18:19
in case it helps, this is the card I use
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0090J5XLS/
Title: Re: SD CARD NOT READING!!!
Post by: zumik83 on 14 April 2023, 08:04
I got you covered. I bought a SANDISK 400 GB (four hundred GigaBytes) microSDXC and I got it to finally work in my Golf 7. So, what you need to do is use EaseUS Partition Master or something similar, format the drive as FAT32, but what you ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO is to make that partition a PRIMARY one. By default, in EaseUS Partition Master when you create a partition, you are presented with all these options, size, allocation size, drive letter, type but it is only when you click ADVANCED you can choose wheater the new partition will be a LOGICAL one or PRIMARY. Logical partition is the default option. I chose PRIMARY and the microSD was visible. That is the key, the SD partition NEED to be set as a PRIMARY partition. When I created a logical FAT32 partition, the car was unable to read the SD.