Infected Rain
The ladies of Metal keep on producing killer music.
Yikes!
Damn, where does the time go? Can’t believe it’s been over 12 months since the last entry. I really did intend to make this a regular thing this time. Oh well. Shit happens.
Anyway, while I’m here I might as well add something worth adding. So I recently bought a new 2nd hand vehicle; a 2015 AWD, diesel, Ford Territory Titanium to be precise. Now this sucker has all the bells and whistles for a 10 year old Aussie-made Ford–which isn’t necessarily saying much because Ford always seemed to be behind Holden and others in this regard, but I digress–and one of those is the console Media Centre. This bastard is run by Ford Sync™2 which is fine but fuck the information for it is sadly lacking in actual details. So here’s what I’ve learnt about using this 10+ year old software in 2025 to play your tunes:
- Do not bother trying to use a USB stick larger than 32Gb because it can only read fat32. Elsewhere I read that it could read exfat so you could use a larger stick but when I tried it didn’t recognise the device.
- It does not recognise FLAC but it does recognise lossless WMA, so use that if you want the best possible sound. The size difference between the two isn’t that great, and the sound is the same.
- The bitrate doesn’t seem to matter but do not try to use a file with a sample rate higher than 48kHz. I had a number of albums ripped at 96kHz but it couldn’t recognise them. Took me ages to figure out the sample rate was the problem.
- Good luck trying to find out any real information on the Ford AU website; one of the least-user-friendly websites on the internet.
Edited July 17th.