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Old 06-11-2008 | 07:24 PM
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Default 6GB or 20GB of music on the MyGiG

Ok, so I'm reading my manual and unless I'm reading it wrong it's indicating that you can only store 6GB worth of music on the system. All the ads, web info, etc talks about the 20GB (or is it 30, seen that elsewhere too).

So is 14GB for something else or can we store more than 6GB on the HDD?

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Old 06-11-2008 | 07:32 PM
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It's around 6. The rest of it is reserved for navagation, POI's, address book, etc. I'm pretty sure about that given there is no Nav DVD anywhere else in the vehicle.
Old 06-11-2008 | 07:53 PM
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what if you dont have nav ?
Old 06-11-2008 | 08:54 PM
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Depends when you bought your Jeep or mygig, mine is one newer mygigs with 30gb harddrive, so mine can hold about 14gb or more i think due to the extra 10gb.
Old 06-11-2008 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunny
what if you dont have nav ?
I did not realize there was a mygig w/out nav.

Here is some text I found from VehicleVoice News.

"20GB for Music, Maps, and Pictures
Like most hard-drive navigation systems, the bulk of MyGIG's available memory goes to navigation. There is about 6.5GB dedicated to storing audio and picture files. Chrysler expects you can get about 1600 songs onto MyGIG. Eight photos can be posted and used as screen savers and background images. Photos are downloaded to the system through the USB port; MyGIG automatically scales them to the right size.

Music is loaded through the CD slot or the USB port. The CD slot plays CD or DVD audio, or MP3 files, and CD/DVD audio files can be saved to the hard drive. The USB port allows for downloading MP3s and photos, though it is a one-way street because of copyright infringement concerns. iPod and MP3 players can be plugged into the standard auxiliary jack, but music cannot be transferred from iPod to the car.

MyGIG uses the Gracenotes database to identify and tag music, once it is downloaded. Then you have the same kinds of choices as on an iPod. You can play from playlists (created in the system), by genre, by album, and by artist. MyGIG also has a Jukebox function. The Jukebox function allows you to pull up to twelve of your downloaded albums into one area and play that group in particular, mimicking the behavior of a twelve-CD changer. The Jukebox list can be changed easily.

Chrysler was not specific about how the issue would be managed, but the Gracenotes database does need to be manually updated from time to time, as will the maps used by the navigation system. Unlike your desktop computer, where systems like Gracenotes, iTunes, and MapQuest access internet-housed databases that are always updated, MyGIG cannot connect to the internet."

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Old 06-12-2008 | 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Fearney
I did not realize there was a mygig w/out nav.

Here is some text I found from VehicleVoice News.

"20GB for Music, Maps, and Pictures
Like most hard-drive navigation systems, the bulk of MyGIG's available memory goes to navigation. There is about 6.5GB dedicated to storing audio and picture files. Chrysler expects you can get about 1600 songs onto MyGIG. Eight photos can be posted and used as screen savers and background images. Photos are downloaded to the system through the USB port; MyGIG automatically scales them to the right size.

Music is loaded through the CD slot or the USB port. The CD slot plays CD or DVD audio, or MP3 files, and CD/DVD audio files can be saved to the hard drive. The USB port allows for downloading MP3s and photos, though it is a one-way street because of copyright infringement concerns. iPod and MP3 players can be plugged into the standard auxiliary jack, but music cannot be transferred from iPod to the car.

MyGIG uses the Gracenotes database to identify and tag music, once it is downloaded. Then you have the same kinds of choices as on an iPod. You can play from playlists (created in the system), by genre, by album, and by artist. MyGIG also has a Jukebox function. The Jukebox function allows you to pull up to twelve of your downloaded albums into one area and play that group in particular, mimicking the behavior of a twelve-CD changer. The Jukebox list can be changed easily.

Chrysler was not specific about how the issue would be managed, but the Gracenotes database does need to be manually updated from time to time, as will the maps used by the navigation system. Unlike your desktop computer, where systems like Gracenotes, iTunes, and MapQuest access internet-housed databases that are always updated, MyGIG cannot connect to the internet."
Our 09 Dodge Joureny has MyGIG but no NAV.
Old 06-12-2008 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunny
Our 09 Dodge Joureny has MyGIG but no NAV.
I had no idea until last night that there was a mygig w/out nav. I think it's stupid as hell, but go figure. Then again, we no longer have uConnect, but appearantly that's for a different reason.

Given that it's only software and one piece of hardware, I can't imagine the cost between the non-nav and nav versions being much different in price. But then again, it's the vehicle industry.
Old 06-12-2008 | 10:45 AM
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I think it's 30GB on the new ones. So I hope it'll hold 14GB. I think it's total crap that they advertise a 30GB hard drive when in reality you can't hold anywhere near that much on the drive.

I had no success loading music from a burned dvd to the drive but did have success with a burned CD. I plan to pick up a larger flash drive and use the USB port to put songs on the drive. I'll let you guys know how much I can get on there.

So is there anyway to update the nav maps? I could careless about Gracenote.
Old 06-12-2008 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Fearney
I had no idea until last night that there was a mygig w/out nav. I think it's stupid as hell, but go figure. Then again, we no longer have uConnect, but appearantly that's for a different reason.

Given that it's only software and one piece of hardware, I can't imagine the cost between the non-nav and nav versions being much different in price. But then again, it's the vehicle industry.
It is separate hardware for the non nav version.
no gps, and some other pieces.

As for a way to update the maps, there is supposed to be from navteq. it will be 199$ for the update. The most recent is from ~August 2007.
Old 06-12-2008 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by hscrugby
It is separate hardware for the non nav version.
no gps, and some other pieces.

As for a way to update the maps, there is supposed to be from navteq. it will be 199$ for the update. The most recent is from ~August 2007.
Can we say Torrent? LOL. I'm sure that will be hacked in a heartbeat.


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