gbrtng

I discovered a USB port at the rear of the center console in my '13 2LT and can't find anything about it in the owner's manual. Does it have any useful function beyond charging a cell phone?

TGF

1bdvet

Picture would ne nice to see what you are talking about.!

JohnsC5

Hooking up an iPod to run thru the audio system. Use mine all the time. Also recharges it. Be aware that it gets awfully hot in the console even with an insulator mat installed. I extend the iPod wire and let it "sit" in the rear cup holder in front of the console door.

WICKEDFRC

Perhaps it is a USB in port, so that you may use your iPhone or other device that stores music files for play through the stereo system through the dropdown menu; AM, FM, XM, CD, USB, etc. Make sure your radio is turned OFF prior to plugging in or you may get a loud POP through the speakers if you connect while both device and radio is turned ON.

WHealy

It's also switched with the ignition. I use it to power my streaming Bluetooth device.

JCTaylor21

You can get a small thumb drive, put your music files on it and there's a USB option on the audio head unit. You can then play those audio files. I recommend organizing the files into folders, for different types of music, so you have a way of selecting different types. You can press the "Select Tracks" button, on the screen and then there will be a button for folders, where you it takes you to the list of folders. Select the folder you want and press the first track in that folder to play it. There's a "Random" button on the player screen to shuffle tracks. Otherwise it will just play them in alphabetical order. You can avoid having an iPoop or MP3 player devise this way.

There's also an AUX port next to it.

GMJim

Gm is very vague in this regard. Check page 7-16 of your owners manual and page 30 of your Navigation supplemental manual.

Auxiliary Devices
Using the Auxiliary Input Jack
The vehicle may have an auxiliary
input jack located on the right side
of the faceplate or in the center
console. This is not an audio output;
do not plug the headphone set into
the front auxiliary input jack. An
external audio device can be
connected to the auxiliary input jack
for use as another source for audio
listening.
Drivers are encouraged to set up
any auxiliary device while the
vehicle is in P (Park). See Defensive
Driving on page 9‑2.

Doesn't really explain anything but I use a thumb drive in mine. All my music is on it. on page 7-15 of the manual it will explain the folder limitations.

Eric_G

...and yet I learn something new and cool today!

1bdvet

If anybody interested you can look it up on the web, owners manual to 2013
http://www.chevrolet.com/content/dam...13corvette.pdf

The Creeper

I have a small 16G USB drive with 150+ songs on it in that port. ROCK-N-ROLL baby. Still room for about 500 more.

FlyerVette

Me too. Have different folders and helps to find songs you want to play that much easier. Much better sound than regular radio or XM.......

SmileyOr

Using a thumb drive for audio is great info!

Plugging my phone in and using it is cumbersome while driving.

I'll load my songs onto a dedicated thumb drive.

Thanks!

jwf

I have an 11 and there's not much in the Owner's Maunal but a pretty good mention in the Navigation manual on page 29 "Connecting a USB Storage Device or iPod". I use mine with an iPod Nano and it works fine. I unplug it when not using it but the power is removed when you shut the car off so you don't have to worry about a draw.

billyboy47

music, music, music. buy some flash drives and sync all kinds of music into them. thats all i play in mine. better than the cd player due to the fact you don't have to keep changing a disc.

jbc1995fb

How do you all have your music organized? I have a separate folder for each artist. It's still a pain to go from A to Z.

I tried making a folder for each genre: rock/rap/county/r&b and then move the artist folders under the genre but I don't think the radio recognized all of the folders.

billyboy47

i just load them all and pick the album i want to hear from the screen. not advised to do when driving i might add. familiarize yourself with the play back of the usb port before you take off, its quite easy to do.

4thC4at60

Same system as in my V-Caddy.... have 790 cuts of music on a thumb drive slightly larger than a 5-cent piece...

The system allows you to check Artist, Album, Genre... easy to use....

JCTaylor21

Don't use the artist folders. Just put the song files in a folder you create. There may be other ways of doing it, but that works for me. The system is old and has its limitations.

gbrtng

Talk about obscure documentation - somehow I find it hard to understand putting Infotainment System info in a manual labeled Navigation System. But they could have hid it in the maintenance manual I guess.


And the USB info is on page 25 for us with the 2013 vehicle. FWIW, I just use the nav system - self explanatory so I never opened the book.

Thanks for the help ...

23/C8Z

I added one to my '08 (pre bluetooth obviously) but works the same way.. ipod controls are from the steering wheel as well as the nav screen. pretty awesome.