Problem playing itunes through USB
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Problem playing itunes through USB
We've had our 2015 for just over one month; its a great car, and we love it.
I finished reading the owner's manual and infotainment manual this weekend, but I don't see an answer to this problem: When I have my iphone connected via the USB port in the center console, I can access the music library via the dashboard screen controls, and I can select a song to play, but when I push the 'play' button on the dash screen, the song won't play until I push the same 'play' button on my iphone screen. To confuse me a bit more, when I push 'play' on the dash, the button changes to it's 'pause' format (the two little vertical lines) which is what you normally see when a song is playing, but in my case, nothing plays, until as I mentioned, I push the iphone screen button.
What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Larry
I finished reading the owner's manual and infotainment manual this weekend, but I don't see an answer to this problem: When I have my iphone connected via the USB port in the center console, I can access the music library via the dashboard screen controls, and I can select a song to play, but when I push the 'play' button on the dash screen, the song won't play until I push the same 'play' button on my iphone screen. To confuse me a bit more, when I push 'play' on the dash, the button changes to it's 'pause' format (the two little vertical lines) which is what you normally see when a song is playing, but in my case, nothing plays, until as I mentioned, I push the iphone screen button.
What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Larry
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I think you need to use the iPhone to act as a usb stick. That is why you need to hit play
on the phone.
Carplay wasn’t available until 2016 which mimics the screen and allows controls from the display.
That was one of the reasons I specifically wanted a 2016 or newer when I bought my car 2 years ago.
on the phone.
Carplay wasn’t available until 2016 which mimics the screen and allows controls from the display.
That was one of the reasons I specifically wanted a 2016 or newer when I bought my car 2 years ago.
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My 2-cents:
You will never be able to access your iTunes directly as a USB music source.
You can use a downloaded App to convert the ITunes to MP3 format, put the MP3 songs on a memory-stick, then play as a USB music source.
That is what I did. I converted all CD's and itune songs from my brother to MP3 format. I now have 9Gig of music, over 1700 songs. I can add even more.
Good luck.
You will never be able to access your iTunes directly as a USB music source.
You can use a downloaded App to convert the ITunes to MP3 format, put the MP3 songs on a memory-stick, then play as a USB music source.
That is what I did. I converted all CD's and itune songs from my brother to MP3 format. I now have 9Gig of music, over 1700 songs. I can add even more.
Good luck.
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Name of app to convert
My 2-cents:
You will never be able to access your iTunes directly as a USB music source.
You can use a downloaded App to convert the ITunes to MP3 format, put the MP3 songs on a memory-stick, then play as a USB music source.
That is what I did. I converted all CD's and itune songs from my brother to MP3 format. I now have 9Gig of music, over 1700 songs. I can add even more.
Good luck.
You will never be able to access your iTunes directly as a USB music source.
You can use a downloaded App to convert the ITunes to MP3 format, put the MP3 songs on a memory-stick, then play as a USB music source.
That is what I did. I converted all CD's and itune songs from my brother to MP3 format. I now have 9Gig of music, over 1700 songs. I can add even more.
Good luck.
What is the name of the application you used to convert iTunes format to MP3 format?
