so i got a pioneer 5200 head unit today. it has a usb slot in the front, you can connect things to it and its suposta read them .. such as a ipod/iphone or any other phone with a sd card I WAS TOLD.
but i cant see to get it to work with my vibrant :-/ i know i had to put it in to debug mode to get it to work with my mac.. so i was not sure if i was missing something that i should of done.
any help? thanks.
Mount after plugging in?
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you would need to mount the drives on the phoen as samuel said... but there could be another issue... When you mount two drives will showup (internal and SD), can the head unit process two drives?
Not ALL radios have the ability to read every phone. I have a new JVC KW-NX7000 Navi and it would not read crap from my Cliq, but would from my G1. Haven't tried it yet with the Vibrant. Try taking it out of debugging and see if that works.
Another thing to consider is that the head units often have size limitations for the partitions they can read.
It also might be getting confused with the internal storage and the sd card since I doubt it can read more than one drive at a time.
Same problem with the stock radio on my 09 civic si. I believe it to be because of the way the phone provides access to the storage cards (USB hub)
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good call, i didnt think of the two drive thing.
checking there site it says
"Not every USB device is compatible with a Pioneer headunit containing an USB port. See more details at the following webpage: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/USBCompatibility. Pioneer headunits containing a USB port are compatible with USB MSC (Mass Storage Class) devices only, and are not compatible with DRM (Digital Rights Management) contents and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) connection devices. For size and other limitations, please see Owner’s Manual. Unauthorized copying of music or other files is strictly prohibited. Optional USB extension cable is available for use with front USB ports."
how ever when going to the site they say its basically a blank page ha. ill try to take it out of debugging mode.. and if that does not work ill pop out the sd card.
i tried, taking out one of the sd cards, turning off debugging mode, changing it so i have to select if i want mass storage, or media mode.
and still i get nothing sad but oh well.. still got the aux port ha
I wish I had an aux port, fm transmitters suck ballz! I have to remove my antenna to not get static and even then, sometimes I do.
badaphooko01 said:
I wish I had an aux port, fm transmitters suck ballz! I have to remove my antenna to not get static and even then, sometimes I do.
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These things work great! http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-FM-MO..._3?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1284670423&sr=8-3
And the magic question is... CAN WE PUT OUR DEVICE IN USB MSC MODE? (Mass Storage Class)
I think it's one thing we really need. Almost every device is compatible with it, not with MTP!
You have to enable mass storage device and then mount it once you've plugged it into your receiver. Theres an app called Auto-mount that will do out for you automatically. It will only transfer music stored on your sd you will have to use the headphone jack for Pandora and Slacker.
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I have the same problem with my Vibrant. I have an Alpine IXA-W404. When I plug in my phone via usb, it shows "searching" then "not supported" but on my head units screen it starts to show some random music files on my phone, but won't play them. I tried plugging in using two different wires, and tried with debugging on and off.
Any help? I even saw a video where the guy was doing it online with a similar setup, using a Droid and some other similar Alpine deck.
when i select "media player" from the usb settings on the phone, after about 20 seconds, the head unit starts to play a few songs but its very choppy. Any help is appreciated!
Also found this post that seems relevant, http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1283501
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I am so confused as to all of this and I am new to android and this is what happened with me
The story annoyed so much it took me 3 hard reset until I figured out the source of my problem
My story began when i noticed how poorly my sg2sounds on my car stereo using a 3.5mm cable so I decided to plug into the car stereo via usb as that will enhance the playing music on my stereo via usb cable.
Anyhow I bought the titantium pro from the market and ran the batch that moves all user app to sd and once I do that I noticed that my car stereo does not recgonize the gnote as a storage device and also I noticed the phone truns off once I unplug the usb cable.
So when i used I thought about moving all apps back to internal memory via titanium and my problem was solved.
Can someone shed some light on why this is happening and how to solve it, as I would like to be able to move my apps to sd card via titanium without affecting the phone's connection via usb
Check out "Multi Mount SD-Card Lite" https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rafoid.multimountsdcard.widget.free
Maybe this would help as your phone needs to unmount the sdcard from phone when connected to PC our car stereo. Therefore any apps on sdcard will stop functioning.
You need root for the above app to work.
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Although Titaniun can move apps to external-SD not all apps are designed to be used on an external-SD card and therefore can either be not recognized or cause problems.Sometimes they say if its movable or not in the details of the app in the market.
I bought this car yesterday 01/04/12 and I noticed that it has a USB plug for my phone, so I connected my phone with my Jeep via USB and it does not recognize my phone. Just curious what I have to do to be able to connect the two. It would be pretty sweet because I can load up to 20 gb of storage on my cars hard drive and play music and view pictures and stuff.. so any help would be awesome.
Thank you!
Not likely that the Jeep will interface with your phone. USB ports in cars are generally for thumb drives that you put MP3 files on or for updating the Nav systems. Try calling a Jeep dealer for more info on what capabilities that USB port has.
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Not likely that the Jeep will interface with your phone. USB ports in cars are generally for thumb drives that you put MP3 files on or for updating the Nav systems. Try calling a Jeep dealer for more info on what capabilities that USB port has.
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Thank you, I'll just do it that way.
Might need to put the phone into USB storage mode - gotta tap on one of the notifications.
Can't help too much more - I haven't used USB mass storage mode in ages, being lazy I just adb push/pull.
Putting it in mass storage mode usually works. I haven't used it in a while either as I use bt now. But if you have an external card also the read time when you first plug it in could take a few min.
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If it has a USB connection then mass storage should work for mp3's and some other music formats. It does in mine. If for some odd reason it doesn't you should check if it has bluetooth. You can then stream your music and/or do hands free calling
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If it has a USB connection then mass storage should work for mp3's and some other music formats. It does in mine. If for some odd reason it doesn't you should check if it has bluetooth. You can then stream your music and/or do hands free calling
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Well, I've got it connected via "UConnect". Does that also give me the ability to stream my music?
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Well, I've got it connected via "UConnect". Does that also give me the ability to stream my music?
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No. I also have an '08 Jeep GC with the Nav radio. In order to play music from the SG2 you will need to connect via AUX input. If you have the rear entertainment unit you can connect the SG2 to those inputs. (Of course you'll need a micro usb to RCA cable but you can get one custom made. Check the accessories thread as there is a member making them.) Else you'll need to connect the SG2 via the headphone jack to the 3.5" input on the radio. Another option is the Lockpick device for the NAV radio. You can google MyGIG Lockpick for more details.
Update: Here's the link to the thread for custom cable. Not sure if he's making anymore but you can check. I bought one and it works great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18839408#post18839408
I have a new 2012 BMW 335i with the advanced bluetooth usb option and premium sound package. I do not have NAV.
My trouble is finding the music stored on the microSD card in the phone when plugged into the USB input for the BMW. I can have the phone "sync" to the car by putting it into PCSync mode but when I browse the file directory with the car I cannot find the music on the microSD card.
My friends iPhone 4S with the white apple cable works great. Music, album art, the whole enchilada .
Anybody have any ideas?
TIA
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I have a new 2012 BMW 335i with the advanced bluetooth usb option and premium sound package. I do not have NAV.
My trouble is finding the music stored on the microSD card in the phone when plugged into the USB input for the BMW. I can have the phone "sync" to the car by putting it into PCSync mode but when I browse the file directory with the car I cannot find the music on the microSD card.
My friends iPhone 4S with the white apple cable works great. Music, album art, the whole enchilada .
Anybody have any ideas?
TIA
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What happens when you connect the phone? Does the phone prompt you to enable the hard drive mode? If not I would try just pairing the phone via Bluetooth and see how it goes there. I don't have a BMW but I have a Genesis and everything works well with the Bluetooth pairing.
Try connecting the phone with USB debugging on (you can find it in the development options of the phone.)
Let us know more details of what is the reaction of the phone once you plug it in the car.
Also, is your music on the internal phone memory (/sdcard/ if fully stock and unmodified) or in your physical microsd card? That may have lot to do as well.
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It pairs and plays via the bluetooth no problems.
The music is on the mircoSD card and not the internalHD.
I plug the phone in and it defaults to charge only. I pull down the top notification bar and change the setting to the External Hard drive... the car doesn't redognize that the phone is plugged into the USB port. I then change the setting to PCSync and then the car USB icon lights up and I can browse into the phone's directory. But the directory is not the one on the microSD it is the internal phoneHD
All the music file are located here...
/mnt/sdcard/ext_sd/music
according to ASTRO FM
my phone and card are all stock
try it as media sync
connected as a EXT HD and USB debugging selected I can find the music files on the microSD and play them just no album art. getting closer
Get a vishnu piggyback system and chip your car, do a bit of tuning and you will be having so much fun whipping around town in a 400hp beast that you would have forgotten about this little problem all together,
I wish I had a BMW.
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You should sign up the the bmw forum's. They are extremely helpful, helped me figure out all sorts of bizaare questions and concerns.
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First world problems
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Burkettacb said:
You should sign up the the bmw forum's. They are extremely helpful, helped me figure out all sorts of bizaare questions and concerns.
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I'm all over them. The car is still a little too new and everyone has an iphone. XDA has been the gospel when it comes to phones.
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Get a vishnu piggyback system and chip your car, do a bit of tuning and you will be having so much fun whipping around town in a 400hp beast that you would have forgotten about this little problem all together,
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Hello guys,
I guess I need help from you. I'm trying to connect my phone OnePlus One to FIAT 500 that features Blue&Me system. I've been at service several times and we just can't figure it out. All I want is to listen to music from the phone in the car.
Car radio doesn't recognize my OnePlus One. It says no source available. That happens if I'm in MTP mode. If I choose PTP, it recognizes it well, but there's no media found. And there's no media, because if I connect it to my laptop via PTP I can't create folders or put mp3 files in it. How can I fix it?
Additional facts:
I have Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom. It has internal storage that says Camera (PTP I guess) and MicroSD card. I can put music to Camera storage and it works perfectly in my car, while it doesn't from MicroSD.
If I try to put my USB stick I'm getting the same issue as with OnePlus One. My USB stick is in NTFS doesn't work, while in FAT32 does.
Hi everyone I recently switched over to Android from iPhone for the first time and have been researching all kinds of stuff like crazy.
My issue is getting my music and playlists to pop up in my cars media system when I plug it in via USB. All my music and playlists are on my SD card because it won't all fit on internal storage. I'm not as knowledgeable as many of you here but after doing some research I think the problem is because I cannot put my phone into mass storage mode and adoptable storage doesn't exist on this phone. When I plug it into my car the only sound files are some weather notification tone and another type of beeping noise or something.
If there's an easy way to manage music on my SD card without having to remove it and plug it into my computer I would love to know that as well. A couple apps I tried could only connect to my internal storage for some reason.
Thanks in advance.
I use "Poweramp" (which I think is the best media player available for android):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
and "Bluetooth Connect & Play":
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cp2.start.and.play.music.player
Bluetooth Connect & Play allows me to choose what app I want to launch when I connect to the media centre in my car (Power amp). Works perfect.
Stromma
Thanks for the reply but I don't want to connect with Bluetooth. I want a USB connection for the audio quality and so that all my media shows up on my car screen so I can search through playlists and sounds with my car not the phone
Does your head unit read your iphone like a hard drive? I think your head unit need to be android compatible for that to work on the G5 but I'm not sure.
My wife just told me hers does that. I'm not sure why it wont read from your sd card.