Music from USB Drive

[tpcurt]

I listen to music I have saved on a USB drive. When I start the car, it does not start playing my music. I have to press the Media icon twice, then choose USB. Am I missing something or is this normal.

 

[mikec]

I did a couple tests on my 2021 GV80 today with the "Gen 6" navigation/infotainment system. I.e. a podded speedometer + tachometer and a separate top-of-dash infotainment screen... before everything became one large curved screen on the later model years. So the menus and options may differ...

Anyway, in the Setup menu, go to the "General" page (very last option on my car), and then "Media Settings" or something like that (second-to-last option on my car). One of the check-box options is to have the car assume "audio system OFF" each time the car is started. Unchecked, the audio system "remembers" being ON or OFF when you shut off the car. Mine is unchecked but I'm in the habit of shutting everything off manually before shutting off the engine anyway. Today though I purposely didn't shut off the audio system... and it did resume playback when the engine started again. It resumed whatever audio source was last in use as well - XM radio or USB. With USB there is a several second delay before audio plays as it takes the infotainment system a few seconds to re-read the USB drive. My car did resume the USB source, resuming the song that was half-way through playback at shutdown.

If the 2025s are different, and don't have that Setup checkbox option, another quick way to start the system is the steering wheel MODE button: tapping it turns the audio system ON, each subsequent tap picks the next audio source. A quicker/easier reach compared to the touchscreen... and you don't have to wait for the nag screen either.

mike c.

 

[G-984810]

I did a couple tests on my 2021 GV80 today with the "Gen 6" navigation/infotainment system. I.e. a podded speedometer + tachometer and a separate top-of-dash infotainment screen... before everything became one large curved screen on the later model years. So the menus and options may differ...

Anyway, in the Setup menu, go to the "General" page (very last option on my car), and then "Media Settings" or something like that (second-to-last option on my car). One of the check-box options is to have the car assume "audio system OFF" each time the car is started. Unchecked, the audio system "remembers" being ON or OFF when you shut off the car. Mine is unchecked but I'm in the habit of shutting everything off manually before shutting off the engine anyway. Today though I purposely didn't shut off the audio system... and it did resume playback when the engine started again. It resumed whatever audio source was last in use as well - XM radio or USB. With USB there is a several second delay before audio plays as it takes the infotainment system a few seconds to re-read the USB drive. My car did resume the USB source, resuming the song that was half-way through playback at shutdown.

If the 2025s are different, and don't have that Setup checkbox option, another quick way to start the system is the steering wheel MODE button: tapping it turns the audio system ON, each subsequent tap picks the next audio source. A quicker/easier reach compared to the touchscreen... and you don't have to wait for the nag screen either.

mike c.

Thanks a lot I would never have looked in the General setup tab. I found the check boxes but need to play a little more .Thanks again Tim C

 

[tpcurt]

Thanks a lot I would never have looked in the General setup tab. I found the check boxes but need to play a little more .Thanks again Tim C

I have made sure "Media Settings" are set correctly. I am also using a different USB stick. With these changes I still have the same problem. So then I tried turning my phone (Samsung S24) totally off, entered the car and started the ignition. Media from the USB started immediately. So it seems that there is an issue with how the phone connects to the car. I will be testing other settings in my phone to see it I can isolate the issue further

 

[Tones_G70]

I have a '23 Sport Prestige G70 and I also listen to music from a thumbdrive.
I just have to turn on the stereo and it starts playing for me.

Good luck!

 

[Jhon]

I have made sure "Media Settings" are set correctly. I am also using a different USB stick. With these changes I still have the same problem. So then I tried turning my phone (Samsung S24) totally off, entered the car and started the ignition. Media from the USB started immediately. So it seems that there is an issue with how the phone connects to the car. I will be testing other settings in my phone to see it I can isolate the issue further

Maybe there is a setting to not have android auto connect manually rather than automatically, either on the phone, or in the Genesis settings. Worth a look, it could solve your problem.

 

[tpcurt]

I think I finally solved my problem. I was using the USB port for music, then Android Auto with Waze for Navigation. I don't think these to subsystems work together very good. So now I have WAZE and VLC (navigation & audio) installed on my phone. Then access both these apps through Android Audio. Seems to work very good so far. I also strongly believe that Genesis could do a much better job in providing instructions on using Android Audio with navigation and audio.

 

[Tones_G70]

I think I finally solved my problem. I was using the USB port for music, then Android Auto with Waze for Navigation. I don't think these to subsystems work together very good. So now I have WAZE and VLC (navigation & audio) installed on my phone. Then access both these apps through Android Audio. Seems to work very good so far. I also strongly believe that Genesis could do a much better job in providing instructions on using Android Audio with navigation and audio.

Can I ask why you use Waze for navigation when the vehicle has built in navigation?
I don't understand that? Unless I'm missing something.

 

[Jhon]

Can I ask why you use Waze for navigation when the vehicle has built in navigation?
I don't understand that? Unless I'm missing something.

I will let him answer for himself,
I do not use the built in maps either,
I use google maps, which owns Waze. Waze was a company that had a product similar to Google maps but had different features that people liked. Google bought them out a few years back and kept them under different labels.
Both Google and Waze are live and new roads and changes are constantly updated. I "think" Waze is written over google maps. With the built in maps from Genesis, they are supposed to get updated every 6 months, but with Genesis, that rarely happens. Genesis for some unknown reason has blocked off the October update that came out for my car and I can not download so My maps are outdated delayed. Like in the past, who know when I will get the update.
Also, live traffic is more accurate and more updated in google and Waze, You also get notices from other drivers as far as road hazards and the such and you can contribute as well. Give either one a try sometime. I prefer google over Waze because of the smaltite view on the maps. I have not used Waze in a while so they might have it now, but when I used it before it was just colored lines.

 

[Tones_G70]

I will let him answer for himself,
I do not use the built in maps either,
I use google maps, which owns Waze. Waze was a company that had a product similar to Google maps but had different features that people liked. Google bought them out a few years back and kept them under different labels.
Both Google and Waze are live and new roads and changes are constantly updated. I "think" Waze is written over google maps. With the built in maps from Genesis, they are supposed to get updated every 6 months, but with Genesis, that rarely happens. Genesis for some unknown reason has blocked off the October update that came out for my car and I can not download so My maps are outdated delayed. Like in the past, who know when I will get the update.
Also, live traffic is more accurate and more updated in google and Waze, You also get notices from other drivers as far as road hazards and the such and you can contribute as well. Give either one a try sometime. I prefer google over Waze because of the smaltite view on the maps. I have not used Waze in a while so they might have it now, but when I used it before it was just colored lines.

Awesome.

I didn't know that about some of the features of Waze. I've never use it, and probably never will.
But, that feature about letting others know about traffic conditions is pretty cool.

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