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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[Jhon]

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.

Google Maps and Waze will also tell you where the police. I don't know if they cross reference users or not. I have not used Waze in a while, I might give it another shot to see what else they have to offer that Google maps did not implement.
If you have an android phone, you can just run google maps from Android Auto. Waze is a free download. With apple, I think you have to download google maps as I think apple have their own maps. I assume Apple also has a waze app, but I am not sure if it runs off of google maps or apple maps.

I just got a new phone and took a trip yesterday and I had never paired my new phone with my car, so I had to use the Genesis build in maps. Not a bad experience. Not as sluggish as I remember and an recognized what I said when I told it where I wanted to go. The big thing with Google maps in the past 10 years has been how well the voice commands worked. I remember screaming at my Audi "Home Depot" and it telling me "Home goods store" 10 times in a row. Looks like Genesis has voice recognition down pretty well. But I still have to push a button where with google I just say "Hey Google" and it wakes up without pushing anything.

 

[SGilbert]

Jhon & others,
Re: Waze. Waze uses Google maps whether you are on Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. (No need to download Google Maps also! They are separate apps))
Apple Maps is quite good, and updated constantly, as is Google. I have found that Apple Maps is smarter than Waze in finding addresses, POIs, and business names, however, it falls short of Waze in traffic, police traps, and road hazards.

I use Apple maps in urban areas and Waze in rural areas and highways.

 

[sup191]

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.

I'm a little late to the party, but I have a 2026 GV70 and just jumped over to the GV80 group to see if anybody else had this exact same issue. Since we both have the updated infotainment system, it makes sense that there is an issue with the last used audio source (FM/XM/USB) cutting out when Android Auto connects. I use wireless AA and always have Waze up full screen when I'm driving. (yes, it's that much better than the built in mapping) I experience the exact same issue as the OP 9/10 times when starting the vehicle: USB audio will come on, and then as soon as AA connects, sound stops. I have to hit the media button twice and choose USB. It then comes up to the built in media player and audio resumes. I then hit the home button and choose AA from the menu. Waze will come back up, but in split screen mode with the other half of the screen being some built in AA audio player that always defaults to Reuters news. I then press the Waze app icon on screen to expand the map to full screen. While it's not a first world problem, it's annoying having to do this almost every time I start the vehicle. Once in a blue moon, everything works like it should, but most of the time it doesn't. The strange thing is that every single morning when I first drive the vehicle, it works perfectly as intended. It's the following starts throughout the day that don't work normally. It's not the time between starts that "fixes" it because I've definitely had it parked at work for more hours than times I've been home and slept overnight. It's an easily reproducible problem that I'm sure can be fixed through a software update, but given my past experiences with trying to communicate an issue like this up the manufacturer chain, things have never been addressed. This seems to effect the newest models vehicles the same way, so I hope they fix it. Does anybody have an inside email address for somebody who can get results with infotainment bugs?

 

[SoCalG90]

Jhon & others,
Re: Waze. Waze uses Google maps whether you are on Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. (No need to download Google Maps also! They are separate apps))
Apple Maps is quite good, and updated constantly, as is Google. I have found that Apple Maps is smarter than Waze in finding addresses, POIs, and business names, however, it falls short of Waze in traffic, police traps, and road hazards.

I use Apple maps in urban areas and Waze in rural areas and highways.

What are 'police traps'?

 

[sup191]

What are 'police traps'?

It's when police sit clocking cars with radar to see if they are speeding so they can ticket them. People can quickly add the spot of the police in Waze so approaching users get a heads up as to their presence.

 

[Jhon]

What are 'police traps'?

"Speed Traps"...Like a cop hiding behind a billboard with a radar gun.

 

[JohnnyBs25Prestige3.5T]

It's when police sit clocking cars with radar to see if they are speeding so they can ticket them. People can quickly add the spot of the police in Waze so approaching users get a heads up as to their presence.

Back in the day, before transistors, CB radios and fancy things like that , we used to flash our headlights at oncoming traffic to warn them of smokeys clocking your speed. Couldn't do anything to help the poor folks following, but at least you were being helpful to someone. Seems that is a lost art now as most folks would rather pick up their phone to put out the same warning. I've even read some articles where smokeys in some states will ticket you for blowing their cover using the ancient headlight flash technique. Sad.

 

[sup191]

Back in the day, before transistors, CB radios and fancy things like that , we used to flash our headlights at oncoming traffic to warn them of smokeys clocking your speed. Couldn't do anything to help the poor folks following, but at least you were being helpful to someone. Seems that is a lost art now as most folks would rather pick up their phone to put out the same warning. I've even read some articles where smokeys in some states will ticket you for blowing their cover using the ancient headlight flash technique. Sad.

I'm old and still do that, especially when I'm freeway driving...