I am new here and only had my Passport a few days. I really like it except for the issue when playing music from USB thumb drive. Every time I start my passport it goes through " initialization". This can take anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. And it does it every time. The same jump drive worked perfectly in my 2019 CRV. Any ideas?
No idea why but why not copy the music to the internal memory of the car? Use the Files app. Then you can play any time without the thumb drive at all.
The internal memory is around +/- 8 GB. Which for me wasn't really enough so I would usually insert my 128 GB thumb drive for stored music. Apparently, I had the internal memory close to being maxed out. Along with the notice that I had an OTA software update, I also received a notice that my system was low on memory. So before I did the update I removed all my music files from storage.
Question Imracefan, are you leaving the thumb drive in the USB port all the time. The reason I ask is because I think the internal system is looking at the thumb drive as a boot drive when the Passport is started and scanning it for possible information. I'm no computer wizard by any stretch of the imagination but I have read previous posts where people have hooked up a key board to the USB in order to perform a Control-Alt-Delete command to restart the system because of other issues with the infotainment system. Also read where there have been issues when a cell phone has been hooked up prior to starting the vehicle, particularly with i-phones. Just my 2 cents.
I leave it plugged in all the time just like I did in my CRV. Never had this problem though. Guess I'll try and research the laptop thing with the USB.
I plug my iPhone in before I start my Passport almost every time, and I've never had any problems. Then again, I've never had any of the infotainment issues.
I find no issue plugging in iPhone before or after I start up.
Only 8GB? Seems like more, I put a few hundred audio files in there and I think it showed less than 50% full (if that was a gauge of space) but so no #s as to how much was what.
I agree with above that it will look at that chip for info and that can take extra time.
LOL, I have a Samsung S8 and don't have any issues either, plus no infotainment issues past or present. Maybe it was something I read about Maze and iPhones....?
Do you put the songs in one folder then put the folder on the thumb drive or put each song directly on the thumb drive? Any format for the music better than another? Is it OK to mix the formats? Thanks.
I have a little over 315 CDs ripped and stored on my desktop computer in mp3 format. All kept under Music with in file explorer. From there I just drag and drop each CD file onto my 128GB SanDisk Cruzer Glide thumb drive. When I insert my thumb drive and select USB from the head unit display I just select shuffle and I have over 4,000 audio files (songs) to listen to.
Anyone else having issues playing Playlists in order when using Thumb Drives? I spent about 4 days researching the problem and finally got Playlists working in the order that I want. I created a Python script that uses the eyed3 library for accessing AudioFile tags and set each name with the prefix A_01, A_02, etc. for the first folder, then B_01, B_02, etc. for the second folder. I then created a matching .m3u file that also contains the prefixes to define each Playlist.
Anyone else having issues playing Playlists in order when using Thumb Drives? I spent about 4 days researching the problem and finally got Playlists working in the order that I want. I created a Python script that uses the eyed3 library for accessing AudioFile tags and set each name with the prefix A_01, A_02, etc. for the first folder, then B_01, B_02, etc. for the second folder. I then created a matching .m3u file that also contains the prefixes to define each Playlist.
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Anyone else having issues playing Playlists in order when using Thumb Drives? I spent about 4 days researching the problem and finally got Playlists working in the order that I want. I created a Python script that uses the eyed3 library for accessing AudioFile tags and set each name with the prefix A_01, A_02, etc. for the first folder, then B_01, B_02, etc. for the second folder. I then created a matching .m3u file that also contains the prefixes to define each Playlist.
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One other note: Be sure to remove track# information or the songs with no track information will play first and then track#1 songs, track#2 songs (kind of screws up the listening order).
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