*fix* Car radio - USB memory stick/flash drive not recognised *fix*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- From Amzon this 32gb USB stick that works with most cars
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having problems with your usb stick not working?
reformating it to fat32 or ntfs might work for you.
hope this video helps.
alot of cars only accept max 32gb. click the link above to buy yours off Amazon
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Absolute star mate! My car head unit would not recognize the pen drive, but everything else did. I updated the firmware on the headunit, factory reset, but nothing. I had already formatted the pen drive but didnt change it from FAT32. 18 months its drove me crazy. All sorted now, huge thanks mate!!
Your welcome 🙏 sorry for late reply haha
I have two of the same USB I have downloaded music from the same laptop to both USB but only one will work any answers help
@@michaelfrierson9731 format (as above) the one that is not working
I thought mine got damaged, and almost clicked on formatting it without saving out of frustration, hopefully now it will work in my car because I check on my computer and everything pops up
A great example of reading (watching) ALL of the directions first!!! I was SECONDS away from hitting START and losing all my music to REFORMAT when his statement to SAVE ALL YOUR IMPORTANT STUFF SOMEWHERE ELSE FIRST came up!!! Damn that was close!!! Thank God I'm slow!
His statement definitely helped 😂
Oh man ! Simple fix saved $.. I was about to buy an expensive mp3 player to connect using AUX. This saved my $
In my case my car can only recognize FAT32 so I had to download an external tool and I formatted it and it worked! Thanks for the video.
That's great. Glad I helped. Please subscribe 😍
What external tool did you use and did it allow you to change your usb format to fat32 or am i missing something?
@@roah7953 you odn't need to download anything, do it right in windows.
😢 bought a new usb and loaded all my music, does not work in my Suzuki, Plan B try other USBs format as suggested before loading some music. I'll keep the new USB as a backup, took all day to copy over
Worked! I remember formatting the external hard drive for my Xbox, just need to format it back to FAT. Thank you!!!
Brilliant 👏 glad I'm helping thousands of people like you 😀
I've lost my pendrive and my other one cannot play on car radio. Then after watching your video my pendrive works fine. It is very helpful video. Thank you so much. I hope you consistently making this kind of video.
Mine only has the option of exFAT and NTFS -- which should I choose for a 2016 Prius C? And, a side question, would this function ever be turned off or not installed by the dealer? I see the grayed out USB choice on the display menu, but it never registers the drive. Thanks!
Format it to the opposite to what it is on and try again. I don't know what is needed for specific cars etc... but if its not working on one format the. Doesn't hurt to try the other. All the best
Thanks, I just reformatted my USB Memory Stick 1TB from exFAT to NTFS and it works now!
I'm justin a mazda 6 2016 sport. I got a SanDisk ultra USB 3.0 64gb it's a exFat can't get the car to play the music and sometimes it doesn't even recognize the USB is in
@@omnisempi81 format to fat32 u might have to download the program I'm playin a 64gb in my car over 10,000 songs
Thanks. Had know idea you could run a NTFS formatted USB drive in your car. Thought it had to be FAT32 and didn't know there was FAT32EX. Also found that FAT32 is only for USB drives 32 GB or smaller,. If larger then 32 GB then it has to be FAT32EX or NTFS. Formatted my 128 GB USB thumb drive to NTFS and it worked fine. GREAT. :)
Nice one. That's great news 😀
hey i installed android and facing same issue. i followed your steps and issue resolved. thanks for making this video. very helpful. channel subscribed and lots of love blessings from Pakistan
Amazing. Thank you for subscribing. I will hopefully be doing more videos soon.
Dude this helped me tremendously. My car stereo would not recognize my HipStreet mp3 player and would error "No Device Detected". I've tried formatting the drive outright and copying and pasting the files, even lost some files in the process. Turns out that it had been set to FAT by default so I set it to FAT32 (recognizable by my car stereo on other mp3 players) copied and pasted the files again and IT WORKED!! Even more strange was that the car voice came on and told me to proceed with caution (lol) once it recognized the device. Almost the same as if I had been routing the GPS. I would also like to inform you that this video is also the first most watched video of 2023 (by me). I've watched it at least seven times and it will be entered into my most watched YT videos of 2023 playlist; something I've done for the past 6 years. Feel free to check out other most watched YT vids on my channel. Thanks again.
Thank you for the feedback. Glad it helped you. I think it has helped many people. Good old youtube saves the day.
I've got a Skoda Karoq.
The external media can be played via two USB C sockets.
My previous car could use SD cards loaded with my CD collection and had no problem, so I thought that by buying a USB C to SD card reader adaptor I could just plug in and away it would go, but It doesn't see it.
I have had to buy some USB C flash drives, transfer my music to them and plug in. They do work, however, I have found that it is probably not wise to use anything above 32GB, especially if you intend filling the drive up to capacity. The system in the car struggles to read all the information and if you search for specific tracks it can't find them.
The other problem I've found, and I don't know if its related is that if you are playing a particular track/album, and you switch off and park up, on return to the car, the system seems not to remember where it was and starts playing something different.
I'm living with it but it is a pain!
yeah i feel your pain. 32gb max seems to be the norm. i try to use spotify for anything pre 2012. although i prefere the quality you get from CDs etc... streaming spotify deffintly loses the quality.
hope your find a solution to your start stop different music issue
Awesome Brother ! I know this was from 2019, but just ran into this problem and your video was the first one that popped up. Thanks for the help.
Old is gold. Hope your issue is fixed ! 😃
cheers formatted from default to ntfs , just didnt check the class of sd card ,seems im using a slower one taking an age to copy internal data over , hopfully freeing up the internal memory will breath a bitt more responsivness to using the sat nav search , cut down the lagg on input ect , we will see might try an old class 10 should have quicker read write speeds
MASSIVE THANKYOU for sharing this information
its working.Thank you for your help.
Cheers. 😀
I swear if this works I'm going to be very happy!
Worth a try 😉
Big FAT thanks for you mate!!! It helped me with my maxima 2014
I like what you did there 😉
Hi Dave I have a Hyundai i10 2011 I did what you said about the USB stick and it works. The only issue I have is I have plugged in my IPhone 13 Pro Max using the lightning cable and it doesn’t work it says reading error. It happened before I formatted the memory stick.
Could it be that although the Hyundai i10 says about IPod on the fascia that it’s not compatible with the lightning cable
I think that would probably be a setting on the iPhone itself. I haven't owned an iPhone for about 10+years. I prefere android and android also have options when you plug the cable in as what youd like to do. File transfe, charger, read data etc.... I'm wondering if iPhone have a similar thing. 🤔
I recently bought a 2014 Prius V. I'm pretty good with stuff like this but cannot get the stereo to recognize any of my flash drives weather they are formatted in FAT32 or NTFS. All range between 4 to 64GB. I'm only putting MP3 files on them in folders titled with the artist and album name. I've even tried making a "Music" folder but still nothing. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Every car is different. The only thing I could suggest is try taking the mp3s out of the folders and just upload them straight onto your flash drive. (No folders) 🤷🏻♂️.
Been a while since I uploaded this video, since I've been using Spotify.
Maybe leave the drive for a while the car may take some time to recognize it 🤔
@@dayv Thanks for the quick reply. I've tried all of that already. Maybe the USB port in this Prius is damaged. I'll have to take stuff apart and investigate further. If you ever need help ripping in HQ from streaming services let me know.
64GB card only has exFAT unrecognized NTFS does nothing. I can only use 32GB cards which totally sucks.
My Honda 2017 could read my USB flash drive formatted exFAT, but the Nissan Rogue 2023 I rented could not read it. I formatted the drive FAT32 and now it reads it. Thanks.
Thank you! This was so helpful...I actually had to change mine from NTFS to FAT32 to get it to work on my car though
Strange how all cars are different 😊
How do you do that
Fat32 sorted my Mazda 2 2013 issues. was NTFS and would only recognise usb (sandisk 32gb Cruzer Blade) sporadically.
Good to know. I think I need to do something similar with my focus
THANK YOU ! Very helpful!
Glad to be of assistance 😀
thank you so much mine was NTFS when i chanaged it to FAT32 it worked
Glad it worked. Enjoy
@@dayv but problem not solve FAT32 is not working please help me
It is really weird, but I have a some 4GB drives with Fat 32. They work fine, but my 8GB drive that also used FAT 32 doesn't work!
THIS WORKED!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Glad to of helped 😃
Thanks you so much!!! thank you for doing this!!! it's the little things that mean so much
hi! my usb stick worked until i installed windows on it with rufus. I deleted windows from it, put back the music and it doesn't work. It shows me FAT32 by default, should I change it to NTFS or what should I do? Thanks!
I'd try a complete format to get rid of any past data. Then try all the diffrent format types. Maybe the Rufus adjusted something on the stick which is stopping it from working on your device like before
You gave me the fix by mentioning rufus. Rufus partitions your drive into 2. 1 for windows and 2 called UEFI_NTFS. Now all you have to do is go into disk management on your pc and delete that volume and format to the supported file system(in my case fat32)
I have bought a USB CD player to give myself the choice of having CDs. I’ve got a very good head unit too. Would this work for that, as I have the same issue.
Worth a try. Only takes 2mins to format the USB. Most are max 32gb. What size is your USB?
@@dayv well it’s a CD player which converts CDs temporarily to files and plays them through the USB.
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Hello. I have a 64gb usb and i changed it to ntfs. It didnt worked. Now i lowered the storage to 14gb and switched it to Fat3@ i hope it works. My car is a 2019 toyota innova
You are the man. Thanks so much
Glad to have helped. 😁
doesnt work for me.. even after i reformatted to NTFS.. the funny thing is that it was working the first time i tried it but i added more songs to the flash drive and those songs were saved under MP4, now when i went to convert it to MP3, it wont read my flash drive anymore. even the songs that were working before doesnt work anymore. any idea as to why it's doing this? should the format be NTFS or exFAT? i tried both and no luck. i might just have to buy a new flash drive again and make sure to save all music under MP3.
I dont think the format of your media would really matter. Alot of people keep saying that if they have too many songs it doesn't work. Not sure why this is... it might be worth trying to take a few songs off back to what you originally had.
Very helpful video. Thank you for sharing this
I think it must be the type of memory chip, the flash drives use. I installed an android player in my car recently and tried 3 flash drives.
2 of the flash drives are 64GB, Kingston and Kioxia. I tried everything in both, many files, few files, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, nothing, the player says "Scanning External Storage Devices" and stays there forever.😮💨
And then i tried a Sandisk 250GB with exFAT, with a lot of files MP3's and MKV's Movie files and it works perfect, plays both Audio and Video🤓
So my conclusion, is that you have to be lucky and buy a USB flash drive that is compatible with car players😬
The 1st set of 5 songs worked in my car. Then I had a 2nd set (12) songs added to my flash-drive. They didn't play in my car. Only the 1st set. Now I can see the Problem could be the Format choice of the recording engineer that did it. I had to request he fix the issue. Hope it works next time I use it.
My 16gb usb stick is on 32fat already and my 9.7 android radio won't pull up the files 😢
Hi, I'm used to using a normal usb stick in my Hyundai i 10, which stopped working after a long while. Bought a new one, put music on it, inserted in to my car usb port, pressed media, usb site came up with track but I can't get any sound. I've been to Hyundai and they tried the stick in another car and it worked. Tearing my hair out. Help.
Maybe the hyundai they tried had a different radio to yours. Maybe try a smaller USB stick. 32gb or less? Maybe try format to fat32 or NTFS?
FAT32.. does this mean only 4GB or less is supported?
No I don't think so. I think it's just per file or something weird. Maybe it's safer in that format for larger files. 🤔
What about my iPhone charger? It says it can recognized
I have a pioneer and when i take out the usb and change it with another it plays the one i took out and not the one i put in ,
Maybe it's got information stored about your old USB. Make sure the unit is off before swapping the USBs over.
I can only formate my 64gb usb and it still doesn’t recognize that there’s a usb plugged it.
Yes the usb port is working
I'm having this issue, but I want to plug in my android phone, not a USB. Thoughts?
Never tried it. I guess you'll have to select what USB options you want the phone to give out once plugged in. Might be something simple
@@dayv I already tried enabling USB debugging in the Developer Options and setting the USB configuration to transfer files. Nothing worked.
@@miguelr246 if your using a micro usb maybe try a different cable. Some seem to only do a limited number of things.
does this work the same for mp4 got the parking break bypass but not working
Worth a try. I've only ever used it with MP3.
i have USB stick that is fat32 and fm transmitter shows that there is no files but root directory is filled with mp3 music
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This worked for me. Thank you very much
doesnt always work, but i think its more of a name isssue if anything else.. i've several other flash drives, both ways reformatted, nothing.. although for my SANDISK 32 gig, no problem what so ever..
For some reason the 32gb or less flash drives seem okay. Not sure why 🤔
I hope mine wasnt working because my allocation unit size was set to 4000 bites
if not i dont know how to fix it
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Bro, my pendrive is 128gb and it wont work on tv when it is fat32 , and if it is in exfat it wont work on audio systems... Any solutions
Try a 32gb pendrive or smaller. Sometimes devices don't like large pendrivea
Thanks .its worked with my car
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Hi. It ditn't work in NTFS format. I'll try using Fat32.
did it work for you broo
@@tonijr6435 Yes, Fat32 formatting did the work!
I have a peugeot 308 2017 and I've tried every format fat exfat ntfs and it still does not recognise it I am about to give up with it to be honest , and the files I've used are wma mp3 wav and it does not recognise anything I throw at it 😢
What size is your usb stick (pen drive)? I heard some of the bigger ones over 32gb don't work. Not sure why. Try a smaller capacity usb stick if you got a big one.
Edit: It works. Just song should be MP3, otherwise it will not play. In my case it was a problem. Thank you.
Please help me. I have a SAMSUNG flash drive 8 GB. When I put it in the car, it does not turn on the music and "error" is written on the screen. This happens when my USB is enabled (FAT32 (default)) format. (Other USB works perfectly in fat32 format. When my flash drive is in NTFS or exFAT format the car stereo screen says only USB and the music does not play. What can I do? I hope I wrote everything correctly.
Sounds odd. If its working with your other sticks then we know it's not the unit. Maybe you have some currupt files on the samsung stick? Try another Samsung stick the same?
Hi I got the same/similar system which got 3 Usb ports. Wired back one works but only one out of the two work and the front one don’t work at all.
Port 1 - Charges phone , picks up Usb drive, Carplay device works properly from it.
Other 2 ports - none not of above work on them both but only realised the none working back ports does power something on Carplay device little red light but again system don’t pick up the device.
Any suggestions what could be the problem ?
I know some usb ports are for apple and the other android. Best to talk to the manufacturer they could probably give you a better understanding.
Thank you, It worked
Thanks you so much man
Thanks man!
Happy to help!
This worked for me. Thank you very much sir!
Glad it helped. Enjoy.
I have a problem .I put the usb and don't do nothing... this is with all bmp,mp4 ,ma4,jpg etc....alpine ilx-407
and with the iPhone works flawlesss there's no problem ,do more than I think it jejejeje
Some head unit have multiple USB ports that do different things. I had an SPH DA120 and it had a usb for apple and usb for other I guess android or usb pen drive. Maybe you have an extra usb on the back?
Hi. My USB only plays 1 song in my car and shows there are no more songs on the USB whereas there are? Can I get some help please??? I have a nissan note Acenta 2015
Are your songs in files? If you have 1000 songs but they are in files and then there is 1 odd song not in a file your radio might not pick up the others
@@dayv no their not in files. I have about 25 on my USB at the moment as I was testing it out before downloading more but it only plays the 1 song and doesn't show the rest on the display or play them at all, it's as if there is only 1 song on the USB when in the car
Have you tried a different USB. Or a diffrent audio format. It could be an issue with your car rather than the USB or your tunes.
Thank you so much now its my usb is working to my bluetooth speaker thank you so muchh
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I connected a dvr cam to Kia sportage radio usb, it didnot work but after that i coud not use my usb nor phone after that, any solution?
Was it working before connecting the DVR? Sounds like a blown fuse. Have you tried the dvr and your phone in a different USB port?
My 'new' car, a 2017 peugeot 2008 doesn't even register that my usb stick is in the hole! It can detect my MP3 Player no problem but my usb stick doesn't even highlite the icon on the touch screen. I have formatted it to fat32, twice. Put all the music into folders and still nothing! I wish I still had my old Toyota with a radio, tape player and CD player that I fitted. I'm sick of DAB radio coming on all the time as it has fm playing in the background! I don't know how, so I have to go to settings and put it back to FM radio again! All this shit techno ology is hurting my brain!
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Does. Ot work
I had a second set of songs added to my flash-drive. They don't play in my car. Now I see the Problem might have been the Format choice of the recording engineer.
Yes I had a similar issue not sure what formatting it was but mp3 seems to work for me
Thanks I will try this
Let me know how it goes
@@dayv I had a 64gb stick, I couldn't get that to format properly on my MacBook, I found an 8gb one and that works OK, some people suggested that certain cars can't cope with memory sticks over a certain size
@@andrewlong9628 glad you found a solution. its odd why larger sticks aren't compatible.
Got a scandisk 64gb usb and both format options I've tried nothing works any help please ?
Try a 32gb USB alot of devices cant read over 32gb so your 64gb probably won't work. Someone also was told to try less media. They had 4000 songs and the dealership told them to try 400 songs
@@dayv thank you noted and will try loading less media as well .
Thank you so much!
I had to go download/install sketchy free partition software to make my 64gb sd card work in my car stereo. NTFC and exFAT both would not work. I had a hunch FAT32 would work....and I was right.
Sounds scary 😨. Glad Fat32 worked for you 😃
my usb stick works with exFAT on my eonon device with 128 gb
what is the name of the flie it playes on
Not sure what you mean. My media player picks up all the music and or videos on the USB and automatically plays them
Cheers Dave
Your very welcome ☺
NTFS doesnt work for me, neither does exFAT (default) any advice?
Are your files Mp3? Is the memory of the USB stick to large for the device. Some headunits dont like big USB sticks.
Dave50Bat usb 3.0 128GB
@@crankcuffin1948 128gb seems rather large. Alot of devices take up to 32gb. Have you got a smaller USB you could try?
Dave50Bat nope, i will purchase a 32 on friday, thanks for the help
@@crankcuffin1948 hopefully that fixes the issue. Fingers crossed for you.
This advice did not work for me I did exactly as described but nothing
That's a shame. It's helped alot of other people though. Have you tried a smaller capacity flash drive? For some unknown reason to me the larger flash drives aren't recognised on alot of car entertainment systems.
Good luck!
Thanks dude, this info is what I needed.... (your music taste is not good tho)
Haha I agree with you there. This is music pre 2012 (before spotify)
Glad you found the video helpful anyway. 👍🏻
my USB had stuff previously on it and it played, it was formatted to Fat 32.. I tried to add songs to the already formatted card and those tracks came up as NA but it would play all previous tracks..so I reformatted the whole stick, tried FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS..now it all comes up as NA on my stereo, yet any laptop will pick it up even tried unclicking "quick format" as another video suggested but no difference
Maybe too many files? I know some devices only read up to 32gb, I wonder if it's a similar situation with the storage if you go over a certain ammount, hmmmm 🤔
Any luck yet?
@@dayv there's only 3 songs on the whole card now, as I was just trying to get it to work in general so that shouldn't be the case..I even tried formatting it on 3 laptops
@@jdmslider no, I just kinda gave up on it ..the radio works so it'll do for now
@@billyhayter5381 What format are the audio files? are they all Mp3? WMA? M4a? the reason some are working and some are nto could be a mix of audio file formats. Itunes uses m4a and AAC, which AFAIK, only work when on an Ipod device to the truck/car stereo. for a USB drive, it has to be MP3 or WMA
My Capri not recognize pendrive blink light still nothing i have a 90 tracks my pc too
Try a small capacity Pendrive 32gb or less ?
great useful information
That's not my problem; it worked fine yesterday but is not recognized today. It happens to every USB drive after a week or so.
Does you usb drive work in a different device after it has stopped working? Sounds like your unit is frying all your usb drives. Maybe covered under warranty.
What format do I need for Volvo V60
I'm not sure sorry. I'd try the format it's currently on and then just switch it over if its not working
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Fat32 nothing else for newer cars and radios
I'm justin a mazda 6 2016 sport. I got a SanDisk ultra USB 3.0 64gb it's a exFat can't get the car to play the music and sometimes it doesn't even recognize the USB is in
64gb sounds bit big. For some reason most cars only read 32gb max. Try a smaller USB stick.
@@dayv I got the car to read the flash drive but it's not readin the music I think because of the mp3 tags? I do alot youtube to mp3
Thanx for that man all good now
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How do I know what car format the audio have to be
If you have stock unit then the manufacture should tell you what format or file type is suitable. Most mp3 files are adequate. And if using a USB flash drive stick. Then I'd try diffrent formats to see what the car can read. Also try 32gb or less.
I tried formatting my pen drive it couldn't format to NTFS, and the only option there is NTFS and exFAT, now I'm stuck
Has anybody had any luck with large drives (sandisk 512gb ultra fit specifically)?
I've tried all kinds of tricks reformatting etc and it's not recognized in any of multiple vehicles I've tried.
Alot of cars only seem to expect around the 32gb size. Not sure why? 😕
@dayv my next test is getting the old Gen 512gb drive or the 256gb and testing that out. I honestly think the newer tiny versions are the problem.
When I plug some usb sticks in the port in my car they are "detected". But most of the usb sticks I have are not detected. I tried reformatting some of them from NTSB to FAT32. But it didn't make any difference.
The size is important too. If its too big some cars won't pick it up. Think 32gb is most common size they accept
Is there other option .. this not work in my car :(
Check the format of the files. Mp3 is normally a good choice. Also if your USB stick (flash drive) is too large in capacity some systems don't recognise it. 32gb max is normally what most units pick up.
I got 32gb n 128gb …try both didn’t work … but 32gb work before until I’m to lazy to delete few songs I don’t want so I click delete all and install new list.. after that didn’t work … that why I’m searching around n found your video .. change all formats option I got but still didn’t work:(
I did all that but nothing all I get is NOT SUPPORTED and ends up playing 1 or 2 songs thats it I downloaded 56 song
Are they all the same format? Are they too large. What size usb flash drive are you using.
@@dayv 35 gigs
@@dayv Fat32 both of them one is unknown brand and other one is sandisk
Almost forgot to mention they work really good on the computar but not on my car Stereo
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Mine still doesnt work
Try a smaller memory stick. 32gb or less ?
How does this work on a chrome book? I cant find that option
I'm not sure about other operating systems. Windows is all I know. Maybe ask a friend or go to a public computer to just format it quick
@@dayv i found a sandisk fat32 on amazon for 6 buks free shipping lol thanks tho