USB Sticks

Plymothian

Plymothian

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Hi all,

Since Jaguar, in their infinite wisdom, removed Spotify from the InControl apps, I'm going back to using a USB stick for my music.

I used to use a SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB, but I wanted to have more than 32GB so bought a SanDisk Ultra Flair 128GB, which is a 3.0 drive with up to 150MB/s read speed. The drive is formatted in FAT32.

When I plug this in though, the USB drive immediately shows up under 'Source' but is greyed out. I have completed some long journeys and the drive is still greyed out after 4 hours or more of being plugged in.

The USB drive works in all other devices, so it's not a complete waste of £20, but can anyone recommend a 128GB or a 64GB drive that is compatible with Jaguar's infotainment systems?

Thanks :)
 
Following, because I have the same issue- SanDisk 128gb drive formatted as FAT32 but not recognised by car, yet 128gb iPod is recognised - want to use USB as iPod is v.old and not reliable anymore
 
I was in the same boat when Spotify was disabled from InControl Apps a few weeks ago and so I tried a USB and it wouldn’t work for me either so assuming you have a Spotify account just Bluetooth your phone for music into the car, this is done in the phone setup menu of the car, then just choose Bluetooth in the Audio menu on you car and you can view and play all your Spotify account from your phone, it works for me, another way is to plug a jack plug cable into your headphone socket of your phone (if it has one) and into the USB of the car and select Auxiliary and play on your phone, that works too...
I’m also getting (for Christmas I’m told) a decent F Type phone holder that was recommended on here a few weeks ago that clips it securely onto the centre grab rail, I can post a link to it again if anyone is interested, but fiddling with USB’s is not the way forward, for me anyway, hope this helps...
 
Jagman100 said:
I’m also getting (for Christmas I’m told) a decent F Type phone holder that was recommended on here a few weeks ago that clips it securely onto the centre grab rail, I can post a link to it again if anyone is interested, but fiddling with USB’s is not the way forward, for me anyway, hope this helps...
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I'm definitely interested in the phone holder. I've used Spotify over Bluetooth, but with nowhere put the phone at present, I'm kinda limited when wanting to change the music.

USB is better quality audio than Spotify over Bluetooth, if you're using lossless WAV or WMA files. I have some playlists on my USB drive which I'd like to keep too.

Can you share the phone holder link though? I'd like that as well as finding a USB drive that works :)
 
the scosche magnetic dash mount is pretty solid and costs ~ £15. keeps the phone within closer reach than the grab rail holders imo
 
When you format the drive, FAT 32 is fine but set the partition map to MBR (Master Boot Record) not the newer GUID style. See if this helps?
 
The drive is in FAT32 and the files are organised in folders. Some with the music files immediately in them, others with subfolders too.

The frustrating thing is I plugged the USB stick into my wife's Q3 and it just works straight away.

Why does Jaguar tech have to be so awkward?
 
SWC said:
When you format the drive, FAT 32 is fine but set the partition map to MBR (Master Boot Record) not the newer GUID style. See if this helps?
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I'll have a look into this. I used the default format settings last time.

Thanks :)
 
Plymothian said:
Jagman100 said:
I’m also getting (for Christmas I’m told) a decent F Type phone holder that was recommended on here a few weeks ago that clips it securely onto the centre grab rail, I can post a link to it again if anyone is interested, but fiddling with USB’s is not the way forward, for me anyway, hope this helps...
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I'm definitely interested in the phone holder. I've used Spotify over Bluetooth, but with nowhere put the phone at present, I'm kinda limited when wanting to change the music.

USB is better quality audio than Spotify over Bluetooth, if you're using lossless WAV or WMA files. I have some playlists on my USB drive which I'd like to keep too.

Can you share the phone holder link though? I'd like that as well as finding a USB drive that works :)
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Had the Knightspeed phone cradle for a while. It was purpose built for the F-Type & is 100% effective & highly recommended 👍
 
Plymothian said:
The drive is in FAT32 and the files are organised in folders. Some with the music files immediately in them, others with subfolders too.
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That's how I've organised mine (though I'm old-school so use directories, not folders ;)) and it works fine. Though I don't have a 128GB stick.
 
I re-formatted my 128GB micro USB with the tool supplied from the ridgecrop website (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) and it now works perfectly in the car. All artists/albums are in individual folders.
 
devbrodie said:
I re-formatted my 128GB micro USB with the tool supplied from the ridgecrop website (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) and it now works perfectly in the car. All artists/albums are in individual folders.
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This may not be completely on thread but what’s the advantage of using individual folders? I just have all my songs directly on a usb which works ok, am I missing something?
 
Depends how you want to listen, I have a directory for each album so I can listen to them as they were designed. If you're a shuffle person, no advantage really apart from ease of maintenance.
 
GusA said:
devbrodie said:
I re-formatted my 128GB micro USB with the tool supplied from the ridgecrop website (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) and it now works perfectly in the car. All artists/albums are in individual folders.
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This may not be completely on thread but what’s the advantage of using individual folders? I just have all my songs directly on a usb which works ok, am I missing something?
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It's just how I have them set up for my Plex media server - no need to alter anything when copying to USB - It helps with Gracenote to identify the tracks / artists / album art as well I think
 
scm said:
Depends how you want to listen, I have a directory for each album so I can listen to them as they were designed. If you're a shuffle person, no advantage really apart from ease of maintenance.
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Thanks, I’m a shuffler mostly! Pink floyd songs always start or end a bit weirdly but majority of stuff I like is fine!
 
GusA said:
Thanks, I’m a shuffler mostly! Pink floyd songs always start or end a bit weirdly but majority of stuff I like is fine!
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I have a directory called "aardvark" so it sorts at the top of the list, put my favourites tracks in there and shuffle that one. ;)
But I like the option to play albums as they were meant to be heard, too.
 
scm said:
GusA said:
Thanks, I’m a shuffler mostly! Pink floyd songs always start or end a bit weirdly but majority of stuff I like is fine!
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I have a directory called "aardvark" so it sorts at the top of the list, put my favourites tracks in there and shuffle that one. ;)
But I like the option to play albums as they were meant to be heard, too.
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Makes sense, thanks 👍
 
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