Okay, so I wanted to get my phone hooked up to my car’s audio system. I figured, “Hey, I’ve got a USB port in there, shouldn’t be too hard, right?” Wrong! It turned out to be a bit more involved than I initially thought.
The First Try (and Fail)
First, I just grabbed a regular USB cable, the one I use for charging my phone, and plugged it in. Phone in one end, car’s USB port in the other. I switched the car stereo over to the “USB” input and… nothing. The car didn’t even recognize that anything was plugged in. My phone started charging, but no music. Bummer.
Figuring Out What Went Wrong
I did a little digging around, you know, poking through forums and stuff. Turns out, not all USB ports are created equal. Some are just for power, like the one in my car, it seemed. They can charge your device, but they can’t actually read data from it. My car’s stereo was expecting to see something like a USB flash drive, with music files stored on it.
My Solution
I have solved the first problem, the connection is done, but the car audio can not read the files from my phone. So, I go to setting and select “Transfer File” options, this could make your car’s audio to read your phone like a USB driver.
The Working Setup
Finally Success. Now, whenever I want to listen to my own tunes, I just:
- Plug my phone into the car’s USB port using any cable.
- Select the” Transfer File” option on my phone.
- Choose the USB input on my car stereo.
And boom! Music plays, and I can even control some basic playback (like skipping tracks) using the car’s *’s easy
So, yeah, that’s my little adventure with car USB connectors. It wasn’t as straightforward as I hoped, but I got it working, and I’ve learned something new.