so i got a pioneer 5200 head unit today. it has a usb slot in the front, you can connect things to it and its suposta read them .. such as a ipod/iphone or any other phone with a sd card I WAS TOLD.
but i cant see to get it to work with my vibrant :-/ i know i had to put it in to debug mode to get it to work with my mac.. so i was not sure if i was missing something that i should of done.
any help? thanks.
Mount after plugging in?
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you would need to mount the drives on the phoen as samuel said... but there could be another issue... When you mount two drives will showup (internal and SD), can the head unit process two drives?
Not ALL radios have the ability to read every phone. I have a new JVC KW-NX7000 Navi and it would not read crap from my Cliq, but would from my G1. Haven't tried it yet with the Vibrant. Try taking it out of debugging and see if that works.
Another thing to consider is that the head units often have size limitations for the partitions they can read.
It also might be getting confused with the internal storage and the sd card since I doubt it can read more than one drive at a time.
Same problem with the stock radio on my 09 civic si. I believe it to be because of the way the phone provides access to the storage cards (USB hub)
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good call, i didnt think of the two drive thing.
checking there site it says
"Not every USB device is compatible with a Pioneer headunit containing an USB port. See more details at the following webpage: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/USBCompatibility. Pioneer headunits containing a USB port are compatible with USB MSC (Mass Storage Class) devices only, and are not compatible with DRM (Digital Rights Management) contents and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) connection devices. For size and other limitations, please see Owner’s Manual. Unauthorized copying of music or other files is strictly prohibited. Optional USB extension cable is available for use with front USB ports."
how ever when going to the site they say its basically a blank page ha. ill try to take it out of debugging mode.. and if that does not work ill pop out the sd card.
i tried, taking out one of the sd cards, turning off debugging mode, changing it so i have to select if i want mass storage, or media mode.
and still i get nothing sad but oh well.. still got the aux port ha
I wish I had an aux port, fm transmitters suck ballz! I have to remove my antenna to not get static and even then, sometimes I do.
badaphooko01 said:
I wish I had an aux port, fm transmitters suck ballz! I have to remove my antenna to not get static and even then, sometimes I do.
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These things work great! http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-FM-MO..._3?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1284670423&sr=8-3
And the magic question is... CAN WE PUT OUR DEVICE IN USB MSC MODE? (Mass Storage Class)
I think it's one thing we really need. Almost every device is compatible with it, not with MTP!
You have to enable mass storage device and then mount it once you've plugged it into your receiver. Theres an app called Auto-mount that will do out for you automatically. It will only transfer music stored on your sd you will have to use the headphone jack for Pandora and Slacker.
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I have the same problem with my Vibrant. I have an Alpine IXA-W404. When I plug in my phone via usb, it shows "searching" then "not supported" but on my head units screen it starts to show some random music files on my phone, but won't play them. I tried plugging in using two different wires, and tried with debugging on and off.
Any help? I even saw a video where the guy was doing it online with a similar setup, using a Droid and some other similar Alpine deck.
when i select "media player" from the usb settings on the phone, after about 20 seconds, the head unit starts to play a few songs but its very choppy. Any help is appreciated!
Also found this post that seems relevant, http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1283501
hi all, it failed to recognize this device when i connected to my car usb port audio. i also tried debugging checked or unchecked, but failed too,
any advice? much appreciated.
Did you mount it as USB storage?
shadowofdarkness said:
Did you mount it as USB storage?
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you mean drag down the info. screen then click connect to usb storage? i tried it but the audio displayed "unsupported"
astoncheah said:
you mean drag down the info. screen then click connect to usb storage? i tried it but the audio displayed "unsupported"
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Mine does the same, i have to trick it by pulling out the cable insert it and quickly enter usb storage some times before it works. I also have to put all my music on the internal memory cause that's the one working.
yesterday i succeeded with connecting the sg2 to my car stereo via usb,
using the following instructions
usb debugging mode off
while Idle then I go to usb utilities and press connect to storage pc
then I connect the usb cable
yesterday it worked fine, although i was bummed it did not read the music on the external sd card, just the music that is stored on the 16 Gb built in sd card, what a bummer.
BUT today i could not connect it and my car stereo gave me usb N/A
i tired to connect my experia play and my iphone and both worked and connected immediately via usb to my car stereo withut any hassles,
what is wrong here, and why only do i face that with the S2.
I also noticed 2 days ago that every time i connect my phone to the computer and usb debugging mode is on after i disconnect the drives from the computer and then press disconnect from my phone the phone turns off. I did a hard reset hoping it would solve the problem and also formatted my external sd card to fat 32 but still no solution. I have installed kies on my laptop and it identifies the note successfully. Why does the note keep turning off when I disconnect it from my laptop or computer
I really need to solve this as I depend on listening to music in my car using the usb cable as listening to the music directly from the sg2 via 3.5mm cable is really bad on my stereo compared to using the note as storage card.
I was so put down when I compared the same song being played from xperia play with the sg2 using poweramp with the same settings, as the sound coming from the xperia play was good compared to the sg2 which was awful. In this comparison both phones where connected via 3.5mm cable to the car stereo, so I have no choice now to only listen to music using the note as a storage card by connecting it to the car stereo via usb cable
this is when I miss the iphone when everything works out of the box, and I don't have to struggle like this
Please help me in solving this as its driving me crazy
Is anyone else using a pci usb card and trying to connect your phone to it? It keeps connecting/disconnecting no matter if I choose MTP, camera, or mass storage. Works fine with my laptop or my other computer with working usb ports. I just want to make sure it's my damn computer what's causing this problem.
Note: I tried different cables.
This is a problem i have recently faced in my car.
The phone is unable to mount the sd cards(neither internal nor external) in usb mass storage mode when connected to my car stereo.
I have done some research and it seems to be a problem with the mounting order of the sdcards(internal first or external first)
Does ne 1 have a similar issue and has ne1 managed to fix it??
This is really frustrating. Not able to play collection on car. have to use separate usb drive.
dev.karayi said:
This is a problem i have recently faced in my honda city.
The phone is unable to mount the sd cards(neither internal nor external) in usb mass storage mode when connected to my car stereo.
I have done some research and it seems to be a problem with the mounting order of the sdcards(internal first or external first)
Does ne 1 have a similar issue and has ne1 managed to fix it??
This is really frustrating. Not able to play collection on car. have to use separate usb drive.
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Use AUX cable... Or remove the ext SD card... I prefer AUX cable.. DSP manager rox on bass.
Prashanthme said:
Use AUX cable... Or remove the ext SD card... I prefer AUX cable.. DSP manager rox on bass.
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Is AUX cable a 2 way 3.5 jack??(will try it next time)
Is there no way to use ums??(i have tried a lot..even removed ext sd card....no luck)
Thanks.
dev.karayi said:
Is AUX cable a 2 way 3.5 jack??(will try it next time)
Is there no way to use ums??(i have tried a lot..even removed ext sd card....no luck)
Thanks.
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I tried removing ext SD card it works but gizmo heats up fast... Better to use aux cable(2 way 3.5 jack) for music and USb cable for charging :laugh:
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I tried removing ext SD card it works but gizmo heats up fast... Better to use aux cable(2 way 3.5 jack) for music and USb cable for charging :laugh:
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Thanks for fast reply.
Aux cable works awesome
I had some prob finding it in my honda city
It is hidden and not outside.