Better to play music from USB Drive? or iPod in our Camaro's?

[Quicksilver-SS]

After trying Pandora and then the USB... USB hands down. Sounds better than XM too. I don't have music on my phone so I can't compare but I would think similar to Pandora.

[Jsafe17]

Originally Posted by Thapilot

JSafe,

I have the 10 also, you have to pair the Bluetooth a second time for media, in my phone it's GMusic Connect for media audio. This is on the note 2.

Okay l will try it again I have the S5

[ka1]

I have a 160GB iPod. It works 90% of the time too but every now and then it will not be recognized. Usually unplug/replug works but sometimes that doesn't even work and the only thing that does is the next time I start the car.

[rontammy0]

Samsung galaxy s5 works great.

[thkfast]

It sounds a lot better when my iPhone music is played via USB. Bluetooth sound quality is no bueno.

[trashmanssd]

Originally Posted by skipinminn

GRRRR I want my CD player BACK :(

We could go back to these also.

[Chevy_cowboy]

Originally Posted by trashmanssd

We could go back to these also.

get that new fangled crap outa here, vinyl is where its at.

[justjoshin]

All my music on a USB thumb drive set to play all random is all I listen to in my car and my truck.

[Backspin9]

Bluetooth on my '15 works great with my Samsung Galaxy S5. The phone has the Pandora and Stitcher apps, and a ton of music on it. The car displays the song info (on the downloaded music) but the menu will only show when plugged in through USB or the AUX jack. Never had any connection issues.

I've connected it all 3 ways and never really noticed any difference in sound quality. I also only have the stock sound system and for all the negative comments it gets, it sounds ok to me. I adjusted the equalizer and while it's not Carnegie Hall, it sounds pretty darn good.

[Rocky1974]

Originally Posted by blakjak55

The USB is nice but mine seems to have to re-index right after start up each time and it doesn't recognize all of the music on it. It's a 32 gig flash drive with around 13 gigs of music on it and I don't know if there's a cut off for the recognizable size of the drive. File formats are good. Not sure what the deal is.

Haven't tried an iPod though I've got one.

Mines a 2010 and I use a 32gb flash drive also. I've never updated my PDIM, which I think may resolve some of these issues. Mine won't read the artist info on some of the files, but the music is still there and I can still play them by either going to the song or album views.

[Hetfield03]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

Samsung galaxy s5 works great.

[Rock-It Man]

Originally Posted by Rocky1974

Mines a 2010 and I use a 32gb flash drive also. I've never updated my PDIM, which I think may resolve some of these issues. Mine won't read the artist info on some of the files, but the music is still there and I can still play them by either going to the song or album views.

I also never updated the PDIM. Via USB, the sound from my iPod will develop static after a while, unless I make sure to power up the iPod before plugging it in.

I'm wondering using Bluethooth instead would solve this problem. The 1/8 jack does avoid the problem, but then song selection remains with the iPod.

[ilir14]

Bluetooth

[Rocky1974]

Originally Posted by Software Guy

XM.

XM sucks. It doesn't have nearly enough bandwidth and it sounds like AM. They'd have to pay me to listen to it. I wish GM would switch over to the Sirius side which doesn't have these problems.