Hi,

have the basic radio with the small non-touchscreen in my MY 15 and play music via bluetooth from my phone which works ok. some playback issues but that may be caused by spotify, didn't have time to sort this out but not that big of a deal..

My question now is, since I still have an iPod full of music I tried to connect it to my already fitted USB port in the center console to use it for music cause I have much more songs on it.
Unfortunately it wouldn't play any music. It just writes something like 'Freelander...' and 'ready to disconnect'. Same thing with my phone if connected via USB the phone goes into Debug mode but the car won't recognize it.
Looked up in topix the accessory list of my vehicle and it states 'LESS ACCESSORY USB UNIT'.
Just wanted to know if maybe the USB function simply isn't activated since the ipod recognizes the car as an accessory? Or is there also hardware missing then I would just live with bluetooth alone.

Hi there,
I have a 2015 metropolis and the biggest pain is the USB- I just use Bluetooth to play my music via my iPhone, it takes calls etc at the same time.
I found the USB to be very temperamental and complicated.
Just go via Bluetooth and don't worry about it.
Thanks Hit it he said, Hit it!--So I hit it, then he hit me---Doh!

I use I micro USB (32g) in my metropolis without any problem. Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

OK, That's interesting, all I gotta do now is transfer all my music to a Micro thingy!!!
Don't use ITunes, so any idea's how I would do it? Hit it he said, Hit it!--So I hit it, then he hit me---Doh!

mallampati wrote:

Hi,

have the basic radio with the small non-touchscreen in my MY 15 and play music via bluetooth from my phone which works ok. some playback issues but that may be caused by spotify, didn't have time to sort this out but not that big of a deal..

My question now is, since I still have an iPod full of music I tried to connect it to my already fitted USB port in the center console to use it for music cause I have much more songs on it.
Unfortunately it wouldn't play any music. It just writes something like 'Freelander...' and 'ready to disconnect'. Same thing with my phone if connected via USB the phone goes into Debug mode but the car won't recognize it.
Looked up in topix the accessory list of my vehicle and it states 'LESS ACCESSORY USB UNIT'.
Just wanted to know if maybe the USB function simply isn't activated since the ipod recognizes the car as an accessory? Or is there also hardware missing then I would just live with bluetooth alone.

If all your music is in a folder then into sub folders (ie artists) just copy and paste , I transferred all of my music at once , about 30g , it did take a few hours , then I took the artists I didn't want off the micro USB . Granted the car hasn't got the best search facility , will to be honest it's . When you search for an artist you can only search by the first letter . That's great for zz top but pretty for bands with regular first names like deep purple , a lot of bands have names starting with D. Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

mallampati wrote:

My question now is, since I still have an iPod full of music I tried to connect it to my already fitted USB port in the center console to use it for music cause I have much more songs on it.
Unfortunately it wouldn't play any music. It just writes something like 'Freelander...' and 'ready to disconnect'. Same thing with my phone if connected via USB the phone goes into Debug mode but the car won't recognize it.
Looked up in topix the accessory list of my vehicle and it states 'LESS ACCESSORY USB UNIT'.
Just wanted to know if maybe the USB function simply isn't activated since the ipod recognizes the car as an accessory? Or is there also hardware missing then I would just live with bluetooth alone.