3rd GEN - USB Media Port Limitations - SD Card/USB Jump Drives

Came across some limitations on the USB media connection.

SO... I'm a bit stuffy when it comes to music quality. As much as I enjoy Spotify and Tidal via Android Auto, having some of my essential albums in FLAC has always been great. Taking full advantage of the JBL system was a major selling point for me. Initially, I tried a 1GB USB stick with no issues and thought - great it works - time to load up my 512GB Micro SD!! Well, I did exactly that, plugged it into the port, and... Nothing.

Turns out the media system ONLY works with FAT32 formatted SD/USB Sticks which meant 32 GB was going to be the limit (which for a 2022 model vehicle is trash). There is a workaround, however!

SOLUTION - Free Partition Software: EaseUS free version worked great

https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html

This will allow you to format any SD Card or USB stick over 32 GB to FAT32 vs ExFAT or NTFS.

So far, so good!

Next Thread: A deep dive into supported audio formats including sample and bit rate.

 

This is outstanding information Adam_1794! Thank you. What is the largest capacity card you’ve been able to get working so far?

 

I would really wonder if you can tell the difference with lossless on a stock JBL system, I mean they are kinda shitty systems in general. so lossless vs say a 320 Kbs stream from Spotify?

especially with the wonky tuning of that system with all the bass in the doors, etc.

 

512GB

 

Isn't the "JBL" portion just the equalization/amplification/and production after the head unit processes it?

 

Ya I’m curious about this as well. I am a bit of a self proclaimed audio file and love this stuff.

OP - can you actually hear a difference? Maybe I need to just give it a try.

GENERALLY when I really want to listen to good sounding music - I power up the turn table and spin some vinyl. I just love the analog stuff. Digital mostly sounds lifeless and sterile to my ears. But maybe I just haven’t had the best set up for digital yet.

 

Adam_1794,
Will your system voice search the USB drive for artist, album, etc?
"Hey Toyota, play Joe Bonamassa"
"Hey Toyota, play Sultans of Swing"

 

You like good music!

 

Any update on this? I've changed a 512 card to fat32 and even though it's loaded with songs only some of them will play

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Toyota/comments/10qi739/if_your_usb_drive_is_not_recognized/#lightbox