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• Nov 30, 2022

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Just got my MG5

I tried to play the music from USB stick I have been using for years in my old car

The stick is detected by the system but none of the files on it are.

Does a USB stick have to be in a particular format?

Any ideas?

 

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• Nov 30, 2022

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Exfat or fat32
No more than 1,000 files per folder and the audio files need to be in specific formats. I'm sure someone will be along with the full list.

 

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• Nov 30, 2022

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What size is the stick?

 

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The stick is 8 gb and Fat32.

It has folders and none are more than a 1000

 

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• Dec 1, 2022

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Using the forum search function, a useful tool , found this

Anyone know the maximum size of USB storage?

As per the title, does anyone know what the maximum size USB storage is for the MG5? Tried the dealer and tweeted MG but no answers as yet

www.mgevs.com

 

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• Dec 1, 2022

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Thanks for the link, My music files are WMA so its a supported format. The stick is 8 gb and Fat32 so in size.

So I am not sure why it does not work. The system can see them but says that they are data and not music.

 

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• Dec 1, 2022

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@Lensman just checking, you are using the front usbs and not the back aren't you?

 

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• Dec 1, 2022

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Yes I am using the front right socket. Its the only one that seemed to detect the USB.

 

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• Dec 1, 2022

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FWIW, I tried doing this, and eventually gave up. I got my USB stick to be recognized, but it was so sluggish to index the 5K tracks on the stick that I lost interest. I tend to just use Spotify via Android Auto now, anyway. It's always entertaining to say "Hey Google, play xxxxx" and see if what it thinks I said bears any resemblance to what I actually want to hear

 

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• Dec 13, 2022

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I have found out that the new NAVI system is Android based. Because of this the Windows formats that worked with the old system does not work and you need to change to somthing like MP3.

This worked but not great as the system seems to forget that the stick is in and you have to replug it to get it to work.

 

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• Dec 18, 2022

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I can't get any of my USB sticks to be recognised. I've got various from 16 to 128Gb and have tried them in FAT32 and exFAT and it just says USB identification failure or something like that.

I'm using the right (drivers side) socket as the left one is for Android Auto.

Any handy hints or tips?