Comments on: Should You Use Your Mazda’s USB Port or AUX Jack for Music? https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/ Official Blog Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7 By: Chris https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/#comment-577 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:28:04 +0000 http://www.dealerfireblog.com/mazdaoflodi/?p=4049#comment-577 Dwight, I use a 64GB USB formatted using Fat32. You’ll have to use third party software for that. Google Fat32 format 64GB.
Also, using the AUX input instead of the USB, music from the iPod is MUCH louder!!!! Can’t really tell if it’s any clearer or not.

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By: dwight https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/#comment-576 Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:23:31 +0000 http://www.dealerfireblog.com/mazdaoflodi/?p=4049#comment-576 what is the maximum size for the usb device? 8, 16, 32, 64 gigabytes?

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By: Lin Marino https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/#comment-575 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:28:26 +0000 http://www.dealerfireblog.com/mazdaoflodi/?p=4049#comment-575 Just load your music on a USB thumb drive with a Fat32 format in either MP3, WMA etc format. Works great, you can shuffle the music and the quality is great, album art loads easily. Don’t load it into folders, just upload them as independent files.

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By: Barry Young https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/#comment-574 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 20:11:47 +0000 http://www.dealerfireblog.com/mazdaoflodi/?p=4049#comment-574 I just bought a 2017 Mazda3 Sport Hatch. My iPod is an old school Classic (160 gig). When connecting via USB, the audio quality is pretty dead, very compressed and a crappy bass response, even after adjusting bass and treble on the cars “head unit”. Connecting via Aux, the sound is better, louder, livelier, with a bass response that threatens to blow speakers, depending on what EQ is selected on the iPod. Most of the time I find I have to reduce the bass setting on the cars “head unit” all the way down to -6. What gives? Shouldn’t the USB connection give better fidelity? I guess I can live with the aux input for better sound, but then I don’t get track/artist information on the heads up display. What needs to happen to get better fidelity from the USB side?

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By: Peter Schulte https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/#comment-573 Mon, 08 May 2017 23:30:48 +0000 http://www.dealerfireblog.com/mazdaoflodi/?p=4049#comment-573 I was spoiled using my iPhone and the USB receptacle to listen to podcasts and music from the phone. Now I have upgraded to Pixel XL with SuperSpeed USB and my 2014 Mazda 5 Sport flashes “Check USB” — it won’t play content from the phone. any suggestions?

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By: Allen Speck https://www.mazdaoflodi.com/blog/benefits-of-usb-port-vs-aux-jack-for-playing-music-in-the-car/#comment-572 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:13:19 +0000 http://www.dealerfireblog.com/mazdaoflodi/?p=4049#comment-572 I just bought a 2017 Mazda3 Touring sedan. When I connect my Android phone via USB cable, most of the time the car’s entertainment system will not play the music on the phone. I was only able to get it to work two times. It will always play the music via Bluetooth, but the sound quality is not nearly as good. I’d like to put my music on a USB thumb drive but I’m afraid it won’t play on the car’s entertainment system.

Either I’m doing something wrong or Mazda hasn’t fixed this problem. You shouldn’t have to be a computer genius to make your music play in your car. This has been a problem for several years and even very computer savvy people haven’t been able to make it work properly:
http://www.mazda3forums.com/930-2014-electronics-discussion/604537-navigating-music-usb-flash-drive.html

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