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Help Is there a way to play music through the usb?

ashtx07

ashtx07

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I was trying to hook my evo up to the car stereo and play the music through the usb but I can't figure out how to.
 
yeah, ipod/phone does that automatically.

I wonder; if you plug the evo to the usb jack in the car, can you change the charge mode to mount the sd card too? If so, the radio will think it's a usb stick and play the nusic that way.


Not sure though... I have to try it tomorrow
 
Rob_A said:
yeah, ipod/phone does that automatically.

I wonder; if you plug the evo to the usb jack in the car, can you change the charge mode to mount the sd card too? If so, the radio will think it's a usb stick and play the nusic that way.


Not sure though... I have to try it tomorrow
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yes you can
 
kenworth88 said:
How do you do it? I tried hooking it up but you arent given an option to mount the sd card?
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try selecting "mount as disk drive"

evo-4g-review-usb-connection.jpg
 
@ MisterEd

Yes, I was afraid of that. I had a splitter for my HTC Tytn II that split the audio and the power up, but of course the Tytn didn't have a separate 3.5mm audio jack.

I have my Evo in a windscreen cradle, so I was hoping I would just need to attach one cable from the bottom and be able to power it and also get music out of it (ie pandora, nav instructions) but looks like I'll either have to attach 2 cables, or try some bluetooth trickery
 
On a related note, does the Evo have USB hosting? I'd love to be able to hook up a USB keyboard like you can on the Droid.
 
Hook your phone into the usb port via he micro usb. Select mount as drive. Your cd player should recognize it. The only downside is that you cannot control the songs via cd player, only via phone.

I'll stick with my ipod for this feature.
 
So far, I have only found options to use the evo as a mounted hard drive. This device below is an adaptor that connects directly to the back of your stereo (it is really not that hard to install yourself). I talked with this company in particular and they sent me some beta firmware updates that allow the car stereo to display the track, artist, etc. I'm not crazy about the ui...I had an ipod touch and the ui's for apple products on many of these types of units (many different manufacturers including usa spec) is much better. It may be awhile before android systems get caught up.

I know it says ipod adaptor...but it has usb input. The info on the website is referring to usb flash drives connecting to the usb input...but I have talked with the manufacturer and it works with android phones.

Toyota / Scion / Lexus GROM USB/iPod car interface adapter

This does allow you to change songs with car's cd controls (including steering wheel controls), but you have to set-up the songs before hand in certain folders (kind of a pain in my opinion...but to each his own).
 
if I connect a USB stick to my Kenwood receiver USB port, I can skip tracks, random tracks, skip folders, etc.

It should be the same with the EVO mounted as a HD.

Another USB deck might act differently though. Not sure.
 
SARC said:
@ MisterEd

Yes, I was afraid of that. I had a splitter for my HTC Tytn II that split the audio and the power up, but of course the Tytn didn't have a separate 3.5mm audio jack.

I have my Evo in a windscreen cradle, so I was hoping I would just need to attach one cable from the bottom and be able to power it and also get music out of it (ie pandora, nav instructions) but looks like I'll either have to attach 2 cables, or try some bluetooth trickery
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My MyTouch 3G had the same thing. It was a LOT neater then the USB power from the bottom and a cable popping out of the top headphone jack going to my AUX-In on the dash. I never use the headphone jack anyway so I didn't miss it. BT worked fine.
 
SARC said:
@ MisterEd

Yes, I was afraid of that. I had a splitter for my HTC Tytn II that split the audio and the power up, but of course the Tytn didn't have a separate 3.5mm audio jack.

I have my Evo in a windscreen cradle, so I was hoping I would just need to attach one cable from the bottom and be able to power it and also get music out of it (ie pandora, nav instructions) but looks like I'll either have to attach 2 cables, or try some bluetooth trickery
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I would love to do this, too. It worked fine with my Hero, which has a 3.5mm headphone jack as well, but sends audio out just fine through the mini-usb port on the bottom. I used a charge-and-audio splitter from htc to play music, make phone calls, etc. It's a shame the same adapter won't work on the Evo. I bought a cheap mini-to-micro usb adapter, but it's standard mini-usb, not HTC's funky mini-usb (rectangle with corner shaved off).
 
@dearing

Yep, I bought the same adaptor/splitter, and the mini to micro adaptor and thought I had it cracked... until the mini to micro didn't fit into the splitter due to the mad extra corner bit. I tried the set up in my old, dying HTC tytn II and it worked great ! Music and charging at the same time with no interference. I spent a bit of time today researching this, and I decided to buy this bluetooth receiver.....

Amazon.com: Miccus BBMR-02 BluBridge 3.5mm Mini-Jack Rx…

.....so the theory would be I plug this into my aux in and the music goes via bluetooth from the Evo. The only concern point I have is that I also have a Parrot Car Kit (LS3200 Color) which the Evo talks with using BT, but from what I've read about BT, you can connect "up to 8 devices" at the same time..... we'll see if this turns out to be true or not. I'll post back good or bad when the thing arrives from Amazon
 
iamfunkyz said:
try selecting "mount as disk drive"

evo-4g-review-usb-connection.jpg
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That is what you need to do but first you have to change some settings.
Go to Applications. Then Manage Applications and then Development and then click on usb debugging.

Then your car stereo will recognize the usb on the phone.
 
SARC said:
@dearing

Yep, I bought the same adaptor/splitter, and the mini to micro adaptor and thought I had it cracked... until the mini to micro didn't fit into the splitter due to the mad extra corner bit. I tried the set up in my old, dying HTC tytn II and it worked great ! Music and charging at the same time with no interference. I spent a bit of time today researching this, and I decided to buy this bluetooth receiver.....

Amazon.com: Miccus BBMR-02 BluBridge 3.5mm Mini-Jack Rx
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kenworth88 said:
That is what you need to do but first you have to change some settings.
Go to Applications. Then Manage Applications and then Development and then click on usb debugging.

Then your car stereo will recognize the usb on the phone.
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i'm gonna try this after i get off work with a Pioneer and report back.
 
confirmed. i have a Pioneer iPod ready cd deck that has usb. when connected, mount the device as a disk drive. then go to menu > settings > applications > development > check "usb debugging". your phone will now play through your stereo just like if it were a flash drive or something. you can navigate the folders. it even picks back up where it left off in the song if you turn your car off and back on.

guess i bought an iPod for nothing =/
 
i tried it in mine and it just kept playing the damn ringtones... I couldn't get it to move out of that folder.. uggh
 
mrvirginia said:
confirmed. i have a Pioneer iPod ready cd deck that has usb. when connected, mount the device as a disk drive. then go to menu > settings > applications > development > check "usb debugging". your phone will now play through your stereo just like if it were a flash drive or something. you can navigate the folders. it even picks back up where it left off in the song if you turn your car off and back on.

guess i bought an iPod for nothing =/
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Do you play the music on the phones media player or do you navigate the folders from the head unit?
 
Worked perfectly for me out of the box. Just plugged it into the front USB port on my new Sony car stereo using the USB charging cable it came with and bam, music! Controls through the stereo as well, easy to navigate and everything.

Didn't have to mess with any settings or anything, aside from choosing the USB mounting option when I plug it in.
 
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