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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 08:17 PM
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Anyone figured out how to play audio from android phone via usb connection? Using the phone as the controller? I can "see" the SD card on the phone from the car but hard to search and navigate.

Reason specifically is prefer the higher quality audio than bluetooth.

Follow-on question, anyone know what bluetooth codec the E63 uses?

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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 09:02 PM
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Just copy the music from the microSD in the phone to s USB drive and plug it in.
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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 09:19 PM
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Appreciate it. Was wanting to control from my phone and still use USB so I could search easier, etc.
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Old Feb 24, 2020 | 08:15 PM
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When I first took delivery of my car, the first thing I did (well maybe not the VERY first) was just copying ALL of my recorded music collection onto a memory stick, plugged it in, and have never touched it since.
Everything is controlled via the onboard Media Controller, no superfluous hardware - works like a dream.
BTW, I was impressed to find out that it even played my high bit rate, hi-res FLAC files, not just WAV or MP3.
I hope this is of some value to someone...
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Old Feb 27, 2020 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by MBS E53
When I first took delivery of my car, the first thing I did (well maybe not the VERY first) was just copying ALL of my recorded music collection onto a memory stick, plugged it in, and have never touched it since.
Everything is controlled via the onboard Media Controller, no superfluous hardware - works like a dream.
BTW, I was impressed to find out that it even played my high bit rate, hi-res FLAC files, not just WAV or MP3.
I hope this is of some value to someone...
Same thing here.
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Old Mar 15, 2020 | 01:11 AM
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you guys don't use your iphone while driving? i do USB -> lightning and use my iphone to do soundcloud, apple music, spotify, youtube, all kinds of ****
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Old Mar 15, 2020 | 11:26 AM
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No. I use a USB drive. Anything more I'm losing focus on what I should be doing.
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Originally Posted by haisensei
Anyone figured out how to play audio from android phone via usb connection? Using the phone as the controller? I can "see" the SD card on the phone from the car but hard to search and navigate.

Reason specifically is prefer the higher quality audio than bluetooth.

Follow-on question, anyone know what bluetooth codec the E63 uses?

Thanks
You need to use Android Auto connecting your Android phone via USB connector:


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