usb car audio

[Dinglebay152]

my usb device is not recognised by my car stereo, can anyone help

[Thalamus.]

Hi Dinglebay152,

welcome to Questions & Answers..:smileyhappy:

Could you post which USB device & which Car stereo you are trying to connect, this information may help someone from community assist you in solving your problem..:smileywink:

[Dinglebay152]

My car stereo is as follows:  Sony  FM/MW/LW/  Compact Disc Player with USB Port. serial no: CDX-GT540UI

I am trying to use a 16 GB. USB Stick  with the name ( busbi tm )  on it.

[Drumzman]

Hi Dinglebay152,

Difficult to be sure what the issue is here - it could be that this particular USB stick is not compatible.  There's a compatibility chart on Sony's website, and yours isn't listed as far as I can see (although the list I am sure is by no means exclusive) ...although there aren't that many 16Gb sticks listed, so I suspect that this could be the problem.

http://support.sony-europe.com/eve/compatibility/usb.aspx?site=odw_en_GB&m=CDX-GT540UI&acc=USBmemory

Don't know if this helps?

[gejacks25]

Is there a link to the USB stick compatibility chart, I can't find it. A memory stick doesn't work reliably with my Sony car audio system - it plays for a bit and then gives an "invalid file" error message. I don't know the model number as it is built into my Ford Mondeo and there is no model number visible - and I don't want to (and don't know how to) take it apart as I've just bought the car. The audio manual just refers to it as a Sony CD DAB. The Sony site support seems to require knowledge of the model number unfortunately.

[Drumzman · Accepted solution]

Hi gejacks25,

The link on my earlier post should work (http://support.sony-europe.com/eve/compatibility/usb.aspx?site=odw_en_GB&m=CDX-GT540UI&acc=USBmemory), but if not click on the 'compatibility' tab below the picture of the car radio and select 'USB' in the little drop-down selection on the next page.

Hope this helps you find the chart.

[gejacks25]

Thanks for the advice, I've found the chart and it gives me plenty of USB devices to choose from.