USB Stick + Wireless Android Auto (bug in infotainment system ?)

[cuprauser111]

Given:
- android phone with AA connected to car via bluetooth
- cupra ateca infotainment supporting wireless AA connection
- USB 2.0 stick with music, connected via USB type-c adapter

Problem description:
When there is no USB stick connected - wireless AA works perfectly and connects automatically without any issues. After you can connect USB stick with music and listen without any issues.

If at car startup, USB stick with music is already connected - wireless AA won't be able to connect, even when bluetooth is connected. If you click "use AA" it will hang for like 2-3 mins and then shows "failed to connect" message.

My POV on this:
Infotainment system, when USB stick is connected and phone is connected via bluetooth - tries to fetch AA connection/information from the USB stick, instead of bluetooth connected phone. Pretty sure this is infotainment system bug which should be reported to Cupra manufacturer.

But before I'd like to get feedback from others, i.e. are you able to reproduce the same problem in your car ? Or maybe there is existing solution to this ?
Thanks !

 

[Bahnstormer_vRS]

Seems there's a pretty simple solution me.

Get in car, start up and let phone connect with Android Auto.

Then, and only then, connect USB stick separately.

Enjoy drive with music.

OR

Why not use a streaming service, like Spotify, for your music?

Guy

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[cuprauser111]

This is what I'm currently doing This is workaround though.
I don't use streaming services, I'm used to my USB

This should work out-of-the-box. In my opinion it is a bug of the system, which should be fixed.

There is already tons of actions you need to do, before even starting to move, aka turn off auto-start stop function, switch from comfort to sport/cupra etc etc (which should be available to configure by default as you wish).

 

[Bahnstormer_vRS]

There is already tons of actions you need to do, before even starting to move, aka turn off auto-start stop function, switch from comfort to sport/cupra etc etc (which should be available to configure by default as you wish).

Agreed, but these are Industry Standard settings as far as I have experienced, so unlikely CUPRA will change.

As to the Android Auto / USB situation, I don't see it as an issue. Sorry.

Guy



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[CosmicBlue]

Cuprauser111 - the issue will be the USB C adapter and a conflict caused by an 'Endpoint', 99.9% of the time USB is truly plug and play however there is some interesting stuff going on in the background that one isn't aware of. If you had a USB device that connected directly to the USB port and there is no adapter you'd be fine.

I'm always concerned having USB sticks in USB ports where they might get accidently knocked with a worst case of snapped off so went about it slightly differently, using one of these. SD Card Reader, Beikell USB C SD/Micro SD Card Reader USB 3.0 Memory Card Adapter £6.99 is not exactly the end of the world.

I've attached it to the side of the cubby with double-sided tape - neat and out of the way, works perfectly. I'm also using Wireless Android Auto - mostly streaming from Amazon Music Unlimited.

 

[cuprauser111]

Cuprauser111 - the issue will be the USB C adapter and a conflict caused by an 'Endpoint', 99.9% of the time USB is truly plug and play however there is some interesting stuff going on in the background that one isn't aware of. If you had a USB device that connected directly to the USB port and there is no adapter you'd be fine.

I'm always concerned having USB sticks in USB ports where they might get accidently knocked with a worst case of snapped off so went about it slightly differently, using one of these. SD Card Reader, Beikell USB C SD/Micro SD Card Reader USB 3.0 Memory Card Adapter £6.99 is not exactly the end of the world.

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I've attached it to the side of the cubby with double-sided tape - neat and out of the way, works perfectly. I'm also using Wireless Android Auto - mostly streaming from Amazon Music Unlimited.

I had a second assumption that it could be related to USB C adapter, guess it is
But with that SD card reader adapter, if you are listening music from SD card, I guess you have no issues with wireless AA using it the same time, as I had with USB ? If so - I guess that could be perfect solution for me !

 

[CosmicBlue]

I had a second assumption that it could be related to USB C adapter, guess it is
But with that SD card reader adapter, if you are listening music from SD card, I guess you have no issues with wireless AA using it the same time, as I had with USB ? If so - I guess that could be perfect solution for me !

No issues at all, works perfectly.

 

[cuprauser111]

I didn't find Beikell in my country and have bought the following: https://gembird.com/item.aspx?id=10079
As well as simple SanDisk SD card 64 GB (think it is like 100MB/s read and 20-40MB/s write).

At start it was playing okay. But when I click "next track" media library just disappears, same as connected storage device. Sometimes that happens during driving randomly. I'm not quite sure where is the problem; could be this sd card reader is cheap and not functioning properly or SD card r/w speed is not enough.

Maybe you have any ideas guys ?

PS: for now, I'm thinking to buy this reader - https://www.axagon.eu/en/produkty/cre-s3c - I hope that one will function properly and it is more expensive.

 

[CosmicBlue]

The complete loss of the device would suggest a poor connection, could be as simple as a dodgy cable.