BBKing

Hi All, Thanks to everyone who has replied. It seems that just getting a 16Gb stick may not fix the problem. Glad to hear Paul's run this by Lexus customer support. The information below may also be of use if/when they reply. I am just back from Canada where I rented a 2014 Ford Fusion. This car worked perfectly with the 64 Gb stick that the Lexus had so much of a problem with. (1) the indexing system - this took at least as long as the Lexus on the first time but there was no problem because (i) it retained the index and didn't reindex on every trip; and (ii) if you did want to reindex, it had a specific option for this - I added some music from my trip while I was there and the reindex happily updated the system. (2) the browser - this had two options - the first to look at the index and select songs by artist/album etc, which if indexing was not available as per the Lexus's, and the second a simplified browser to access the folder/file structure and select .mp3 files directly from there. This was the complete answer for me and it seems astonishing that I find it on a Ford rather than a Lexus. It occurs that the Lexus's browser could be updated to provide the direct access option by way of a simple software update. Whether retaining the index could also be added in a software update I don't know. It does seem to me that Lexus needs to up its game here! Will be interested to know what customer relations say in due course. Regards BBK.

Thaks for your reply, Adam. It seems the Sandisk people put software on the USB stick and there were also some m4a files on there too which probably came from iTunes. I've removed all of them and will give it another try when we do our next commute. Kind regards, BBK.

Hi folks, New to the forum having just purchased a 14 model CT200h Luxury spec. I have a query regarding music from a USB stick and would love to have your help and comments. I followed the advice from the earlier topic re purchasing a USB stick that goes in the compartment - the SanDisk CruzerFit (64Gb) - it fits very nicely. We have about 16 - 18Gb of music on the device, ordered by Artist folder / Album sub-folder / individual song files. My problem is that the car is mainly used for commuting and that it's taking more than half the commute for the car to read the USB stick (which it seems to do each startup) before it provides the 'browse' option (together with a 'video files not found' message). Until then, we can't select music on the stick and the car decides itself which folder to start playing from - not always the best choice for first thing in the morning! The menu does provide 'folder up' and 'folder down' options while it's reading the stick but these don't appear to do anything and no tree structure is displayed. I'm wondering if I'm missing something. Our other car, a Volvo, only re-reads its 32 Gb stick (identical music to that in the Lexus) when it's been removed, and it seems to retain the tree structure in its memory between journeys so that you can simply select a folder and song to play from at startup. It's less sophisticated than the Lexus's 'browse' function, which contains multiple options eg. artist, composer etc., but at least it's available every time. We've had to resort to bluetooth music in order to listen to what we want in the first half of the commute, which means fiddling about with a phone. Has anyone else encountered this and is anyone aware of a solution? Many thanks! BBK.