friedmike

Not sure if anyone is still experiencing issues, but I can share my experience. I have a 2014 IS and the infotainment system has been extremely frustrating. there are multiple known issues: Cover Art - Lexus display doesn't like any cover art over 16k in size or 150x150 in pixels. This means any cover art from normal iTunes purchases or other music services that you've put on a USB drive generally will not display. You'll see the terrible clip art of Gracenote artwork, even if the gracenote is turned off in the settings and cover art is turned on. You need to use a MP# tag editor like Zortam or Bliss and resize all of the cover art to the specs i shared. Then it will display. USB Speed - This is another issue. However, it isn't related to the size of USB drive or the brand. It is related to how the files are tagged. When MP3 files are written they include tags (ID3v1 and ID3v2). Lexus has a very difficult time reading and processing ID3v2 tags. Most MP3s come embedded with both. If i have 1GB of songs with version 2 tags, it will take about 2-3 minutes for the car to scan and index the drive. Until then, I cannot switch tracks, switch folders, or use other functions like random and repeat. Sometimes it will even take longer. Once it is done, I have access to all the functions until I stop the car overnight and it is no longer in its local memory cache. But for driving around town, it generally remembers what it has indexed. If your files only have version 1 tags, then your speed is very normal and starts right away. again, with a tag editor you can go in and batch remove all the version 2 tags. Then your music will play fast again. This is a tremendous pain. It was also a problem in the ES and GS models, but has been corrected in both for 2016. Not sure if the IS has been corrected, but I'm assuming so. There is no firmware update available that fixes it either. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.