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Carplay and USB stored music

weeaypenguin

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I am new to Apple Carplay so sorry if this question has been asked or is just plain dumb
Can i play music stored on a USB (that plays already through my car) through Apple Carplay?
Not sure if it ha the capability to connect to the Hosting car stereo.
Thanks in advance
 

Just_Me_D

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I am new to Apple Carplay so sorry if this question has been asked or is just plain dumb
Can i play music stored on a USB (that plays already through my car) through Apple Carplay?
Not sure if it ha the capability to connect to the Hosting car stereo.
Thanks in advance

No, you cannot.
 

ZOFOURTWENTY

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I am new to Apple Carplay so sorry if this question has been asked or is just plain dumb
Can i play music stored on a USB (that plays already through my car) through Apple Carplay?
Not sure if it ha the capability to connect to the Hosting car stereo.
Thanks in advance

I’ll tell you what I do in my car. I go to media input and select USB stick or radio to listen to Mets games and then I go to CarPlay and set my navigation and it’ll play. Only way it stops playing is if I select a music app in CarPlay. My head unit in VW Tiguan has a button for APP (CarPlay) and a separate button for MEDIA which allows me to select other inputs. I guess it would all depend on how your head unit handles CarPlay.
 

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