JackAndrew1995 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hello! New owner of a 64 plate Ford Fiesta Studio here, although I love my car dearly I'm getting slightly annoyed with the stereo... Upon plugging in my iPad in to the USB port in my Fiesta it will show that there's no media on the device and will refuse to play Spotify via USB, I'd ideally like to use the controls on my steering wheel to control my music. Can this be done? I wouldn't have thought this was an issue as it wasn't an issue in a Nissan Qashqai? Any advice is always good advice! Thank you Jack :) (P.S, having a brand new car as my first car is fantastic! Couldn't resist the cheap finance offer that Evans Halshaw had on and I needed a car ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie316 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 if you plug in any mobile device such as (Ipad, ipod, galaxy, tablets.. etc) via usb it will not play music. The usb drive will only charge them and it really isn't powerful enough to do that. USB with thumb drive with music only. You can use the bluetooth feature if you have it to play any app. I use my Samsung galaxy s4 via bluetooth and stream radio (xiialive) or my music player. Depends on the day of what i want to listen too. (You can still use the steering controls for the music. The only last resort is to plug your ipad/ipod in via aux cable. You cannot use steering wheel controls or any controls on the stereo to change songs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 You can on a mk7.5, have played music from a iPod, iPad, iPhone, Samsung and HTC phone via the usb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie316 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 misinformed. awh we poor mk7 miss out. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAndrew1995 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 This is the thing, it will play if there is media actually on the device as I've tried an iPod with media stored within the "Music" app as it looks like it scans the media library on the device then gives you the list to scroll through. But spotify doesn't run through the music app so it can't cache the list and says no media... any ideas? My journey to work in the morning will have to be a Capital FM one! :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Just looked this up on another forum and people are using spotify but their cars have sync so maybe that's why you can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1981 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I think apps like Spotify need to be played via bluetooth. Physical tracks on the device can be played via USB as Mark said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golty Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 does sync spotify and android work yet anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I have seen a couple of people say that spotify on android does work on sync, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAndrew1995 Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Damn, looks like next year i'll be getting a Zetec when my finance is up! Thank you all though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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