For us USB challenged folks, what does this mean? I moved my music to USB's for my existing vehicle and don't have a clue about it being -C or otherwise. What do you mean by "passthrough"?Time to buy an audiojack with bluetooth, because beside the 2 usb c's at the front there is nothing.
Worth nothing you can put music on your USB-C drivers and the system will play them, but there is no way to passthrough the audio with USB-C
I think he's stating that you couldn't use the USB-C as an aux input. Sounds like the ID.4 will recognize the media on a USB-C device (e.g. thumb drive) and make it accessible to the infotainment system.For us USB challenged folks, what does this mean? I moved my music to USB's for my existing vehicle and don't have a clue about it being -C or otherwise. What do you mean by "passthrough"?
This.I think he's stating that you couldn't use the USB-C as an aux input. Sounds like the ID.4 will recognize the media on a USB-C device (e.g. thumb drive) and make it accessible to the infotainment system.
As far as USB-C goes that refers to the connector (And speed and power levels available at the connector) e.g. My current car has USB-A ports (almost certainly what you have as well). USB-C is a different port physically. You will need to either purchase an (inexpensive) USB A/C adapter to use your current thumb drives or move to newer USB-C thumb drivesFor us USB challenged folks, what does this mean? I moved my music to USB's for my existing vehicle and don't have a clue about it being -C or otherwise. What do you mean by "passthrough"?
Yeah, my 2016 Edge has the USB-A ports and buying an adapter is easy enough to do, but can you / anyone explain what the "C's" do that is different from the "A's"? Also as has been asked in this thread, will an "A" docked into a "C" still play its content? Also, do we indeed know for sure that the USA models will have the USB-C's? I have read that the Ford Mach-E will have both type ports.As far as USB-C goes that refers to the connector (And speed and power levels available at the connector) e.g. My current car has USB-A ports (almost certainly what you have as well). USB-C is a different port physically. You will need to either purchase an (inexpensive) USB A/C adapter to use your current thumb drives or move to newer USB-C thumb drives
The difference with C vs A is physical, C is smaller and reversible (i.e. there is no wrong way to plug it in) C also supports devices that draw more power from the USB port (assuming the power is there to draw) Similarly, C supports higher data rates (although that depends on what USB standard the port is using. Higher data rates are not really needed for the data rate audio uses).Yeah, my 2016 Edge has the USB-A ports and buying an adapter is easy enough to do, but can you / anyone explain what the "C's" do that is different from the "A's"? Also as has been asked in this thread, will an "A" docked into a "C" still play its content? Also, do we indeed know for sure that the USA models will have the USB-C's? I have read that the Ford Mach-E will have both type ports.
Thanks for the explanation Stuart!The difference with C vs A is physical, C is smaller and reversible (i.e. there is no wrong way to plug it in) C also supports devices that draw more power from the USB port (assuming the power is there to draw) Similarly, C supports higher data rates (although that depends on what USB standard the port is using. Higher data rates are not really needed for the data rate audio uses).
An A docked to a C should still play the content. The C standard is backwards compatible with A. What will be the most likely deciding factors are the format on the thumb drive plugged into the A/C adapter and the format of the music files. Those will need to be formats that the Infotainment software supports.
Video is interesting. Maybe you can catch a bit of a movie while parked.In media mode, you can play media files from data media and streaming services on the Infotainment system.
With some equipment levels, the following data media can be used:
— USB data medium, e.g. USB stick.
— Bluetooth device, e.g. mobile device.
With some equipment levels, the following types of media files can be played back:
— Audio files, e.g. music.
— Video files
I have Plex for ripped dvds at home on a NAS ( and Roon/tidal for music ) but have been nervous about opening up the port on my firewall. I hadn’t checked on music coverage via Plex but that makes sense.I can suggest everyone to look at Plex media server and use plexamp with android auto / Carplay.
With this combination, you can have access to your music library and ingest your Tidal music into it, this is very handy in the car..
