Question about USB-c compatibility (Page 2): I have utilized an "OTG" cable with success in my Mercedes-Benz GLE. It has the "C" plug on one end of the cable that goes into the car USB...

MrBossHK Loc: The West Valley of Phoenix metro area

I have utilized an "OTG" cable with success in my Mercedes-Benz GLE. It has the "C" plug on one end of the cable that goes into the car USB C port and the other end of the cable is a standard USB "A" female plug into which the thumb drive is inserted. Some USB ports are power only and do not "talk to" the InfoTainment systems for streaming, etc. The "OTG" cable is very short, about 4 to 6 inches long.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

MrBossHK wrote:

I have utilized an "OTG" cable with success in my Mercedes-Benz GLE. It has the "C" plug on one end of the cable that goes into the car USB C port and the other end of the cable is a standard USB "A" female plug into which the thumb drive is inserted. Some USB ports are power only and do not "talk to" the InfoTainment systems for streaming, etc. The "OTG" cable is very short, about 4 to 6 inches long.

That's what the one I bought from Amazon looked like. I did not work in the Volvo. I'll have my Accord back soon.

Thanks,
Mark

avflinsch Loc: Hamilton, New Jersey

markngolf wrote:

I connected my two flash drives to them and inserted in the USB - ports. I received a compatibility warning. I returned the two adapters and did without music in the Volvo.

Here's my question: Why would they be incompatible? (no guesses please - I have an ample supply of guesses in my brain)
Thanks for your tech help!

Mark

The USB connection in the car may have been for power only, or the software in the car was expecting a phone to be attached and not a USB drive containing mp3 files.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

avflinsch wrote:

The USB connection in the car may have been for power only, or the software in the car was expecting a phone to be attached and not a USB drive containing mp3 files.

Possibly.
My 2011 Hyundai's radio reads the MP3s on the fob.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That's odd. The purpose of the adapter is let something adapt. I use those little things all the time.

I have sooo many little flash drives, and I'm not about to start accumulating USB-C flash drives.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=usb-c+flash+drive&crid=1P3IL6694L3GV&sprefix=usb-c+flash+driv%2Caps%2C480&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

BrianFlaherty Loc: Wilseyville, CA

Same as Mark, I really enjoy music when I drive. . .However, for the amount of time I am driving (generally 30 minutes or less) I listen to my local Public radio stations. One is about 75% classical; and, between 6 and 12 PM, it is jazz. The other is primarily News. And, when I am "out of my local area," I listen to the local public radio stations. [Before leaving home, I go online to npr.com (or, similar) where I can find a list of ALL public radio stations in the US. . .And, I print it out along with any other pertinent "travel" information]. As I travel, I put these into the radio "buttons" of the car I am driving. Takes about a minute! (It has worked, not only in the US; but, in England; Ireland; Scotland; South Africa; Spain; Canada;
etc.). It is MUCH faster than wasting time with a cell-phone search.

In the US, I have also departed from a rental car by putting all those CLASSICAL stations on EVERY button of the radio! Especially if it is a "Pledge Period" when they are asking for donations! And, the Hertz or Avis rep sees me smiling; and, asks "Did you have a nice trip?" My reply "Yup! Could not have been nicer!" As I am thinking of the "possible" conversions to Public Radio I have been responsible for! <smile>

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

BrianFlaherty wrote:

Same as Mark, I really enjoy music when I drive. .... (show quote)

I was operations manager of a small college FM station in the early-mid 1970s. Later, I worked briefly at Top 40 and Country format stations in '77-'79, when I grew up and gave up on the corporate broadcasting mind manipulation machine and got a "real job" as an AV media producer (a "kinder, gentler" sort of corporate mind manipulation machine!). I've been a supporter of and listener to public radio and college radio stations ever since, because I detest the mind-numbing sludge that much commercial radio had become by the time I got into it.

Our college public radio station played a little of everything — blues and bluegrass, classical, country, folk, funk, jazz, pop, rock, soul, trance (before it was trance), and more. We might have heard a Brahms Lullaby segue into something from Led Zeppelin, into some John Coltrane, Miles Davis, or Cole Porter, into Gram Parsons, into The Good Ole' Persons, into Deteriorata off the National Lampoon Radio Dinner album, into some Tangerine Dream... who knows what. Most of us had a, "Pull it from the stacks, preview it, and if you like it, play it," attitude. There was a surprise every few minutes! With 55 different hosts on the air throughout a week, there was a stew of diversity.

We jarred, enlightened, entertained, engaged, and created magical dialogs with listeners. Our phone line lit up often, with laughter, angst, compliments, queries, and 'WTF' commentaries. My favorite on-air moment was when a music professor called me after I played some Frank Zappa ("The Grand Wazoo" and "Eat That Question") and wanted to know, "Who the hell is that?" He was an instant fan.

Alas, the college took over the station a year after I graduated. They turned it into a high power classical station, noses fully raised in the air with a show of effete snobbery. They even hired an announcer with a Windsor British accent. (I LOVE classical music, but spare me the puffery.)

BrianFlaherty Loc: Wilseyville, CA

burkphoto wrote:

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Waaay back in the late 50's, I was a DJ on our local college (Reed College)staton (about 100 watts). And, I went through the college library's record collection; and, played ONLY disks that had never been checked out. Classical; jazz; spoken language; etc; and, with that format was able to "promote" a sponsor for MY program, a Hungarian restaurant in Portland, Oregon. My "fee" was a dinner for four once a month. . .And, I always took a date; and, brought along another couple. The result of this activity was: 1) an introduction to a great ECLECTIC musical and dramatic education; and, 2) a lifelong appreciation of Hungarian food; and, other food from outside the US!