Thanks for the replies. I had really hoped that I had simply missed something obvious. It seems to me that when the car (any car) starts up, it should be exactly the same as when it was shut down for that particular driver profile. When it comes to the amenities that make the driving experience worthwhile, I hate to say it, but my 12 year old Prius runs circles around my brand new Model 3. If Tesla doesn't have the time or resources to address something like this, why not open source it? I suspect (at this point) the average Tesla owner probably has some level of technical expertise and could provide valuable contributions (I myself am a retired EE with a fair amount of software experience). Obviously, there are some areas, such as auto pilot, that Tesla would want to retain full control over but other things, such as the Media Player, Tesla could reduce their effort simply by acting as coordinator rather than developer. My two cents.
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REQUEST TO TESLA: CONTINUE USB MUSIC PLAYBACK ON CAR RESTART
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Well, aren't I lucky! I took delivery 2 weeks ago and I've never had a problem with my music starting up from when I got out and then later when I get back in. That includes what's streaming on my phone (Spotify) or any other source. AND...I never configured anything...which leads me to believe maybe you need to reboot your system. It works for me so it should work for any M3. Good luck!
Seriously!? Maybe there's hope yet. I'll keep plugging away on it and thanks for the input.
Ft. Lauderdale, huh? I grew up there (many, many years ago) in north Lauderdale, just south of Wilton Manors.
sduck
Mr. Duck
Let us know details of your USB flash drive and what kinds of file you're using. And do make sure you've really tested this - no one else has reported this success with USB audio resuming correctly every time. Most of us are getting one out of every 5 times success maybe.
I had a chance to try a reboot this afternoon (I had not done that previously) and, it worked! Once. I took the M3 out stopping and parking every few minutes, then coming back and starting up again. Each time there was no music when I started the car. However, each time I rebooted (full reboot with the break pedal) and each time the USB music picked up again right where it had left off previously. Funny thing is that I found I can do a full reboot in less time that it would take to go through a number of screens to get back to where I was in the playlist, assuming I could even remember. Pretty lame solution but... it is a solution.
I have a loaner Model S and it doesn't restart unless I open any door other than the drivers door. So I assume that means the bug exists on the S as well. Was going to complain because my 3 wasn't resuming play either. I guess I'll need to try opening the rear door to see if that works on the 3 also. Found out by opening rear door to get something out of the backseat on two occasions and music starts up again. Worst resume playback button ever!
sduck
Mr. Duck
Use the Ask A Question form on your Manage page in your account to report this. And do it after every update. Also compile a list of other similar problems - the USB audio system is a ball of broken stuff. They've indicated to me that they've gotten numerous complaints about this, and it's something they're working on, but I have my doubts at this point. BTW no-one can actually get the USB system to resume normally in normal use. The few people who say they can are confusing it with streaming radio or phone playback.
I just did that and they said they will look into it further. I encourage others to do the same, even if you have before. This is a major bug that needs to be fixed. They give us premium speakers but nothing premium about the audio playback thus far.
Yeah, I think it is trying to resume from USB but failing much of the time. I think the playback starter just tries to resume when the USB device isn't ready. Maybe at car restart it has to "mount" the USB flash filesystem and that can take a little while.
Perhaps they could fix it by adding some delay on the playback restart to wait until the USB filesystem reports ready? Or even wait some fixed amount of time ( ~10 seconds? ) before trying to start playing?
Perhaps they could fix it by adding some delay on the playback restart to wait until the USB filesystem reports ready? Or even wait some fixed amount of time ( ~10 seconds? ) before trying to start playing?
Someone has reported in the 2018.34.1 thread that USB resume worked after installing it. I have the update prompt but didn't have time to install it before work. I'll give it a try when I get home and will report back.
Well, I upgraded and tested it but it's the same old story. I cued up a song on my usb drive and exited the car. When I came back about 15 minutes later the media source was on bluetooth. 
Well, I upgraded and tested it but it's the same old story. I cued up a song on my usb drive and exited the car. When I came back about 15 minutes later the media source was on bluetooth.
Ugh.
So when I get in and pick music source, then a folder, then a song, I see the USB device symbol on the right like this:
(Along with folder name and other songs it will step through and let me pick)
So I drive to work, stop the car, get back in for lunch, and it does (luckily that time) start playing a USB song again, but I see this:
So it decided to keep playing from my USB flash drive, but the selected source on the right is now showing phone.
Then in place of the track list it asks me to connect my phone with Bluetooth.
So, it can sometimes sort of keep playing from USB, but gets confused about which source is active.
It keeps wanting to go back to phone instead of USB.
In the above case, it kept playing songs from the old folder, but I couldn't see the contents below, and I had to start over with the source selector if I wanted to switch folders.
(Along with folder name and other songs it will step through and let me pick)
So I drive to work, stop the car, get back in for lunch, and it does (luckily that time) start playing a USB song again, but I see this:
So it decided to keep playing from my USB flash drive, but the selected source on the right is now showing phone.
Then in place of the track list it asks me to connect my phone with Bluetooth.
So, it can sometimes sort of keep playing from USB, but gets confused about which source is active.
It keeps wanting to go back to phone instead of USB.
In the above case, it kept playing songs from the old folder, but I couldn't see the contents below, and I had to start over with the source selector if I wanted to switch folders.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
Today I had it resume from the last track on the USB too (never of course where it was at within the track). I was sick of that song so I hit the next control on the left steering wheel. Rather than going to the next track in the USB album it went somewhere else like the real radio station (I have one real radio favorite).
Alpaca
Member
Stupid question - but I plugged in my USB and use it for Dash Cam recording - but from the Music menu button, how do I find the USB source. I only see options for radio, stream, tune in , and other (which does not show any usb).
Thx
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