I use my USB drive to play my music in my car. When I get into my car after it has been sitting overnight, I get the command to "choose media source." I used to be be able to say "USB" and the player would go to where it had left off before. This command stopped working about a month ago without any new software update. Anyone else having that problem?
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"USB" Command no longer Works
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EVRider-FL
Active Member
Do you actually see the USB icon when you use the voice command? Both of our cars are slow to recognize the USB being present, and it’s not likely the voice command will work until that happens.
vcor
Tech Specialist
Yep, wrote about it a week ago or so. You can use the command "Switch to USB" instead. Not nearly as nice, but works (at least for me).
I never saw the USB icon when using the voice command. I'll try saying "Switch to USB" and see if that works---maybe tomorrow (Saturday) the 18th) Hopefully that will work..
EVRider-FL
Active Member
Note that you’ll only see the USB icon in the toolbar if you configured your toolbar to show it. Otherwise you have to click the … icon to show all of your icons.
Used the voice command "Switch to USB" this Saturday morning, and it worked like a charm. Thanks for that tip..
Better if Tesla would fix the situation, so that no voice command would be necessary, but I ain't holding my breath!
vcor
Tech Specialist
I think it's been 4-5 years since USB played automatically when getting back into the car. Not sure why they won't fix this. Worked great from 2012 to around 2017. USB still works if you have Sentry mode on, but if off (like at home), USB will not resume automatically.
I can't believe it has been that long since the USB resumed automatically but you're probably right.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
Interesting that both "USB" and "Select USB" now return something like "Cannot Connect to that Service", vs Command not understood.
vcor
Tech Specialist
EVRider-FL
Active Member
Yes, it has been that long in my experience too. I think the problem is actually worse now, because it seems to take a lot longer for the cars (S and 3) to detect the USB, and sometimes the S doesn't detect it at all (I have to remove and reinsert it). I think perhaps the media USB problems started when dashcam USB support was added.
I've started using Apple Music in part because of the USB issues, but that's pretty quirky at this point. Hopefully Tesla will give more attention to the Apple Music app than they have to USB playback.
Using Apple Music or some other third party app defeats the whole purpose of using one's USB where you can play only the tracks you want.
The commands apparently change all the time. For instance, "Turn AC off" used to work. Now it's "Turn fan off."
Is there some website that gives a list off all the voice commands?
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
This is a bit old and does not have the USB command
A Complete List of All Tesla Voice Commands
A list of all Tesla voice commands for your car.
www.notateslaapp.com
Thanks for the link.This is a bit old and does not have the USB command
A Complete List of All Tesla Voice Commands
A list of all Tesla voice commands for your car.
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