USB thumb drives for audio playback

[flamaest]

Hi all....

I have a regular type-a USB drive, and the Cyber truck only has type c, except in the glove box which is type-a.

Has anyone been able to convert a type-a to type-c USB drive and get it to work from the USB type-c plug inside the front row center-console?

I got these A-to-C converters and they don't seem to be working, but they do light up.

If I plug in the same type-a USB thumb drive into the type-a port in the glove box the cybertruck plays the audio just fine.

I'd like to keep the glove box for dash cam recording only, but I guess I'll get a y cable if needed.


Here is the USB-C conversion plug, but it is not working for me. Just lights up but cybertruck does not see my thumb drive.

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[Gigahorse]

Hi all....

I have a regular type-a USB drive, and the Cyber truck only has type c, except in the glove box which is type-a.

Has anyone been able to convert a type-a to type-c USB drive and get it to work from the USB type-c plug inside the front row center-console?

I got these A-to-C converters and they don't seem to be working, but they do light up.

If I plug in the same type-a USB thumb drive into the type-a port in the glove box the cybertruck plays the audio just fine.

I'd like to keep the glove box for dash cam recording only, but I guess I'll get a y cable if needed.


Here is the USB-C conversion plug, but it is not working for me. Just lights up but cybertruck does not see my thumb drive.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/395056369811

You may want to try a new USB drive with the conversion plug, some of the cheaper USB drives don't play well with those converter plugs.

 

[Woodrick]

I think that the one in the glovebox is the only one that supports connections to the computer. The others are power only.

 

[Petertsai]

Had MS 2017 and at one point was able to play music (audio book) but software updates took that away. I presently record on smartphone and use Bluetooth connection to play audio Recordings

 

[Gigahorse]

I think that the one in the glovebox is the only one that supports connections to the computer. The others are power only.

Wonder if you can use a USB splitter hub to have multiple USBs plugged into the glove box unit?
One for media storage, music etc, and the other for camera footage.

 

[Cold.Truth]

I agree with Woorick in that I think some USB plugs are power only, while others are power & data. I had the same issue trying to use rear seat USB to play music on my 2017 Model 3. Cheers.

 

[Woodrick]

Wonder if you can use a USB splitter hub to have multiple USBs plugged into the glove box unit?
One for media storage, music etc, and the other for camera footage.

Yep. But you can also just make the correct directories and music will be in one place and camera stuff in another.

This is an example of "Tesla Stuff" and the Tesla forums are much better for these types of questions.

 

[dwang]

USB Flash Drives
Insert a flash drive into a front USB port (see USB-C Ports). Touch Media Player > USB, then touch the name of the desired folder. To play media from a USB connection, Cybertruck recognizes flash drives only. To play media from other types of devices (such as an iPod), you must connect the device using Bluetooth (see Bluetooth Connected Devices).
Note
Media Player supports USB flash drives with exFAT formatting (NTFS is not currently supported).
Note
Use a USB port located at the front of the center console. The USB connections at the rear of the console are for charging only.

 

[65SoYoLO]

where is media player? I do not see it anywhere on the screen

 

[CyberGus]

where is media player? I do not see it anywhere on the screen

When choosing a "Media Source", you will have "USB" as one of the choices when a properly-formatted USB drive is available.

 

[65SoYoLO]

When choosing a "Media Source", you will have "USB" as one of the choices when a properly-formatted USB drive is available.

Ok, I saw that but the sentry mode did not work. I guess I will have to partition the drive.

 

[65SoYoLO]

GOT IT!!! woohoo! The drive must be partitioned. I named one TESLACAM and the other MEDIA. The Tesla can partition needed a folder called Tesla cam with the t and the c capitalized. The media partition did not need a folder. Thanks for all the help everybody

 

[flamaest]

GOT IT!!! woohoo! The drive must be partitioned. I named one TESLACAM and the other MEDIA. The Tesla can partition needed a folder called Tesla cam with the t and the c capitalized. The media partition did not need a folder. Thanks for all the help everybody

I honestly would not do that. I would just get a second drive and a USB hub.

Sentry mode will kill your USB drive eventually and it will take your media down with it, if everything lives on one stick.

 

[GuyV]

I honestly would not do that. I would just get a second drive and a USB hub.

Sentry mode will kill your USB drive eventually and it will take your media down with it, if everything lives on one stick.

The manual says no hubs. I don't know whether that's true or not because I haven't tried one. The manual contradicts itself sometimes when I think it is just borrowing from other non-Cybertruck Tesla manuals. The front console USB-C port for example, at least at this time, is power only, which I verified with a Samsung 128GB USB-C flash drive.

 

[CyberRich]

Samsung T7 SSD with 4 partitions is the ticket.

1. Sentry - TeslaCam (SSD will hold up well to the constant recording)
2. Music
3. LightShow
4. Boombox

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