Kizashi S, USB problem

[Spreekid]

Hey everyone,
I’m new to the forum and I bought a kizashi in September of 2019 with only 75,000 miles! I love the kizashi because it was cheap, looks nice, and it had AWD My problem is kind of hard to explain, but I’m wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if anyone knows how to fix it.
I have the Kizashi S, no Bluetooth and no RF stereo, which is fine, but whenever I plug my iPhone into the USB to play music, the first track shows up on the screen just fine with title of song and artist, etc. But as soon as the next song comes on the screen goes blank and doesn’t show anything until I unplug the cable and put it back in. The same thing happens again where the first song shows up just fine, but no other tracks show up on the screen. I have tried every cable I have including the cable that came with my phone but nothing seems to fix it.
Thanks for reading and sorry it was so long

[Drem]

Maybe it's not supposed to interface with another device, just storage? I'm thinking the deck and phone are "arguing" over who gets it and the phone wins.

Try putting the music on a standalone USB stick and see if you have the same problem.

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[KlutzNinja]

The owner’s manual says something about what kind of devices should be plugged in, and if I’m not mistaken, phones and other items with high memory capacities are not included. Yet my iPod and iPhone still work alright with it lol.

Anyway, my iPhone works fine but only if I go onto the music app first and start the song I want to initially listen to. If I’m on another app, plug it in and then try to play what I last played, I get an error message some of the time, especially if I pause the music right after the phone is plugged in.

My issue sounds different from yours, but maybe doing what I do with leaving the phone on the music app before plugging in might help.

[Spreekid]

Maybe it's not supposed to interface with another device, just storage? I'm thinking the deck and phone are "arguing" over who gets it and the phone wins.

Try putting the music on a standalone USB stick and see if you have the same problem.

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Hmmm interesting idea and thanks for the tip about the usb stick I’ll try that and let you know how it goes.


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[Spreekid]

The owner’s manual says something about what kind of devices should be plugged in, and if I’m not mistaken, phones and other items with high memory capacities are not included. Yet my iPod and iPhone still work alright with it lol.

Anyway, my iPhone works fine but only if I go onto the music app first and start the song I want to initially listen to. If I’m on another app, plug it in and then try to play what I last played, I get an error message some of the time, especially if I pause the music right after the phone is plugged in.

My issue sounds different from yours, but maybe doing what I do with leaving the phone on the music app before plugging in might help.

Ah I thought that might have been the problem but I never checked the manual That would have been smart. I’ll also try the tip the next time I drive.


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[Spreekid]

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. Been a little busy the past week. I tried both of your suggestions and they both worked! I will probably use my phone for music as I do bring it everywhere.

[Spreekid]

Quick update:
My iPhone no longer works with the kizashi. I’ve tried multiple cords, phones, and different music sources but nothing has worked. I only get NO SONGS. The weird thing is it just stopped working 2 days ago. Anyways, for people who use their phones to play music, just wondering what your using and if you could help point me in the right direction. Thanks


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[KlutzNinja]

Quick update:
My iPhone no longer works with the kizashi. I’ve tried multiple cords, phones, and different music sources but nothing has worked. I only get NO SONGS. The weird thing is it just stopped working 2 days ago. Anyways, for people who use their phones to play music, just wondering what your using and if you could help point me in the right direction. Thanks


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That’s never happened to me and my iPhone, but if it were to happen the first thing I’d try is restarting the phone. But since you said this is happening with all of your devices, it would sound like this issue is on the car’s end.
Also some cords only charge devices, not transfer data, at least in cases of phone-to-computer. I use a very simple USB iPhone cord from AmazonBasics in my Kizashi and it’s worked flawlessly so far.

Have you tried the USB stick again since this has happened?

[Woodie]

Far more likely that something has changed about your phone than your car. They're constantly doing updates that accidentally break features on phones.

Have you tried BlueTooth, that a more convenient way to connect anyway.

[Spreekid]

I think I found the trick to get it to work. I had checked yesterday and saw that my phone automatically updated, which might have messed up the music. This is supposed to work everytime there’s a new update. Took me about a day of searching through Apple forums to find.

Tried it today and it worked, just wanted to post it to help anyone who might have had the same issue I did. Also, thank you for the replies!