Music on USB flash drive

[DragonFire]

Hi There, new member here, and a recent buyer of a 2020 Ram Big Horn.
My truck did not come with a Satellite radio which isn't a biggie to me, since I usually listen to only 1 channel. But my old Dodge Charger allowed me to use a USB drive with music and playlists on it. Is that still possible with the new Ram's? It's been awhile, but I think I just had mp3 files on it. Will that still work?

Any better alternatives or advice? oh, and before you tell me about Pandora or Spotify, I do have them on my phone, but aren't thrilled with paying for all the data charges

 

[RJS]

Hi There, new member here, and a recent buyer of a 2020 Ram Big Horn.
My truck did not come with a Satellite radio which isn't a biggie to me, since I usually listen to only 1 channel. But my old Dodge Charger allowed me to use a USB drive with music and playlists on it. Is that still possible with the new Ram's? It's been awhile, but I think I just had mp3 files on it. Will that still work?

Any better alternatives or advice? oh, and before you tell me about Pandora or Spotify, I do have them on my phone, but aren't thrilled with paying for all the data charges

Some thought from a previous post. Might be radio dependent but should get you started. Initially, just try what you have.

USB thumb drive: music files

I know a lot of people use their phones for music playback. I do not, and do not want to start either..... I am not a big I-tunes fan either. I use a 64 gig USB drive, and store lossless MP3 music files on it. I am a dinosaur and still buy CD's, then rip them. One notable short combing of...

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[Billy James]

Hi There, new member here, and a recent buyer of a 2020 Ram Big Horn.
My truck did not come with a Satellite radio which isn't a biggie to me, since I usually listen to only 1 channel. But my old Dodge Charger allowed me to use a USB drive with music and playlists on it. Is that still possible with the new Ram's? It's been awhile, but I think I just had mp3 files on it. Will that still work?

Any better alternatives or advice? oh, and before you tell me about Pandora or Spotify, I do have them on my phone, but aren't thrilled with paying for all the data charges

Yep, it works great. I have a 128 GB Samsung Fit loaded up with MP3s and it works great. I formatted mine FAT32; but some people say you don't have to. I don't like paying for services either and I have a pretty big music library to begin with; so USB works great for me. It works nice with the UConnect voice commands as well...I just say a song, album or an artist I want to hear and it plays it.

 

[TNRamGuy]

Yep, it works great. I have a 128 GB Samsung Fit loaded up with MP3s and it works great. I formatted mine FAT32; but some people say you don't have to. I don't like paying for services either and I have a pretty big music library to begin with; so USB works great for me. It works nice with the UConnect voice commands as well...I just say a song, album or an artist I want to hear and it plays it.

I can confirm that it works great with the 12" UCo also. I also formatted to FAT32, I leave mine plugged into USB3 (rear seat driver side) Mine is a 1TB

 

[DragonFire]

I can confirm that it works great with the 12" UCo also. I also formatted to FAT32, I leave mine plugged into USB3 (rear seat driver side) Mine is a 1TB

Do you have any delay with such a big drive? I found one post saying the owner thought it wasn't working, but it turned out to be a long delay in recognizing all the songs on it. It was an old post, like 2016.

 

[TNRamGuy]

Do you have any delay with such a big drive? I found one post saying the owner thought it wasn't working, but it turned out to be a long delay in recognizing all the songs on it. It was an old post, like 2016.

I really have not noticed any delay at all