I can attest to observing the same problem, so I second your inquiry.

Here is another question for anyone who uses the USB interface: I assume that the "crossed arrows" button turns random play on or off. But how exactly does it work? If you are playing an album, it seems to randomize the order of the tracks on that album. But if you select "Songs", does it randomize the order of play for all the tracks on all the albums on your USB stick? That would certainly provide a varied listening experience on a medium to long distance drive.

Has anyone been able to create Playlists successfully? I have not figured out how to use that option.

And here is an unrelated quirk in the USB screen interface: when you select "Albums", it displays the available albums in correct alphabetical order, but the display of album cover images is all messed up. Some are not displayed at all, and others are displayed multiple times with incorrect albums. It's just a minor annoyance, but a real one.

Is the USB user interface documented anywhere? I haven't been able to find it.

It appears to me that GM has orphaned this whole feature since streaming became predominant. It isn't even fixing obvious bugs, or so it appears.

 

Just a question for those who use USB sticks to play their music: is it not possible to store the ripped collection on your phone and use the phone software to control playback? Certainly with Apple music I can import "lossless" rips of CDs and make playlists with them.

 

It is still possible, and you just select the phone as the Bluetooth audio source in that case. However, historically this has been lower fidelity instead of direct access to the file data via the car.

 

Do you use the in-car player? Or an app from the market?

 

In car. I've read that there's an app that does a better job.

 

I tried a search on this subforum but I couldn't find a solution to this quirk. I see one poster suggests pausing the song prior to vehicle shut down and I'll try that later today.

I can report that I tried this suggestion today, and it did not help. After stopping, pausing the replay with the double vertical line button, and shutting down the car, and then restarting it about 15 minutes later, it finished playing the track that was in progress at the time of shutdown, then moved to another track on a different album rather than the next track on the same album. That is the same incorrect behavior that it has always followed on album replays via USB.

 

Someone told GM about this a while ago and they said they were in the process of fixing that. Not sure when that will roll out.

 

Did you install the Audio wagon app and try out the USB playback experience? It's a lot better than the default USB player.

 

Not yet.