iOS 5.0.1 does not work with Volvo Car Stereo

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iOS 5.0.1 does not work with Volvo Car Stereo

My iPhone 4S was working fine when connected to the USB port of my 2011 Volvo XC90 i.e. music and other audio apps (Tune-in Radio) would play and be controllable through the audio console of the vehicle. But since updating to iOS 5.0.1, the car stereo console says "iPod Unreadable". This same problem happened before when I updated my old iPhone 4 to iOS 4.2.1, which later got fixed by a subsequent iOS update. I should mention, the Bluetooth interface in my car for transmitting hands-free phone calls from my iPhone is still working just fine- both car and device pair automatically when in range, and sound quality is good. Therefore the problem is just with the USB interface. This is not Volvo's problem to solve, because the iPhone was working just fine prior to this latest update. So the problem and solution lies with Apple! I have already reported this to apple.com/feedback and bugreport.apple.com, and sent an email to devbugs@apple.com. If you are having the same problem, please let Apple know!

MacBook Pro + Time Capsule + iPhone4 + Apple TV2, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 19, 2011 6:39 AM

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Mario Abanto Author

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Nov 20, 2011 6:41 PM in response to Mario Abanto

NEVERMIND! IT WORKS NOW! 😊

For some reason, when I upgraded to iOS 5.0.1, my iPhone didn't have any music on it i.e. zero songs were on my iPhone. I didn't notice this until now, and this was probably why my Volvo said "iPod Unreadable" and prevented my audio apps from transmitting audio to the car stereo. I added music to my iPhone and !voila! everything works just like before- my Volvo plays/controls music, displays song info, and audio apps work just fine, like before! I now have to retrack my bug report and feedback to Apple. 😊

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Aug 24, 2016 6:51 PM in response to Mario Abanto

i'm going to assume you have tried this -

If you're using USB Playback

Restart your iOS device and your car.
Connect your iOS device to a different stereo USB port (if you have one).
Try a different USB cable.
Update your iOS device.
Install any firmware updates for your car stereo.
Try playing audio from a different app. If you can't play audio from a specific third-party app, contact the app developer for help. If you can't play audio from an Apple app, contact Apple Support.

i tried them and still had "USB Unreadable"

My Volvo V60- 2016. My phone iPhone SE 2016

New phone, new car.

Try this.

Connect phone with USB lead.

in My Media tap on AUX. Try to connect. Quit out

Try connecting to HD ( Hard drive)

Tap import. Quit out. Re-try USB.

Worked for me, may work for you.

It seems to re-set the Volvo internal access to the phone

Good luck

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