2012 Chevrolet Equinox Owner's Manual - Page 191
2012 Chevrolet Equinox Manual
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Infotainment System Playing from a USB (Radio with CD and Touchscreen) A USB mass storage device or Microsoft Transfer Protocal (MTP) device can be connected to the USB port. The USB port is in the center console. The USB icon displays when the USB device is connected. USB MP3 Player and USB Drives ... 7-31 The following restrictions apply for the data stored on a USB MP3 player or USB device: ‐ Maximum folder structure depth: 11 levels. ‐ Maximum number of MP3/ WMA files that can be displayed: 1,000 WMA with Digital Rights Management (DRM) from online music shops cannot be played. WMA files can only be played back safely if they were created with Windows Media Player version 8 or later. ‐ Applicable playlist extensions are: .m3u, .pls. ‐ Playlist entries must be in the form of relative paths. ‐ The system attribute for folders/files that contain audio data must not be set. To play a USB device, do one of the following: . Connect the USB and it begins to play. Press the Now Playing screen button on the Home Page, then press the SOURCE button on the faceplate repeatedly to cycle through all of the available audio source screens, until the USB source screen is selected. . The USB MP3 players and USB drives connected must comply with the USB Mass Storage Class specification (USB MSC). Only USB MP3 players and USB drives with a sector size or 512 bytes and a cluster size smaller or equal to 32 kbytes in the FAT32 file system are supported. Hard disk drives are not supported. While the USB source is active, use the following to operate USB function: . k (Play/Pause): Press to start, pause, or resume play of the current media source. g SEEK (Seek Down): 1. Press to seek to the beginning of the current or previous track. If the track has been playing for less than five seconds, the previous track plays. If playing longer than five seconds, the current track restarts. .