# 2018 Toyota Camry - USB audio

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493 "2020-01-14T08:38:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![scottgribble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@scottgribble](https://community.cartalk.com/u/scottgribble)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493/1 "2020-01-14T08:38:55Z")

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I ripped all of my cd’s onto my desktop using windows media player, then copied them onto a flash drive. plugged it into the usb port on my camry. when i select the usb source,nothing happens

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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493/2 "2020-01-14T13:46:21Z")

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Does your vehicle support USB music playing? [Here are some options you may wish to consider](http://bestride.com/news/cd-or-not-to-be-in-vehicle-music-options-for-beginners-who-have-always-used-compact-discs), but you should closely read the manual and if the system seems out of whack, try calling your dealer by phone for help.

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493/3 "2020-01-14T14:10:03Z")

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Did you rip your Cd’s to WMA or MP3 or some other format?

Most cars can only play MP3 audio files

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493/4 "2020-01-14T15:03:39Z")

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What file system does your flash drive use? (If you need instructions on finding that, let us know.) According to your owner’s manual, only FAT16 and FAT32 are supported, so if it’s exFAT it presumably won’t work.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493/5 "2020-01-14T16:40:54Z")

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I bet the two above comments describe the problem - either file format or file system, or both.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-toyota-camry-usb-audio/156493/6 "2020-01-14T16:54:24Z")

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Format with FAT32. WMP does not work well so use NERO and burn MP3 files. That will work.