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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:29:45 -0400,
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:52:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I've been meaning to try plugging in the hard drive my lawyer friend
gave me into one of the USB ports in the Canyon. I don't know if it
will work or how it will be displayed on the truck's screen (assuming it
will).

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Not sure but I'd guess the USB ports are jusr for charging cell phones
and the like. Owner's manual would tell you if they could be used as
an aux source. Most new vehicles can be linked to your phone via Blue
Tooth and you can play music that way. Some older cars have a 3mm aux
jack hidden away somewhere - my wife's M-B has one in the glove
compartment. If you don't want to store MP3s on your phone you can
always bring up Pandora for free - much better choices and audio
quality than Sirius/XM in my opinion.

I rent a lot of cars and the USB port is always connected to the sound
system if it is there. There may also be an SD card slot. For the last
7-8 years the CD player also plays DVDs that you can put music on
(with the high end systems). That is over 4 gigs but you can put a
reasonable size playlist on a CD in MP3 (~ 150 songs).
We never bother mating our phones to rental cars but I am sure that
works. Judy has her phone linked to the Lincoln and she can bluetooth
anything the phone can pick up.
I use some kind of flash in my cars (Sd or thumb).
I found out, you can wear out flash memory. I have had some go bad.