For some reason the SD card won't read in my car with music files on it, the unit reads fine from the usb stick but not the sd card slot on the unit itself, it's fat 32 format and a 32 gb micro sdhc card plugged into a converter, does anyone have any tips as to what I am doing wrong or any help to get me up and running using the sd card?.

 

Thank you.

What unit are you plugging this SD card into? 

Infotainment Swing says on the owners manual.

Try a different SD card, and also try your card in a different car. Eliminate the possibilities.

I've tried 3 different sd cards now and none of them have worked, even though obviously work on the pc to put music on, really don't know what else to try.

Micro SD cards in adaptors seem to be not as reliable as Full SD cards. Got a full SD card for my Swing radio, as the microSD kept disconnecting with car vibration. 

Maybe also try a soft reset on the radio ( hold in power/volume knob until radio re-starts ).

On 11/25/2017 at 14:56, Dithane said:

Micro SD cards in adaptors seem to be not as reliable as Full SD cards. Got a full SD card for my Swing radio, as the microSD kept disconnecting with car vibration. 

Maybe also try a soft reset on the radio ( hold in power/volume knob until radio re-starts ).

Tried different cards and the soft reset option but still no joy.

You could try formatting as NTFS as I think this is OK

 

John

Maybe it's not according to the Rapid Swing manual I'm looking at online.

 

http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/mini-apps/owners-manuals/pages/rapid.aspx?requestOwnersManualOnlineVersion=en/Rapid_NH/11-2015/Infotainment/Swing/online&requestOwnersManualLanguage=en&requestOwnersManualEditionDate=11-2015#!pageId=00064

 

choices for format are:

 

FAT16 
VFAT 
FAT32 
exFAT

 

It also specifies Standard size for SD cards.

 

 

Edited 7 December, 20178 yr by camelspyyder

@AWP  Are you saving to the cards from a Mac by any chance ?  

 

@jjc  According to the Docs I'm looking at - it'll take FAT16, FAT32, exFAT as well as NTFS

 

 

 

Snap ! @camelspyyder !!

Edited 7 December, 20178 yr by Dithane

Audio format?

 

wma or mp3 only according to the 2015 manual

Have tried all formats and all mp3 files, still not working, maybe the reading in the unit is faulty?

On 11/24/2017 at 06:52, Rustynuts said:

Try a different SD card, and also try your card in a different car. Eliminate the possibilities.

 

I had this same problem - all of a sudden the SD card slot stopped working. I have tried literally everything to "eliminate the possibilities", as it seems the OP has, but without success.

 

I know that people always assume that it is user-error or user-ignorance, but sometimes things do just stop working. I have had to conclude that there is a fault with the SD card slot but whether it is a physical problem with the slot, a faulty chip, or a software issue, I have no idea.

 

I have considered getting a replacement CD/SD card unit (it's from a 2013 Octavia III which has a Bolero HU), but there is a significant chance it won't fix the problem so I am not risking the cost!

Hello all, so took my car in as it's still under warranty and they replaced the infotainment system as the slot was buggered as I had suspected all along.