Hi again helpful Skoda folk.

I have posted a couple of questions recently and received really good answers, on my upgrade from a 2016 SEL to a 2023 L&K.

Another thing that I would like to ask is on the subject of importing music to the car.

My old SEL had a CD slot, and 2 x USB sockets in the glove box, so being the old geezer that I am, I was able to put a load of my favourites, (mainly 1970's prog rock!) on to a USB and just play that in the car.

My new car has the Canton system with just a grey rectangular unit in the glove box with no CD slot and no USB. Does everything have to be streamed by Bluetooth from your phone nowadays? Again, being an older guy I don't have hours of music on my phone. Mainly because there isn't the memory space for it!

Any advice you can give me as always is gratefully received.

Thank you.

Hi,

Don't you have any USB-C connector in the centre console, close to the 12V socket?

I'm in t he same situation, as I'm currently swapping from a MY2018 L&K Superb Estate to a MY2022 L&K Kodiaq.

I've just bought this to solve the problem:

USB-C Micro-SD card reader

Thanks. Yes you are right. I somehow missed this before.

Thanks for the advice and link.

I will get on to it.

On 09/05/2025 at 22:32, Bap33 said:

Hi,

Don't you have any USB-C connector in the centre console, close to the 12V socket?

I'm in t he same situation, as I'm currently swapping from a MY2018 L&K Superb Estate to a MY2022 L&K Kodiaq.

I've just bought this to solve the problem:

USB-C Micro-SD card reader

You could also get a usb c flash drive and transfer the music to that.

Edited 11 May, 20251 yr by Stonekeeper

On 08/05/2025 at 21:59, Pooroldcodger said:

My new car has the Canton system with just a grey rectangular unit in the glove box with no CD slot and no USB. Does everything have to be streamed by Bluetooth from your phone nowadays? Again, being an older guy I don't have hours of music on my phone. Mainly because there isn't the memory space for it!

Well, you are in a squeeze ... while your rock will play on USB, check if you have a port inside the armrest between the front seats. Mine can play "normal" USB only from there, or the USB-C by the ashtray but I do not have an USB-C so I use it only for the phone while in Android Auto.

The two ports to the rear seats are only for charging, and unfortunately are only USB-C as well.

Basically, this car has made me re-arrange my entire approach to communications and music.

I spent my life listening to CDs in the various cars and never had a problem with that, now I got to deal with FLAC and other stuff, but is practical for going around with much more.

I am not a fan of spotify or such, I like to choose my music and despise burning battery and connectivity in streaming, nevermind I consider it harfmul to spend long time inside the cockpit flooded by transmission waves .....

I am slowly passing all the CDs to digital library and from these to flash drives and use those. I thought of gtting a larger drive but I have a bad memory of losing stuff due to "accidents", so I rather divide by genres (I'd put your prog rock together with harder acts, but leave pop/easy listening in the "family usb drive" 😁) this was you can swap easily the collections ... is like having "a collection of CDs" instead of "single" CDs ... is okay 😉

Only thing for me is a find the MIB3 is frustrating for playing music via USB. It's slow to build a library, forgets it randomly and never restarts where you left off. It can also jumble track order.

I now only use Android Auto and play music off my phone or through Amazon Music.

Interesting, I had some of your troubles but not all, and in random order. For example, restart from last vs start from the beginning, I have no idea what or where it decides to do one or the other. Totally random. I solved the issue putting a tune I like as first, so I do not get bothered I need to listen to it endessly until I select something else 😁