Chevrolet Spark Owners Manual: Using the USB Port

Chevrolet Spark Owners Manual / Infotainment System / Audio Players / USB Port / Using the USB Port

The infotainment system can play music or movies by connecting an auxiliary device to the USB port.

USB Support

If equipped, the USB connector is in the center stack, and uses the USB 2.0 standard.

USB Supported Devices

USB Flash Drives
Portable USB Hard Drives
2G–5G iPod nano®
1G–3G iPod touch®
120GB/160GB iPod classic®
3G/3GS/4/4S iPhone®

Not all iPods and USB drives are compatible with the USB port.

Make sure the iPod has the latest firmware from Apple® for proper operation. iPod firmware can be updated using the latest iTunes® application. See www.apple.com/itunes.

For help with identifying your iPod, go to www.apple.com/support.

The USB port can play both lower and upper case .mp3, .wma, .ogg, and .wav files stored on a USB storage device.

USB Supported File and Folder Structure

The Infotainment system supports:

Up to 2,500 folders.
Up to 10 folders in depth.
Up to 2,500 music files.
Up to 2,500 photo files.
Up to 250 movie files.
ID3 Tag (versions 1.0/1.1/2.2/ 2.3/2.4).
FAT16.
FAT32.
exFAT.

USB Port

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Connecting a USB Storage Device or iPod/iPhone

To connect a USB storage device, connect the device to the USB port. To connect an iPod/iPhone, connect one end of the device’s cable to the iPod/iPhone and the other end to the USB port. The iPod ...

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