2021 Taycan Bose System - How to Play High Rez Audio from SD Card?

[Mark3575]

Does anyone know if the Bose system in the 2021 Taycan has an SD card slot for High Rez music? My 2019 Cayenne Bose system allows me to play High Rez FLAC music files from an SD card or USB, but I can't find any SD card slots on the Taycan. Also, I noticed I have two USB C ports in the center console, but neither seems to activate the "USB" audio source in the PCM if I plug in a USB card with audio files. The PCM display says, "USB not available." Has anyone figured this out? Thanks.

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[XLR82XS]

I have no issues playing music via flash drives in the console USB port. FLAC file type may not be supported.

 

[Mark3575]

I have no issues playing music via flash drives in the console USB port. FLAC file type may not be supported.

What types of music files are you playing? Thanks.

 

[XLR82XS]

What types of music files are you playing? Thanks.

MP3

 

[AMERCY]

MP3

Putting .flac (from highresaudio.com) on an USB-C stick works for me.

 

[Mr.Smith]

MP3

Download these free, high res .Flac files
http://www.2l.no/hires/

 

[Mark3575]

Download these free, high res .Flac files
http://www.2l.no/hires/

I'll give it a try. Thanks.

 

[Mark3575]

The manual says the BOSE system accepts SD cards up to 128 GB capacity; FLAC files up to 48 kHz sampling rate; does not specify 16-bit or 24-bit media files. I tried both 16-bit 44.1 kHz and 24-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC files and the car does not even offer me the option to select USB as a music source even though I moved "USB" to the top of the options under the "sort music sources" option... Looks like I need to ask when I take the car to the dealership for the Taycan recall notice. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Miwa]

Are you using a USB-C stick, or an A to C adapter? If you are using an adapter, try flipping around things.

 

[amazing]

Recently Apple Music announced lossless content on their platform. I've downloaded some lossless tracks, however it seems like wireless CarPlay experiences buffer under run trying to stream it over Wifi. But if I used a wired connection to the phone the files will play without buffering. I haven't tried with a USB stick but if you already have the FLAC files I think you could use an app like VOX or Qobuz. Load your FLAC files in one of those apps and then play over wired connection via your phone.

 

[Mark3575]

O.k. took my Taycan in for the "Loss of Power" recall & software update which went fine.

While I was there I asked if they could figure out why my USB C/SD card will not play music files when plugged into the center console USB-C ports. After they looked into the issue, the invoice write-up says "PCM not designed to recognize and store external hard drives. USB-C ports are for connecting external devices. Charging, CarPlay, etc. PCM working as designed. No repair at this time." So I purchased a new USB-C to SD card "FOB", plugged it in and my FLAC music files play just fine through the PCM... (both 16-bit 44.1 kHz and 24-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC files play in the Taycan BOSE system.)

I sent this back in my email customer survey reply, "I was able to get my SD card working to play FLAC high-resolution music files, and I was able to get the PCM to list the USB ports as a music source. I just swapped my USB-C SD card reader to a new SD card reader and it worked right away. Also, on page 285 of the 2021 Taycan owner's manual, it does say SD/SDHC/SDSX (up to 128 GB), and hard drives are supported for media files. Hopefully this info is helpful for your team and future customer questions."

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