With Toyota Touch and Touch & Go it’s straightforward to play music via your Bluetooth device. You need first to pair your phone to the system.
Press MEDIA
Press SOURCE
Press BLUETOOTH
The system will automatically recognise the device and start playing.
Toyota Touch and Toyota Touch & Go can connect to USB sticks, as long as they are 2.0 and above, and MP3 players.
Simply plug in the USB stick or MP3 player and the system will automatically recognise the device and will start to play the music on the device.
Regardless of whether you are connected via Bluetooth or through the USB port, if there is something specific you want to listen to:
Press OPTIONS
Press BROWSE FOR MUSIC
You can search by Artist, or Album much like you would on an MP3 device.
Toyota Touch and Touch & Go How to videos:
How to pair your phone
How to make a call and access your phone book
How to register your Touch & Go system
How to send and receive a text message
How to use sat-nav features
How to carry out an online search
How to send directions to your car
By Iain Reid
Hi Chris
Thanks for your post and we are running this past our technical team. In the meantime it may be worth checking the format you have used to download and save the songs against the recommendations in the owner handbook regarding playing music from a USB if this helps.
Hi. I have just purchased a 2015 Yaris 1.0l with the Touch and Go multimedia system but it does not seem to recognise my mp3 player is plugged in at all. I have checked it is powered up but the USB option on the touch screen remains greyed out. Any ideas? I am running off a Creative Zen 8gb with mp3 files of varying bit rates. Thanks.
Hi Rosemary
Thanks for your post.
We did check this with our technical team, the reason for this problem is because the Touch & Go system is not designed to work off a hard drive. You would need to load the songs onto a USB stick (as a precaution check the handbook for which files they recommend and BIT rates). The reason is because the system does not have the sufficient capacity to power up the hard drive. Sorry for the disappointment here and hope this has helped clarify.
Hi. Thanks for your message. I do feel this could be made clearer in the manual as it states the following which implies mp3 players would work. “Connect an iPod, USB memory device or portable audio player
to the USB port as indicated below.” I
Thanks for your feedback Rosemary and we will pass this on. If you do need any further assistance or have any other questions please let us know.
Ho acquistato la nuova Yaris active e ho provato ad inserire nella porta usb due chiavette. La prima con formato FAT 32 funziona la seconda invece con formato NTFS non funziona. Quali chiavette o pen drive si possono usare? Grazie MARIO AJO’
Hi Mario. Unfortunately we’re unable to help. We recommend you contact your country’s Toyota centre for more information. Thank you.
Hello
I have recently replaced my 2014 Yaris with a 2015 Yaris icon.
When I try and play music via the USB drive the system does not remember the last song played in terms of its location on the USB, i.e. 53/525.
The system shows 5/8 – it looks as though the system is linking the current song with other songs from the same artist or album.
I want the system to continue playing from where it was before I switched off the engine, i.e. 53/525.
The songs are mp3 filetype.
My previous 2014 Yaris played the songs in order and continued from where left off.
I have the same issue, it is quite dangerous as it takes your eye off the road.
If you pay for the sat nav the issue isn’t there.
Hello Pete, thanks for your message, we are just contacting our technical team to ask why this might be and then will get back to you as soon as we can.
Pete, it looks like the Touch2 system in your Yaris Icon reads the USB stick differently to the previous Touch system and therefore no fault is occurring here. I would suggest that you try formatting the songs and albums differently on the stick itself, which should change the way it is read by the car.
I have a Yaris 2015 Excel and have the same issue whereby I choose to play all songs random. After restarting the engine the software chooses to forget I wanted all songs random and defaults to only play the album of the track that was playing at the time the engine was turned off. To work around this non fault I must change the album of 1000 songs. I’m then unable to play songs by their actual album if I choose to. If this isn’t a bug then I would suggest its poor software development not fit for purpose in the real world.
Hi James,
Thank you for your post. We have run this past our technical department for you and they have advised resetting your phone to see if this helps the issue. Hope this helps and if you have any other questions please let us know.
Thanks Charlotte, this isnt a phone its a Sandisk 8gb Usb drive. Files are mp3, & less than 320bit rate as per the above spec.
Thanks Charlotte, should have specified that this isn’t a phone its a Sandisk 8gb USB.
Hi there, I’ve been reading some of the comments above and none of them seem to specifically answer my challenge, which is as follows. I have a good, working, hi-speed memory stick (Lexar 16GB) which loads all songs onto the Touch 2 system I have in my 2014 Hilux. In previous cars I have played these songs out of named folders (e.g. Jazz, Rock, so on) using Windows conventions. However, Touch2 does not recognise Folders and all of my music has now been broken out. Is the answer to create Playlists? And my question is – what format do I have to create these Playlists in for Touch2 to recognise them? Can I do this in Windows Media Player, for example? Or do I have to do something special to the file tag information in each MP3/WMA file instead? Your advice would be welcome – this is driving me slightly nuts . . .
Afternoon Ben, we have passed on your query to our Touch2 specialists and will reply to your question as soon as we hear back. Thanks for your patience.
Hi again Ben. The Touch2 system recognises file information and if this is unavailable it won’t link tracks. You can add file information using a PC media player. Let us know if this doesn’t work for your Hilux.
Hi. I am in the same situation than Ben. My new Auris 2015 with Touch2, when I put the USB, it doesn’t recognizes the tree organization from windows as the rest of USB devices. It is more than unconfortable, it is unsafe. You need to put your eyes on the screen to localice an album, or a song. Is there any update to make easier and safely this operation?
Hi Enrique,
Thank you for your post. We have checked with our technical team and the system does not recognise the file/folder structure that is seen on your PC. However if media information is added to the files using a PC based media player the tracks can be selected by artist and title. Hope this helps clarify but if you have any other questions please let us know.
Sorry but this does not answer the question of how to create the “playlist”, if possible please provide step by step guidance including which software to use
Dear Charlotte (regarding my message below)
I have an AURIS 2015 with Touch&Go 2 and I am using a FAT32 usb drive. I used the same usb drive in the 2012 Yaris and it worked like magic as it picked up the folder structure for the songs, but now it is all jumbled up and I have to listen to incy wincy spider right after Queen’s “I want to break free” 🙂
Hi there,
Thank you for your post. We have spoken with our technical department and they have advised that the 2015 Auris uses a different operating system to the 2012 Yaris therefore this may alter how a USB is read. They have recommended that all the media information should be inputted for each song in order for the operating system to read the USB. This includes track name, artist, album and track number. Hope this helps clarify and if you have any other questions please let us know.
Hi,
I have a 2016 Yaris Hybrid with Touch2 and would like to know HOW TO CREATE A PLAYLIST on my USB so that it is recognised by the Touch2 system.
Please note that all media information is stored within the files (track name, artist, album, track number), so I don’t need to be advised on this… I just need to know how to create a playlist for the USB? i.e. what sort of playlist will the system recognise and what can I need to use to create it on my Mac?
Thanks,
Helen
Hi Helen,
Thanks for your post! After speaking with our technical team, they have advised as below.
Below is the windows process, the playlist needs to be a M3U format.
1. Store your files on your USB stick in your usual manner.
2. Open Notepad in windows. (Press Windows+R to open RUN, type NOTEPAD, click OK)
3. In the Notepad window, type one song per line in the order you want the playlist to play them.You need to put the full name of the file and the extension (e.g.:- .mp3 or .m4a).If you have a file in a subfolder, put the name of the subfolder first, then a backslash () then the song name. Continue like this if you have
subfolders within subfolders.
4. In Notepad, click File then Save.
5. Select your USB stick from the Save In list.
6. Note:- Select “All Files” from Save As Type!.
7. Enter the name for your playlist in the File Name box, and put “.m3u” after it.
8. Press Save and close notepad.
Note: To edit your playlist in future, simply right click the playlist in Windows Explorer and select “Open With” -Notepad.
We understand these are instructions based on a Windows operating system, however in theory; if on a Mac you can save a note document in M3U format, or a iTunes playlist in M3U format then this should work.
Hope this helps!
Hi there,
Thank you for your post. From the information provided we find it hard to diagnose. Please could you provide us with more information and we will be happy to see if we can help you further.
Can I play music via my Android phone LG latest model? I want to pleay through USB not Bluetooth and nothing comes up when I plug it in but it used to work with my iphone (it showed up as an ipod)
Its driving me INSANE!
Please help! 🙂
Hi Sylvia,
Thank you for your post. We have ran your query past our technical team. They have confirmed that the unit is iPod/iPhone ready so is intended to be used with these devices, unfortunately it isn’t compatible with all MP3 players/phones. Hope this helps clarify, let us know if you have any other questions.