Media
WARNING: Never read Caraoke lyrics while driving.
You must always pay attention to the road and
traffic conditions. When driving, the Caraoke lyrics
are intended only for use by a passenger.
When displaying an audio source screen,
press the settings icon located in the
search bar to access audio settings.
Recents and Favorites
You can adjust these settings:
For most source content, recents and favorites display at
the top for easy access.
• Tone: Drag the sliders to adjust the subwoofer and
any of the five frequency bands (Bass, Bass/Mid, Mid,
Mid/Treble, and Treble). If equipped with premium
audio, you can adjust the level of sound immersion to
make your music experience more engaging by
dragging the immersive sound slider according to
your preferences.
To add a currently playing station, podcast,
or audio file to your Favorites list, touch
the Favorites icon on Media Player.
• Balance: Drag the center circle to the location in
To remove an item as a favorite, touch the
highlighted Favorites icon. You can also
remove multiple favorites by expanding
Media Player to show all favorites for the
applicable type of source content. Then
press and hold any favorite. An X appears
on all favorites and you can then touch the
X to remove them from your Favorites list.
Model Y where you want to focus the sound.
• Options: Set preferences for optional features. For
example, you can turn DJ Commentary, Explicit
Content and Allow Mobile Control on or off.
• Sources: Displays all available media sources and
allows you to choose whether you want to show or
hide each source. You may want to hide media
sources that you never use. Once hidden, the media
source does not appear on the drop down list in
Media Player, nor will it appear in the app tray when
you touch the App Launcher. You can re-display a
hidden media source at any time by returning to this
settings screen.
Your recently played selections are
updated continuously so you don't need to
remove them.
NOTE: Selections you play on FM (if equipped) radio are
not included in the Recents list.
Searching Audio Content
Playing Media from Devices
Touch Media Player's magnifying glass icon
to search for a particular song, album,
artist, podcast, or station. You can also use
voice commands to search hands-free (see
Voice Commands on page 136). If available,
touch HD® to play high definition versions
of the selected frequency.
You can play audio files from a Bluetooth-connected
device (like a phone) or a USB-connected flash drive.
When you connect a Bluetooth or USB device, Media
Player includes the device as a media source.
USB Connected Flash Drives
Caraoke
Insert a flash drive into a front USB port (see USB Ports
on page 24). Touch Media Player > USB, and then touch
the name of the folder that contains the song you want
to play. After you display the contents of a folder on the
USB connected flash drive, you can touch any song in
the list to play it. Or use the previous and next arrows in
Media Player to scroll through your songs. You can also
scroll to next/previous songs using the left scroll button
on the steering wheel.
In addition to various streaming services, your vehicle
may be equipped with Caraoke. To access Caraoke,
navigate to Media Player and select the drop down
menu to change the media source to Caraoke. Or add
Caraoke as an app in the app launcher. You can browse
through various songs and select the song you want to
sing. Touch the microphone icon to enable or disable the
song's main vocals. Disabling the microphone leaves
only the song's instrumentals and background vocals.
Touch the lyrics icon (located next to the microphone
icon) to enable or disable the song's lyrics.
NOTE: To play media from a USB connection, Model Y
recognizes flash drives only. To play media from other
types of devices (such as an iPod), you must connect
the device using Bluetooth.
NOTE: Depending on vehicle configuration and market
region, Caraoke may not be available on your vehicle.
NOTE: Media Player supports USB flash drives with
exFAT formatting (NTFS is not currently supported).
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