Sometimes it pays to read the manual v. The 2013 MMI Nav + supports >4000 files

[Stereodude]

So, according to the manual for the MMI Nav. + system found in the 2013 S4 there is no ~4000 file limit on memory cards or USB devices like the 2010-2012. There are 2 restrictions listed in the manual.

1) Max of 5000 files per folder
2) Max of 1000 files per playlist

I tried it with a 32GB SDHC card with 7000 files on it across many folders and I had no issues skipping around playing files from all over the card.

Per the manual, it supports album art up to 800x800px embedded in the file of type JPEG, GIF, & PNG. I have seen the album art first hand, so I can vouch that it works.

Also of note is that the updated system can play video files (MPEG-1/2, DiVX, Xvid, H.264, and WMV9) up to 720x576px, up to 25FPS, with bitrates up to 2000kbit/sec.

It does not support SDXC cards (they're not listed as supported). 32GB is listed as the max memory card capacity it supports.

[dawei213]

Seriously??? Damn you lucky 13+ owners. I wonder if there is a setting that can be set via VAG-COM.

[jk25]

I have two SDXC 64Gig cards in my car now and they are working perfectly. The MMI could not read them until I formatted them to FAT32 though. One of my 64Gig cards is completely full of music and loads within a few seconds. I am not sure how quick the pre-facelift MMI loaded lard SD cards but the load time impressed me.

I can also vouch that the album art works perfectly.

[Stereodude]

I have two SDXC 64Gig cards in my car now and they are working perfectly. The MMI could not read them until I formatted them to FAT32 though. One of my 64Gig cards is completely full of music and loads within a few seconds. I am not sure how quick the pre-facelift MMI loaded lard SD cards but the load time impressed me.So, you've got more then 32GB of music on one and you can play music from anywhere on the card (beginning, middle, end)?

Which SDXC card (make / model) are you using?

[Stereodude]

Based on further research it is possible for a device to support the SDA 3.0 hardware spec (ie: devices up to 2TB) but not support SDXC. The MMI manual is very clear that it only supports FAT and FAT32 file systems. SDXC uses exFAT. If Audi / whoever made the radio didn't license exFAT from Microsoft they could easily have a Radio that will work with any SDXC card that has been reformatted with a FAT32 partition, but yet can't be advertised as supporting SDXC (because of the file system). Trying to explain how to reformat SDXC cards to FAT32 and why it's necessary fully and adequately in the MMI Nav + manual to non computer savvy people in a way that wouldn't create support headaches would be nearly impossible, so they simply said the card limit is 32GB / SDHC.

[handruin]

Nice. I had read all that in the manual and was going to order a few 32GB cards, but if 64GB work fine after a reformat, perhaps I'll go that route instead.

[jk25]

So, you've got more then 32GB of music on one and you can play music from anywhere on the card (beginning, middle, end)?

Which SDXC card (make / model) are you using?

Yes, one of the cards has 60GB of music on it and I have not had any problems playing any of the tracks.

The cards are Patriot EP Series SDXC 64GB cards. Like I said previously, the MMI could not read them until I reformatted them to FAT32.

[reggiedavid]

I have two SDXC 64Gig cards in my car now and they are working perfectly. The MMI could not read them until I formatted them to FAT32 though. One of my 64Gig cards is completely full of music and loads within a few seconds. I am not sure how quick the pre-facelift MMI loaded lard SD cards but the load time impressed me.

I can also vouch that the album art works perfectly.

Can you take a pic of what it looks like

[Stereodude]

Nice. I had read all that in the manual and was going to order a few 32GB cards, but if 64GB work fine after a reformat, perhaps I'll go that route instead.Based on what I read it really seems like the only real difference between a SDHC card and a SDXC card is the file system on the card. I found lots of references that any PC based SDHC card reader will work with SDXC cards if the PC supports exFAT. It's also very clear that a SDXC card that doesn't use the exFAT file system isn't considered a SDXC card anymore. Based on that I'd guess that 128GB SDXC cards will also work when reformatted to FAT32 in the MMI as well.

There may be some valid concern that the File Allocation Table will grow too large in size for the OS in the MMI to handle at some point. However, there's no mention of a max size for a USB mass storage device so maybe it can handle the FAT of a 2TB FAT32 partition.

ps: update your sig. [:)]

[Stereodude]

Can you take a pic of what it looks likeIf someone else doesn't do it first I can.

[Stereodude]

The cards are Patriot EP Series SDXC 64GB cards. Like I said previously, the MMI could not read them until I reformatted them to FAT32.I ordered a single 64GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC card (http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/sd/ultra-uhs-1-class10-30mbs/?capacity=64GB) to play with. It's rated for -25C to 85C operation which seemed like a useful feature in a car.

[jk25]

I am using two Patriot EP Series SDXC 64GB (http://www.patriotmemory.com/product/detail.jsp?prodline=4&catid=88&prodgroupid=231&id=1224&type=6) cards.

[jk25]

This (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) is the program I used to format the cards to FAT32.

[handruin]

Based on what I read it really seems like the only real difference between a SDHC card and a SDXC card is the file system on the card. I found lots of references that any PC based SDHC card reader will work with SDXC cards if the PC supports exFAT. It's also very clear that a SDXC card that doesn't use the exFAT file system isn't considered a SDXC card anymore. Based on that I'd guess that 128GB SDXC cards will also work when reformatted to FAT32 in the MMI as well.

There may be some valid concern that the File Allocation Table will grow too large in size for the OS in the MMI to handle at some point. However, there's no mention of a max size for a USB mass storage device so maybe it can handle the FAT of a 2TB FAT32 partition.

ps: update your sig. [:)]

Thanks for the info on it, I'm happy to hear larger cards will work. I was still content with 32GB cards since those will also hold a lot of music. I haven't yet tried to play a video file but for fun I'll give it a try. Also thanks for reminding me about the sig. I thought I had updated it already, but that must have been on AW. :-)


I ordered a single 64GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC card (http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/sd/ultra-uhs-1-class10-30mbs/?capacity=64GB) to play with. It's rated for -25C to 85C operation which seemed like a useful feature in a car.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to order one of those also and give it a try. I like that it's rated for a wider range of temperatures.

[Stereodude]

Here are two pictures of the LCD with album art showing:

http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9818/img1229t.th.jpg (http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9818/img1229t.jpg) http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/1680/img1230mu.th.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/1680/img1230mu.jpg)

[BDI]

I am jealous!!!!!!! Hmmmmmm.....Maybe it's time to trade my '11. hahaha

[reggiedavid]

I am jealous!!!!!!! Hmmmmmm.....Maybe it's time to trade my '11. hahaha

me too! Last month they gave me a A8 L loaner. The MMI is so much better and the massage seats are nice too.

[Stereodude]

I received my 64GB Sandisk SDXC card today. I reformatted it to FAT32. I don't know why it's there, but I left the empty 16MB blank space before the partition at the start of the drive. I'm in the process of copying 60GB of files to it now so I can test it in the S4.

Interestingly, a Lexar SDHC reader I have (came free with a SDHC card a few years back) didn't work with it even though I had the exFAT patch installed on my Windows XP system. It worked fine in 2 other SDHC readers I have.

[Stereodude]

Looks like I either got a defective or counterfeit card. I guess I shouldn't have purchased on ebay.

I wrote about 20GB to the card it dropped from the PC and now it basically is a useless piece of plastic. [confused]

[Green Neenja]

I got a Patriot 128GB SDXC card and it seems to be working fine. Reformatted it to FAT32 and it has 69.1GB of data on it (11,343 MP3 files, 1,038 folders).

[DarthRay]

For you 2013 MY (MMI3G+) owners, if you have a chance could you tell me what the manual says as far as the oldest generation iPod that will still work with it? For MMI3G (2009-2012 MY) you can go as old as an iPod 4G and it will work. I'm curious if that will still work on the 2013 MMI.

Thanks!

[beckmaster]

thanks for the 128Gb card info. Will be buying one this week.

Also, I wonder what kind of video formats this thing will play. Hope it plays x264, but I doubt it will.

[drkay]

Note that when I imported the contents of my SD card into the jukebox all album art was lost except the ones I had manually scanned (for those old CDs the Media Payer could not find album art on line)!

[Green Neenja]

All of the files I copied from SD cards to the jukebox retained working album art. I have the album art embedded in the MP3 files using ID3v2.4 tags.

[Stereodude]

Also, I wonder what kind of video formats this thing will play. Hope it plays x264, but I doubt it will.The manual says it will play H.264. That's what x264 is. There are restrictions on resolution and frame rate though.

[beckmaster]

now that is good to know.
128 Gigs could be very worth it.

[Gotchaa]

What Audi formats are supported, FLAC I hope?

[Stereodude]

No FLAC. WMA, AAC, MP3 are what I recall.

[Bar81]

Yup, nothing useful for good quality. No FLAC and no WAV.

[sirpickles]

What size SD cards do the 2010 S4s support? I saw a thread that said 2gig so I picked up a few of those. I hopefully didn't waste my money when I could've gotten much bigger xD

[Gotchaa]

Yup, nothing useful for good quality. No FLAC and no WAV.

Not even AIFF?

[Bar81]

Just double checked the manual, only the three file formats listed above.

[psysword]

I'm loading a variety of formats onto a 32gb sdhc..lets see what plays..I'm even including HD sounds..Will return with results soon.

[Monsoon]

Apparently you are unaware that forum members are prohibited from reading the owner's manual. Not reading the manual allows us to ask questions for the bazillionth time that have already been answered in detail on the forum, and makes operating the car more of a religious and mystical experience, whereby we are constantly surprised and amazed at the car's capabilities. "Hey guys, check this out, when some guy in a truck with bright headlights comes up behind me the mirrors somehow know he is there and...wait.....you're not gonna believe this......they actually get darker. It's like some sort of magic or something. How do it know??" Please don't read your manual any further, it will only dull your ownership experience. By the way, have you figured out what the proper tire inflation pressures are?

[zillmc]

Thanks for this, I think this may be the problem with the USB hard drive I bought and the AMI USB cable. MMI says the drive or cable is not supported. Could this be because I have too many files? Or is that notification indicitive of an incompatible hard drive? I got a WD Passport 1TB which is USB 3.0 (backwards compatible of course)

Thx

[zillmc]

This (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) is the program I used to format the cards to FAT32.

I just used this to format my 1TB USB hard drive to dump all my Mp3s/movies on and it worked fine, MMI loaded up and was able to (without lag) play mp3s, xvids, mp4, x264, etc

[mattchat]

This (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) is the program I used to format the cards to FAT32.

Just wanted to resurrect this thread as I too used this program. It's much faster then using command line from the windows command prompt. I tried and it took over 15 min to format a 64GB card. This took seconds. Also, as I understand it a 128GB card should work as well as long as you're formatting to FAT32. I'm going to try a USB hard drive next as Audi sells a 500GB one but I think I'll just pick up one of my own and see how that goes in comparison to the cards as far as read speads, etc. Anyone have any experience they can share?

[2rockit]

Loaded 2500 songs on my 32gb Kingston sd card and can read and play them from the card. BUT if I go to import them all it only shows albums up to the letter D on the mmi available to import Help?

[nlrela]

Just wanted to resurrect this thread as I too used this program. It's much faster then using command line from the windows command prompt. I tried and it took over 15 min to format a 64GB card. This took seconds. Also, as I understand it a 128GB card should work as well as long as you're formatting to FAT32. I'm going to try a USB hard drive next as Audi sells a 500GB one but I think I'll just pick up one of my own and see how that goes in comparison to the cards as far as read speads, etc. Anyone have any experience they can share?

Formatted a 1 TB Western Digital My Passport (USB 3.0 !) with FAT32 and it plays smoothly in my 2010 AMI / MMI 3G Plus !
Eventhough it is written that the AMI does only support 500mA, the USB 3.0 (with specs of 900 mA) HD works perfectly ...... with the only (MMI) restriction of 4000 tracks max. :-(

I also tried a 128GB Sandisk SDXC (FAT32 formatted) and that worked also perfectly .... of course also with the 4000 tracks limitation

Now it is time to retrofit the 3G plus to a 3G+ [wrench]

[mattchat]

The new 2013 model doesn't have the same 4000 track capacity limit does it? I thought I've heard that the new MMI will go higher. Still haven't had a chance to try this but I do have a spare 128GB SSD that I am thinking of putting in a small chassis and see if it performs any better than the regular 5200rpm smaller passport drives. Anyone notice any lag in reading the drive, say when you start up the car, etc?

[S413]

All of the files I copied from SD cards to the jukebox retained working album art. I have the album art embedded in the MP3 files using ID3v2.4 tags.

Importing from SD card into jukebox kept about half my album art, I love the jukebox feature overall.

[spyfish]

This (http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) is the program I used to format the cards to FAT32.

Thanks for posting this app. It works great. I tried command line built into Win7, but I didn't get it right. This worked first time to format the card. I sync'ing my 64 GB SDXC card now. :)

[Shaman]

It is really, really hard to choose 7000 files you like, though... lol I have over 3,000 right on the car's own internal system, and that was a struggle.

[firstars]

Spotify + bluetooth streaming supports 20 million songs [:p]

Might get ripped by all the pro audiophiles on here... but to my ears and Spotify Premium 320kb bitrate, i'm ok with the audio quality and convenience with BT streaming + B&O.

[the4siswickid]

Anyone have a BETTER recommendation than Doubletwist for Syncing from a Mac to get iTunes music and playlists to an SD card??? Doubletwist keeps crashing on a re-sync EVERY time it hits the playlists section... it is SUPREMELY annoying... any help appreciated.

[boolias]

Loaded 2500 songs on my 32gb Kingston sd card and can read and play them from the card. BUT if I go to import them all it only shows albums up to the letter D on the mmi available to import Help?

Hi, Sorry for resurrecting such an old post, but I've looked high and low everywhere and can't find an answer. This post is the closest thing but does not have an answer in it.

I'm experiencing the exact same thing. I have over 12,000 songs (79GB) on a 128GB SDXC card. They all load, play and show album art. When I go to import however, I can see the contents of the first 3-4 directories in the D's but the rest give a message that there are no playable files in that directory. Copying those directories to a different SD card lets me see and import them into the JukeBox.

Has anyone figured out what is going on with this?

[charlesml3]

Gang,

Since I bought my S4 (2015, Prestige, B&O System) I've been working though all the different ways to play music in the car. I'm going to leave out AM/FM/Sirius since those are pretty self explanatory. I'm also going to be discussing this within the context of iPhone. I don't have an Android device.

Bluetooth - I'll call this one "limited functionality." Yes, you can stream Bluetooth to the MMI, but there's no way to navigate through your albums, artists and playlists via the MMI. You have to pick the phone up and manage it from there. Bluetooth works fine for Pandora, Spotify, etc. but all of the control and management is through the phone.

MMI Connect App - This is the app you install on your phone and it streams to the MMI over WiFi. This is nearly full featured. You can navigate everything from the MMI and it will display album artwork. Limitations: The MMI will not display the "album flip book" thing and you cannot use voice control. I find myself using this one mostly since it lets me keep all of my music in ONE place. I don't have to copy it to SD cards or the Jukebox and keep everything in sync. The album flip book and voice control are cool but not that big of a deal.

SD Cards - These get around the 3000 song limit of the Jukebox. They do display album artwork but again, no "album flip book" and no voice control. And now you have your music it two places and there's the manual maintenance associated with that.

Jukebox - Supports album artwork, "flip book" and voice control but it has a hard limit of 3000 songs. This sounds like a lot until you start having to cull out to keep under the limit. The jukebox also has the same maintenance problem with your music database being in more than one location. I've tried to find out why Audi has a 3000 song limit but there's precious little information on it. I suspect it's because moving music to the Jukebox is painfully slow.

AMI - Audi Music Interface. This is the cable connection in the glovebox. I don't have direct experience with this since the cable is like $80 and I wasn't willing to pay that just to experiment. I'm basing this on what I've read and what I've understood based on talking to people that have the cable and use it. That said: The AMI is full featured. You will get around the 3000 song limit, it will display album artwork, the "flip book" and voice control is available.

However, the AMI has some limitations. The cable connection is in the glovebox which means it's impractical to use it with your phone. I'd love to go this route because it would charge my phone and play my entire catalog along with all the other nifty features. But now I have to open the glove box, plug in the phone and leave it in there while I'm driving somewhere. No. Nobody is going to do that more than two or three times. I could potentially buy a lightning cable extension but now I have this ghetto cable stringing out of my glovebox and across my console. Perhaps I could find a way to snake it around so it comes out between the drivers seat and the console?

As it is, the only real way to use this is to buy an iPod and dedicate it to the car. Now this really isn't all that bad. iTunes makes it pretty easy to keep everything in sync. I'd have to bring the "S4 iPod" in every now and then to update it with new music and playlists but again, that really isn't so bad.


So at this point I'm almost exclusively using the MMI Connect app but I'm considering getting the AMI Lightning cable and using an iPod. I'd love to hear from someone here who's doing that before I go buy the cable.

Thanks!

-Charles

[vwblackb5]

^ I have said cable for my 2016 and I repurposed an old iPhone 5s for this reason. It stays in the glovebox plugged in. I'm able to load all songs and playlist via iTunes.

I'm curious about the MMI Connect app you mentioned. Will have to look into that further. One other thing to add not music related is if you pair your iPhone to MMI/Nav you can save destinations via google maps and have it pushed as a destination on the MMI (I find this faster than fumbling with inputting info).


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[skinnytirez]

Silly Question- If i upload a song i later decide i don't want how do i delete it?

I unlocked this functionality in my 2011 & accidentally uploaded a few songs i would rather not have on there...

Thanks,

[charlesml3]

^ I have said cable for my 2016 and I repurposed an old iPhone 5s for this reason. It stays in the glovebox plugged in. I'm able to load all songs and playlist via iTunes.

I'm curious about the MMI Connect app you mentioned. Will have to look into that further. One other thing to add not music related is if you pair your iPhone to MMI/Nav you can save destinations via google maps and have it pushed as a destination on the MMI (I find this faster than fumbling with inputting info).


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Wow, I didn't know you could push directly from Google Maps. Can you do a short "How To?"

-Charles

[charlesml3]

Silly Question- If i upload a song i later decide i don't want how do i delete it?

I unlocked this functionality in my 2011 & accidentally uploaded a few songs i would rather not have on there...

Thanks,

I gather you mean you uploaded it to the Jukebox. I'm doing this from memory, so...

- Media button and select the Jukebox as the source.
- Bottom right button around the knob for "Settings"
- Scroll down and select "Delete Jukebox."
- From there, you can delete the entire jukebox, one album from the jukebox, or even one song. Just set the check boxes appropriately.

-Charles

[SteveYem]

^ I have said cable for my 2016 and I repurposed an old iPhone 5s for this reason. It stays in the glovebox plugged in. I'm able to load all songs and playlist via iTunes.

I'm curious about the MMI Connect app you mentioned. Will have to look into that further. One other thing to add not music related is if you pair your iPhone to MMI/Nav you can save destinations via google maps and have it pushed as a destination on the MMI (I find this faster than fumbling with inputting info).


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I tried to install the MMI Connect app today on my iPhone 6 and it told me that iOS 9.0 is required to run the app. I have not updated the iOS software yet for fear of it making my phone miserable to use (which has been the case on my 2 previous iPhones). At the risk of going way off topic, has anyone here with an iPhone 6 or 6+ had any problems since upgrading to iOS 9?

[skinnytirez]

I gather you mean you uploaded it to the Jukebox. I'm doing this from memory, so...

- Media button and select the Jukebox as the source.
- Bottom right button around the knob for "Settings"
- Scroll down and select "Delete Jukebox."
- From there, you can delete the entire jukebox, one album from the jukebox, or even one song. Just set the check boxes appropriately.

-Charles

Thanks Charles- I'll give this a try later today.

[charlesml3]

I tried to install the MMI Connect app today on my iPhone 6 and it told me that iOS 9.0 is required to run the app. I have not updated the iOS software yet for fear of it making my phone miserable to use (which has been the case on my 2 previous iPhones). At the risk of going way off topic, has anyone here with an iPhone 6 or 6+ had any problems since upgrading to iOS 9?

I'm running iOS 9.2 on a 6s. I realize it's a LITTLE faster than a 6 or 6+ but I think you'll be fine. I probably wouldn't run 9.x on an iPhone 5...

-Charles

[vwblackb5]

I tried to install the MMI Connect app today on my iPhone 6 and it told me that iOS 9.0 is required to run the app. I have not updated the iOS software yet for fear of it making my phone miserable to use (which has been the case on my 2 previous iPhones). At the risk of going way off topic, has anyone here with an iPhone 6 or 6+ had any problems since upgrading to iOS 9?

FWIW, I'm still running 8.1.3 on my personal iPhone 6. Actually used my work iPhone 6 as a canary/mule to test and see if iOS 9 was stable enough. With that being said, I have been running the latest iOS 9.2 on my work iPhone 6 and have had no issues thus far (stable build for now). When I upgraded from 8.1.xx to 9 and 9.1 I did notice some lag and a slight reduction in battery life but has since been mitigated by upgrading to 9.2 and optimizing settings i.e location services, disable wifi assist, etc

[vwblackb5]

Wow, I didn't know you could push directly from Google Maps. Can you do a short "How To?"

-Charles

Here's the link on how to: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3500417?hl=en

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WcxxS5uK5WuK9vhcuHaehIWHSSBcS92hGTgtFpncylN2h162WX TKH6wZGfMg=w243

[charlesml3]

Here's the link on how to: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3500417?hl=en

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WcxxS5uK5WuK9vhcuHaehIWHSSBcS92hGTgtFpncylN2h162WX TKH6wZGfMg=w243

OK, so I've been playing around with this for an hour or so. It works.... but only from the PC's browser! There is NO SUPPORT for this in the Google Maps app for iOS. Google wants you to navigate using their app if you're in your car. This severely limits the functionality of this for me.

Fortunately, this does work with the MMI Connect App. Go to myAudi Destinations, search for a destination and there's a prompt there for "Send to Car." From there, it'll show up in the MMI under "Online Destinations."

-Charles

[vwblackb5]

OK, so I've been playing around with this for an hour or so. It works.... but only from the PC's browser! There is NO SUPPORT for this in the Google Maps app for iOS. Google wants you to navigate using their app if you're in your car. This severely limits the functionality of this for me.

Fortunately, this does work with the MMI Connect App. Go to myAudi Destinations, search for a destination and there's a prompt there for "Send to Car." From there, it'll show up in the MMI under "Online Destinations."

-Charles

Thanks for the feedback. Just to clarify, it does work on my iPhone 6 with iOS 9.2 because I deleted the google maps and I'm using Waze in it's place. So when I open google maps via safari (utilizing desktop mode) the menu/drop down to send to phone-> car is there for me.

I need to mess around the mmi connect app some more. Not a fan that it requests location services to "Always" and does not have option for "While Using" -- possible battery drainer here if always on. Also, the good thing about the google maps sending to myAudi, is it stores it on myAudi and AudiConnect 3G in my car downloads the lists of online destinations, which then show up on my MMI/NAV. Not sure if MMI connect app has to be connected via wifi / bluetooth i.e a phone to car connection is needed in order for the send to car to work.

[charlesml3]

safari (utilizing desktop mode) the menu/drop down to send to phone-> car is there for me.

Yes. That's the workaround to persuade Google Maps to enable the "Send to Car" functionality. You can also use the Atomic web browser for iOS to do the same thing.


I need to mess around the mmi connect app some more. Not a fan that it requests location services to "Always" and does not have option for "While Using" -- possible battery drainer here if always on. Also, the good thing about the google maps sending to myAudi, is it stores it on myAudi and AudiConnect 3G in my car downloads the lists of online destinations, which then show up on my MMI/NAV. Not sure if MMI connect app has to be connected via wifi / bluetooth i.e a phone to car connection is needed in order for the send to car to work.

OK, this I do have a lot of experience using. The MMI Connect app does require Always on Location Services, but it has not been a problem for battery drain so far. As soon as I put it in the background, it drops the GPS. And while in the background it will continue to stream music over WiFi out of your iTunes playlist.

Both the MMI Connect app and Google Maps app send destinations via your myAudi account. It's identical. It sends that up to the web via 3G and then the car picks it up via AudiConnect. I do not believe MMI Connect uses Bluetooth at all. All the work I've done with it indicates it's WiFi for music streaming, 3G for everything else.

So at the end of the day here, I'm still leaning towards just using MMI Connect. The "MyAudi Destinations" in the app IS Google Maps. It says so right on the screen. So all I have to do is find a destination there, and tap "Send." From there, it shoots it right up to my mayAudi account where I can then find it in the MMI under "Online Destinations." I can edit/delete destinations from the MMI Connect app as well. It appears to me that the developers were simply working around the limitation imposed by Google Maps native.

-Charles

[fmzip]

I was struggling on getting a 128GB SD Card working in my 2015 S4.

I read that you need to format it to Fat 32 first. This little program did it as Windows 10 will not:

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.exe