I have been running this with a lightning to USB but today I could not get any sound with streaming music, podcast etc. I rebooted the phone and even restarted the car (sometimes I have found that resets the radio.)

I want this feature as it allows CD quality playback from my phone which bluetooth is compressed.

What gives?

This is an EX car.

 

For the record(s) I solved this issue. It turns out that in order to work you need to have songs (song?) in the music app. I had deleted them all in order to save space. Once I added them back it worked fine.

 

Not sure if this applies to the issue you posted. The problem,or should I say for me understanding the Iphone defaults was driving me nuts. The Iphone remembers the last bluetooth wireless, or USB connection. A good example is that if you are playing mp3 files on your phones play list, it will default to the playlist everytime to connect. If you are listening to Spotify via cell connection, it will always default to the Spotify App, which means you are pulling background data when the app is not open. So I always use the play list on the Iphone last and then close the app.

 

It should be a problem with the default settings of the iPhone. I suggest that you still download and convert the songs to MP3 format, and then connect to the car device via USB, so that you can play the songs. This is also more convenient.