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.

 

Bingo! Finally an answer! I had been using a USB cable to charge the iphone SE in the 09 Fit so I could listen to podcasts on Spotify without battery dying all the time. Still very hard to hear, even with iPhone tucked in the visor just above my head. One day back before covid I must have accidentally hit the “Aux” button and all of a sudden Rogan was playing through the radio, loud as needed with sound controls, info on the display, and everything. Stop the car for a while & when I start it up again the paused podcast automatically restarts where it automatically paused. It was GREAT until a couple weeks ago when it suddenly quit working. Now the radio display just says “Ipod NO Song”

Then I got to thinking about the time many years ago when some U2 music ad kept popping up on the iphone and wouldn’t stop or go away until I clicked somehing or let it download. I have zero music on my iphone & don’t even know how to use that feature, but every time my podcast finished that stupid U2 crap somehow started playing and wouldn’t quit until I started another podcast or switched to radio. I finally got so irritated that I stopped the car and started clicking on menus until I somehow found a way to permanently delete the U2 noise. That was a month ago and I just realized that was when my podcasts quit working.

I never used an ipod and have my CDs in the car for music. I just did a google search trying to connect that obnoxious U2 stuff that wouldn’t go away with my iphone / podcast play problem and up pops the entire story of U2 forcing the “Songs of Innocence” album on iPhone users, apparently the first and only time that has been done. Apparently it was quite a controversy at the time and widely condemned by many iPhone users who didn’t want it & couldn’t get rid of it. Apparently having that U2 download forced on me is what enabled my pods to play, and finally figuring out how to delete it inadvertently killed my Spotify pods. Now I just need to figure out how to download something acoustic I might actually enjoy between podcasts and maybe I’ll be back in business. Thanks!

 

I'm not a Spotify user, but it sounds like they must be funding their service through ads that semi-permanently download to your device. It can then play the ad(s) between episodes of real content without needing an active internet connection. No ads downloaded = no revenue for Spotify = app refuses to play anything.
I hate invasive ads with a passion. You may be stuck if your favorite podcasts are only available on Spotify, but iOS has its own podcast app you should check out. There may be others in the app store.