Tethering your phone to the 14” JBL

Fun fact: Qi charging is cool but gets the phone HOT on a long trip. Probably not good for the longevity of your phone battery.

Solution: Tether the phone to get both charging AND data to your JBL system. Note: The lower USB’s are charging only, no data.

Now I just need a rock solid phone mount!

 

Been doing that since day one. Works for me

 

Same, and I assume my phone charges faster.

 

Has to. When I run maps and Spotify the Qi chargers barely keeps up.

 

Someone else recommended these phone mounts...

https://www.bulletpointmountingsolutions.com/

 

I went with this one from ICS. Arm and phone hinder by 67 Designs.

 

Forgive me, I’m 63 yrs old and not a techie. What is the data port used for? I have my iPhone paired and use Apple Car Play and the seems fine to me. Am I missing out on some key features? Please don’t tell me to read the manual, that thing is thicker than the old Sears catalog!

 

Does our truck have a hard drive to store music on?

 

I believe it's just a connection for a phone.

 

I have my entire music collection on a USB stick. When connected to that data port, it’s just another music source.

Many people have their music on their phone so using a different storage method is unneeded.

 

Music and maps etc. Better fidelity/connection than Bluetooth plus charges the phone.

 

Probably a stupid question, but I have a huge itunes library. How do I put it on a USB to use in the truck?

 

google says it can be done and provides the steps.

 

You probably have iTunes on your PC or MAC. Just use the File Explorer, find iTunes libray in Music folder, and copy/paste music files to a USB stick big enough to hold them.

https://www.ultfone.com/itunes/how-to-copy-itunes-library-to-flash-drive.html