It works that way because when you plug in a USB device it sends some data that tells the host what type of device you have.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Device_classes Most likely your phone identified as a hard drive (mass storage device) or a media device (MTP) and it started playing whatever it could find that looked likemusic. On Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 08:11:13 PM PDT, Cor van de Water via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: I was surprised when I plugged my phone into my 2011 Leaf USB port to charge and it automatically started playing the music stored on my phone. Cor.
On Sun, Apr 21, 2024, 2:43 PM Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > And to point out what a geezer I am, my cars have (gasp) CD or cassette > tape players. On long lonely drives in the midwest, I listen to audio books > or old classics on them. > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240421/ac0d2da2/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240422/17c88177/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/