[wooosk1]

anyone else having issues with the usb port in the highlander? Mine is at the dealer and has been there for three days. They have replaced the entire radio and are on the phone with Toyota engineering and still no luck.

 

[devhighlander]

No problems on a 2016 Hybrid Limited Platinum. What trim level do you have? LE, XLE, Llimited? What specific problem are you having? Doesn't charge? Doesn't connect to the device you are trying to use? What kind of devices are you trying to use with it? iPod/iPhone? USB Memory stick with audio files? If it connects, is there a specific function you trying to do that doesn't work?

 

[MikeInNH]

I use my USB all the time. No issues.

 

[BUFFO]

anyone else having issues with the usb port in the highlander? Mine is at the dealer and has been there for three days

What kind of issues?

 

[alexbenz]

little off topic but doesn't anyone know if you can add a connector to the usb port to add additional usb slots?

 

[devhighlander]

little off topic but doesn't anyone know if you can add a connector to the usb port to add additional usb slots?

You'd need to add a small 2 or 4 port USB hub to do that and what do you envision doing with multiple USB devices connected to the headunit? Not clear if the headunit will support multiple devices connected at once. You'd still be limited to 0.5A of total power draw for all devices connected. Which makes it impractical for charging multiple cellphones. Easier to use the 12V power sockets with a dual or triple port USB car charger if you need to charge multiple devices.

 

[rdpanes]

anyone else having issues with the usb port in the highlander? Mine is at the dealer and has been there for three days. They have replaced the entire radio and are on the phone with Toyota engineering and still no luck.

What issue are you having specifically?

 

[alexbenz]

You'd need to add a small 2 or 4 port USB hub to do that and what do you envision doing with multiple USB devices connected to the headunit? Not clear if the headunit will support multiple devices connected at once. You'd still be limited to 0.5A of total power draw for all devices connected. Which makes it impractical for charging multiple cellphones. Easier to use the 12V power sockets with a dual or triple port USB car charger if you need to charge multiple devices.

no charge a phone/ipod.....i see, gotcha

 

[devhighlander]

no charge a phone/ipod.....i see, gotcha

You can charge a single iPhone/iPod using the USB port. I do it all the time. You just can't charge multiple devices using the car's single USB port. Easier/cheaper to buy a $10 dual-port charger and plug it into the 12V power socket, of which the car has 3.

 

[devhighlander]

As an experiment, I hooked up a cheap USB 1.x non-powered hub to the USB port in the car. I was able to plug a memory stick into one of the ports, and the radio sensed it and displayed it as a source and was able to play back audio files on the memory stick.

I then tried to plugin my iPhone to the hub while the memory stick was still plugged in. It sensed that there was an iPod-like plugged in, the phone did start charging at the full 1A rate (I have USB power meter that shows the current), and on the audio source screen it showed iPod as a source and the memory stick as a source simultaneously. However, when I selected iPod, there was no music or playlists or anything listed. Also of note, normally when I have my iPhone plugged in, it shows the source as "Dave's iPhone 6s", not "iPod" so it definitely didn't like talking to the iPhone via the cheap hub. Unplugging the memory stick didn't help. It simply doesn't like talking to the iPhone via the hub, period.

Similar results when plugging in my iPad via the hub. The iPad can be plugged in directly to radio and it will treat it just like an iPhone/iPod, and will even charge it, albeit slowly, at the 1A rate that the car's USB port supports. But via the hub it wasn't usable as an audio source. It did charge via the hub at the 1A rate.

And as a final test, I tried having the iPad and iPhone both plugged in at the same time. Radio did not like that and shutdown the USB port completely. No power or data. Only way to get it back was to power off the radio and power it back on by pressing and holding the radio's power button for about 5 or 10 seconds. Basically had to reboot it.

 

[govie]

If you want to be able to charge multiple usb devices then just stick this little 12 volt to usb charger into your 12 volt outlet. It's so small that it looks factory when plugged into the 12 volt outlet and it's super fast. Aukey CC-S1 4.8A Dual Port USB Car Charger - Black.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M6QODH2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1