I just purchased a 2013 G37S mt. Up until I bought this car I was a loyal Saab 9000T-Aero 9-5-Aero driver (22 years). The Saabs were fine cars from a mechanical perspective, but they weren't overly well endowed with entertainment electronics. My last Saab was a 2003 9-5-Aero. It had a cassette deck and a CD player that didn't even read MP3s. Saabs didn't get navigation until about 2006. So, I am overwhelmed by all the entertainment options in the Infinity. I do have a few questions, though, mainly about USB support.

1) Can you connect a USB hub to allow multiple devices?
2) Can you play video through the USB port, and if so, what formats?
3) If I connect my Galaxy Nexus Android phone through the USB will I be able to use Pandora?
4) In other forums I see that people are connecting iPhone 4s to the port with success, but the manual says compatibility is for iPod Touch 1st and 2nd Generation, which would have been iOS 2/3, but iPhone 4 was always OS4 (I think). So, exactly what iDevices work with the port, and to what degree?
5) Can I do anything else through BT with the Galaxy other than telephone and music (e.g., Pandora)?

I've always thought of USB 2.0 as being an interface standard and I've never had a USB port on anything that wasn't a computing device or a smartphone, so I guess I was surprised by the apparent limitations of the Infinity implementation.

Thanks in advance,

John

 

You can have full interface, excluding video, with any iDevice via USB. The exception might be the iPhone5 which i think requires an adapter(?)
You should be able to play music through your A/V connections abc even video when the car is not moving.

 

But is there an aux input in 2013, and if so, where is it?

 

Hmmm... I forgot whether or not they included one in the 2013 model. If so it would be under the arm rest component.

But hey you should be able to at least stream music via BT

 

Aux is actually a stereo RCA

 

Yes, I know I can do that from the Nexus, I also don't mind chunking my MP3s into 7GB dual-layer DVD-Rs, and I have a 16GB iTouch second gen. What I would have really liked to do is to get Pandora back. The Nexus is a Sprint phone and Pandora is great with the unlimited data plan. I suppose this is a long shot, but has anybody tried a USB2 audio interface in the G37 USB port? Better yet, is anybody aware of an Infinity spec sheet for the port?

Again, thanks in advance,

John