Thanks Nigel! I followed the instructions and when I insert the USB Flash Drive it’s just saying no music fIles found. Do you know a way to correct this?

is your USB FAT32 format and the storage is 16GB or less? and unzip all the files to the root of the USB?

Yes I have it formatted correctly and extracted the zip file to it the USB. The USB is actually 32GB Does that matter?

yes, does the manual is recommend 4 or 8GB only.

Okay I will try that and let you know if it works. Thanks!

I am using a Sandisk 8GB flash drive. It is formatted correctly and I extracted the zip to the flash drive and when I insert the flash drive into my Lexus it still says No Music Files.

The update should automatically start when you insert the thumb drive into the vehicle. Make sure you have formatted the drive correctly and also make sure you extract the contents of the file onto the root of the thumb drive. Don't make other folders and don't drag and drop anything.

If it's coming up and says no music files then you are not doing something correctly.

I think I used a 16gb thumb drive when I did the update. I'd have to go and find the thumb drive and post back.
EDIT: I found the drive and I used a 64gb one.

-Nigel

You can only use Windows to format the USB and copy the files. No MAC or Linux.

I attached photos of how I have it formatted and how it is extracted on the drive. Let me know if this looks correct since I am still having the problem with it showing no music files found when inserting the flash drive.

Files on flash drive

Format

Looks good to me. Try to uncheck ‘quick format‘ to do a full format.

And possible you plug in the top USb inside the console? Only 1 of the 2 usb will work.

Tried the full format and tried both USB ports and still got the No Music Files Found. Not sure what else to do that this point.

weird never heard someone here had this issue not detect their firmware files. I guess you can ask friends to borrow different brand USB to try. I use an old 8GB kingston no problem.

Did you try put some mp3 on your usb see if the car detect the music files?

can you please PM me the link?

Thanks

Search Toyota Nation for Apple CarPlay files for Lexus.
It will bring you to a thread that's like 70 or 80 pages long The files and link is in the first post.

Follow the directions and you can install Apple CarPlay zero issues.

-Nigel

could I also get the link to do a software upgrade? I have the 2019 300 f1 sport model not sure if it’s compatible