Rivian Drive cam not Recognizing USB Drive: A Simple Fix

Rivian Mom · 2025-03-09T09:18:46+00:00

I had some free time yesterday so I decided to get some sound measurements in my R1S. I used the Rivian Elevations system not the Meridian. The input source was via Bluetooth from laptop so not the best sound reproduction but it does give you some idea of sound characteristics in the various positions throughout the cabin. Needless to say, I will be doing some tuning with the system's EQ. However, there is such of lack of mid and high frequencies in the third row that the only way to improve it would be to add extra speakers. I hope that there will be aftermarket solutions to this in the near future. Testing equipment and conditions: - Enclosed Garage - All windows and doors in Rivian closed - HVAC off - Test run with me sitting in passenger seat except when testing the passenger seat location when I sat in Driver's (interestingly BT would not stay connected unless I sat in the vehicle) - Sweeps were run with EQ flat, 3D Surround Sound Enhanced, Dynamic Sound Adjustment High (this setting did not matter as expected) - 3D Surround Sound settings with measurements taken in Driver's seat only Microphone: miniDSP UMIK-2 USB Reference Measurement Microphone (UMIK-2) on tripod Measure Program: REW V5.20.13 (REW room acoustics and audio device measurement and analysis software) Sound Sweep: 20 to 20,000 Hz Sound Level: -12.00dBFS Sample Rate: 44.1 kHZ

Rivian Blue

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Tuesday at 10:33 AM

One of the first things I did on getting my R1S was set up the drive cam. I had the drive and took it to the service center when I took delivery last year so they could walk me through setting it up.

Worked fine, but it stopped recognizing the drive at some point, so I got a name-brand (Transcend) drive to replace the no-name one.

I set it up, but later realized that it wasn't recording. So I googled "Best drive for Rivian drive cam" and it said this one:

Amazon.com

Still didn’t work. So I went to "set up drive cam" and it goes through the format & test routine and says I'm good to go. But the screen still says it needs to be set up.

I repeated same procedure several times, each time it says the format & test is good, but it doesn't take.

So the fix I got was, I let Rivian format the drive. I'm using 128GB USB-C flash drive. I also did a reboot for the vehicle (hazard button and left toggle on the left-hand side of the steering wheel) by keeping both depressed until the screen starts to reboot. This helped me with my fix and I hope it can help someone out there too.

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