# Vehicle Won't Display TITLE tag after using TAG - TAG
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** player
**Created:** [March 26, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949 "2026-03-26T13:40:30Z")
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### Author:  [@barr2674](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barr2674)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/1 "2026-03-26T13:40:30Z")
I just discovered this software, and it’s fantastic. Certainly great for batch processes. I used it to set the TITLE tag to match the file name by using:
TAG - TAG
Field: TITLE
Format String: %\_filename%
Doing that appears to work, it properly duplicates the file name as the Title, shows up in File Explorer, etc. However, when I put the songs on a USB drive and put it in my 2016 RAV4, the TITLE is blank. All other fields are fine. Interestingly, I tried manually typing into the TITLE field, saved it, and it worked properly in my car.
I verified that the TAG type is ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3), for both manual and TAG - TAG entries. Very bizarre. Am I somehow not using TAG - TAG correctly?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/2 "2026-03-26T13:56:18Z")
You can compare a track with the `TITLE` filled by Convert Tag -\> Tag and `%_filename%` with another track where you filled the `TITLE` content manually.
Press Alt+T on the two tracks and compare the content.
If you like, you can show us a [screenshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#p-168842-use-screenshots-to-exemplify-the-issue-2) of both metadata overviews.
> [@barr2674](#):
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> All other fields are fine. Interestingly, I tried manually typing into the TITLE field, saved it, and it worked properly in my car.
BTW: Have you entered exactly the same content manually?
Or was it much shorter, or did it not contain any special characters?
> [@barr2674](#):
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> 2016 RAV4
I assume this is your Toyota car?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/3 "2026-03-26T14:07:10Z")
> [@barr2674](#):
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> Field: TITLE
Could it be that you have used a differently named field like e.g. TITEL
A look at the extended tags dialogue, as @LyricsLover already described, should shed some light on this.
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### Author:  [@barr2674](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barr2674)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/5 "2026-03-26T14:13:04Z")
Thanks for the quick reply. I’ve attached two screenshots, one of a track where I entered the TITLE manually, the other using TAG - TAG (“A Single Note” is the manual one, which works fine). There are no special characters, these are all just plain alphanumeric.
Yes, this is in my Toyota RAV4. Again, it’s showing metadata correctly for everything else, just not the TITLE track where I’ve used TAG - TAG to copy the filename.
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### Author:  [@barr2674](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barr2674)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/6 "2026-03-26T14:15:53Z")
Here’s the dialog window I use when performing the function:
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/7 "2026-03-26T14:20:10Z")
Visually, I can't see any obvious reasons.
Could it be that your `TITLE` content **1994** includes any trailing invisible characters like a space?
Please double click on the value **1994** in Alt+T and check whether there are any character before or after the four numbers.
Just to be sure:
Does Convert Tag-\>Tag never work for track `TITLE` in your car, or are there just a few that don't work?
One special thing that I have found in the manual:
> **[Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Operating a usb memory - Using...](https://www.trav4.net/operating_a_usb_memory-145.html)**
> The system is compatible with id3 ver. 1.0, 1.1, And ver. 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 Id3 tags. ( **The number of characters is based on id3 ver. 1.0 And 1.1**.)
If this is true, I assume that your car radio does not support `TITLE` content longer than 30 characters.
Nevertheless, your **1994** value should display fine.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/8 "2026-03-26T14:41:28Z")
What happens to the car display if you use Convert\>Tag-Tag again on the file that worked and added e.g. an "s" to the TITLE:
Does your car pick that up?
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### Author:  [@barr2674](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barr2674)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/9 "2026-03-26T15:24:53Z")
Well……that was interesting. Initially, when I used %title% for the TAG - TAG function, it actually didn’t show up. So I tried %\_filename%s and that worked, adding an ‘s’ to the end of it. And then, I went back to try %title%, and it showed up. So I processed it, and it worked in my car. So…..it’s just the initial run of TAG - TAG that doesn’t work?
I verified there are 0 spaces before or after.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/10 "2026-03-26T15:33:55Z")
> [@barr2674](#):
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> So…..it’s just the initial run of TAG - TAG that doesn’t work?
I doubt that.
If you have more files that need an update, could you try to find out what the cause for your observation is?
Also, it would be a good way to check the new files whether they are OK and nothing is wrong with their structure.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vehicle-wont-display-title-tag-after-using-tag-tag/70949/11 "2026-04-09T12:54:53Z")
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