File system requirements on
USB stick
The UPL24 only supports fat formatted usb sticks
The UPL24 reads from the inserted USB stick in read-only mode and cannot write or modify the USB stick in
any way.
The UPL24 can only
•
read folders
starting with 01 to 99 (using the first 2 positions of the folder name)
•
read tracks
in folder
starting with 01 to 99 (using the first 2 positions of the track name)
•
read id.txt
in root
So:
folder
MUST start with 01 to 99, but may contain extra text in folder name like album name
track
MUST start with 01 to 99, but may contain extra text in track name like song name
Note
:
UPL24 does not check extensions and assumes there are only WAV files in folders
It’s ok to add other files (like artwork) in folders, as long as they do not start with 01 to 99, otherwise they
will be opened as track, but will fail to play.
Example:
01 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
01 Money For Nothing.wav
Also see “WAV File on USB stick” on page 10
Card ID
The UPL24 tries to read
id.txt
in the
root
of the USB stick, the first 4 chars are displayed at startup or when
the USB stick is inserted in the UPL24.
Create the id.txt in a plain text editor and type the stick id as a number e.g. 0003
Do not save as RTF, this will not work.
If there is no valid
id.txt
in the root the UPL24 will display
0
.
0.
0
.
0
.
for stick id
The id will be used to recognise the USB stick when inserting.
After power up of the UPL24 the complete USB stick structure is read in memory including id.txt
When not playing, usb stick can be temporarily removed e.g. to lookup cd/track in PC and then can be re-
inserted into UPL24, if id is the same as the id that was last in the UPL24 then the card is not re-read and will
continue where left off.
Note that changes to the USB stick since it was removed are ignored, if you added cds/tracks then switch
UPL24 off/on or insert different USB stick to force re-read of stick.
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