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Playing a USB memory device
A USB memory device can be connected to the USB port of this unit to play music files stored on the USB
memory device.
Important information
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Only USB memory devices conforming to mass storage class and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)
standards can be played on this unit.
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This unit is compatible with USB memory devices in “FAT16” or “FAT32” format.
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This unit is compatible with MP3 files conforming to “MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3” standards.
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File types that this unit can play back and specifications are shown below.
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Supported file types
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Supported file types
USB memory devices
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1
WMA
(Windows Media Audio)
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2
MP3
(MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3)
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WAV
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MPEG-4 AAC
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3
FLAC
(Free Lossless Audio Codec)
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1 USB memory device
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This unit is compatible with MP3 ID3-Tag (Ver. 2) standard.
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This unit is compatible with WMA META tags.
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If the image size (pixels) of an album artwork exceeds 500 × 500 (WMA/MP3/WAV/FLAC) or 349 ×
349 (MPEG-4 AAC), then music may not be played back properly.
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2 Copyright-protected files can be played on certain portable players compatible with MTP.
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3 Only files that are not protected by copyright can be played on this unit.
Content downloaded from pay sites on the Internet are copyright protected. Also, files encoded in
WMA format when ripped from a CD, etc. on a computer may be copyright protected, depending on
the computer’s settings.
If the number of files stored in a USB memory device exceeds 1,000, the access speed may become
slower.
NOTE
File types that this unit does not support are not displayed.
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Compatible formats
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Sampling frequency
Bit rate
Extension
WMA
(Windows Media Audio)
32/44.1/48 kHz
48 – 192 kbps
.wma
MP3
(MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3)
32/44.1/48 kHz
32 – 320 kbps
.mp3
WAV
32/44.1/48 kHz
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.wav
MPEG-4 AAC
32/44.1/48 kHz
16 – 320 kbps
.aac/
.m4a/
.mp4
FLAC
(Free Lossless Audio Codec)
32/44.1/48 kHz
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.flac
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Maximum Number of Playable Files
The limits on the number of folders and files that can be displayed by this unit are as follows.
Media
Item
USB memory devices
Memory capacity
FAT16 : 2 GB, FAT32 : 2 TB
Number of files
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FAT16 : 512, FAT32 : 65536
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The allowable number of files may differ according to the USB memory device capacity and the file size.
NOTE
You can only play back files stored in the top level folder (root).
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