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MEDIA FILE PLAYBACK
In addition to playing standard disc-based formats such as Blu-ray, DVD, CD and SACD, the BDP-103
can play media files. You can enjoy digital music, movies and photos stored on a data disc (recordable
CD, DVD or Blu-ray) or an external USB drive. Due to the variation of media, encoding software and
techniques used, compatibility cannot be guaranteed for all user-created or downloaded content.
Support for such content is on a best effort basis.
Playback from USB Flash Drive
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The BDP-103 is equipped with three USB ports: one on the front panel and two on the back. You may use any
of the available USB ports to plug in a USB drive.
The USB ports are rated to provide a maximum of 5V, 1000mA power to the USB drive. It is sufficient for USB
thumb drives and flash memory card readers, but may not be sufficient for USB hard disks. It is recommended
to check with your drive manufacturer for power requirements, or use an external power supply.
NOTE
This unit supports “USB Mass Storage Class Bulk-Only Transport” devices only. Most USB
thumbs drives, portable hard disk drives and card readers conform to this device class. Other
USB devices such as MP3 players, digital cameras, and mobile phones may not be compatible.
Supported USB drives can be formatted with the FAT (File Allocation Table), FAT32 or NTFS
(New Technology File System) file system.
In some cases, an incompatible USB device may cause the player to stop responding. If this
occurs, simply turn off the power, remove the USB device, and turn the player back on.
To improve user experience in media file navigation, the player may cache some of the media
information on the USB drive (details on page 75). To prevent the player from writing anything
to the USB drive, you can turn this option off. However, we recommend keep this option on and
do not delete the cached media data.
