Sony MHC-EC599, Operating Instructions Manual

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The connected USB device cannot be
charged.
• Select a function other than TUNER
function or turn on the CD player/USB
device power. See “To improve tuner
reception” (page 22).
Transferring results in an error.
• You are using an unsupported USB
device. Check the information on the
websites about compatible USB devices
(page 12).
• The USB device is not formatted
correctly. Refer to the operating
instructions of the USB device on how
to format.
• Turn off the system and remove the
USB device. If the USB device has a
power switch, turn the USB device off
and then on again after removing it from
the system. Then perform transferring
again.
• If the transferring and erase operations
are repeated multiple times, the file
structure within the USB device
becomes fragmented. Refer to the
operating instructions of the USB
device on how to deal with this problem.
• The USB device was disconnected or
the power was turned off during
transferring. Delete the partially-
transferred file, and perform
transferring again. If this does not fix the
problem, the USB device may be
broken. Refer to the operating
instructions of the USB device on how
to deal with this problem.
Audio files or folders on the USB
device cannot be erased.
• Check if the USB device is write-
protected.
• The USB device was disconnected or
the power was turned off during the
erase operation. Delete the partially-
erased file. If this does not fix the
problem, the USB device may be
broken. Refer to operating instructions
of the USB device on how to deal with
this problem.
There is no sound.
• The USB device is not connected
correctly. Turn off the system and
reconnect the USB device, then turn on
the system and check if “USB
MEMORY” lights up in the display
panel.
There is noise, skipping, or distorted
sound.
• Turn off the system and reconnect the
USB device, then turn on the system.
• The music data itself contains noise, or
the sound is distorted. Noise may have
entered during the transferring process.
Delete the file, and try transferring
again.
• The bit rate used when encoding audio
files was low. Send audio files with
higher bit rate to the USB device.
“READING” is displayed for an
extended time, or it takes a long time
before playback starts.
• The reading process can take a long time
in the following cases.
– There are many folders or files on the
USB device.
– The file structure is extremely
complex.
– The memory capacity is excessive.
– The internal memory is fragmented.
Thus, Sony recommends following
guidelines.
– Total folders on USB device: 100 or
less
– Total audio files per folder: 100 or less
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