USB Connection
Using USB connectivity
•
AZ3830 is fitted with a USB port in the front
panel, offering a plug and play feature which
allows you to play, from your AZ3830, digital
music and spoken contents stored on a USB
mass storage device.
•
Using a USB mass storage device, you can
also enjoy all the features offered by AZ3830
which are explained and instructed in the
sections of disc operation.
Compatible USB mass storage devices
With the AZ3830, you can use
–
USB flash memory (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1)
– USB flash player (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1)
• USB device which requires driver
installation under Windows XP is not
supported.
Note:
In some USB flash players (or memory
devices), the stored contents are recorded
using copyright protection technology. Such
protected contents will be unplayable on any
other devices (such as AZ3830 device).
Supported formats:
–
USB or memory file format FAT12, FAT16,
FAT32 (sector size: 512 - 4096 bytes)
–
MP3 bit rate (data rate): 32-320 kbps and
variable bit rate
–
WMA v9 or earlier
–
Directory nesting up to a maximum of 8
levels
–
Number of albums: maximum 100
–
Number of tracks: maximum 999
–
ID3 tag v2.0 or later
–
File name in Uicode UTF8 (maximum
length: 128 bytes
The system will not play or support
the following:
• Empty albums: an empty album is an album
that does not contain MP3/WMA files, and
will not be shown in the display.
• Non-supported file formats are skipped.
This means that e.g.: Word documents .doc
or MP3 files with extension. dlf are ignored
and will not be played.
• AAC, WAV, PCM. NTFS audio files
• DRM protected WMA files
• WMA files in Lossless format
Playing a USB mass storage device
1
Make sure that your AZ3830 is being
powered by AC mains or specified batteries.
2
Press repeatedly
SOURCE
(or
USB
on the
remote control) to select
USB
mode.
➜
Display shows “USB”, indicating the set is
in USB mode (see
7
).
3
As shown in figure
@
, plug a compatible USB
mass storage device to AZ3830’s USB port
marked
. If needed, use a suitable USB
cable to connect between the device and
AZ3830’s USB port.
➜
The device will automatically power on.
•
If the device is not powered on, turn on the
power manually, then re-connnect it.
➜
AZ3830’s display shows USB and the total
number of playable audio files (Max.
displayed track number is 999) stored on
the device.
4
Press
2;
on your AZ3830 to start play.
➜
AZ3830’s display will show USB and share
the display information illustrated in the
disc operation.
Helpful hints:
– Make sure that file names of MP3 files end
with .mp3. and the file names of WMA files end
with .wma.
– For DRM protected WMA files, use Windows
Media Player 10 (or later) for conversion. Visit
www.microsoft.com for details about Windows
Media Player and WM DRM (Windows Media
Digital Rights Management).
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