Cambridge Audio 651 Other media playback, Connecting a USB or an e-Sata Drive, Playing music files

Other media playback

As well as normal CD’s, SACD’s, DVD’s and BD’s the 651/751BD can play some music, movies and photo files either from optical datadiscs (such as CD-R, DVD-R etc.) or external memory such as USB flash-drives/thumb- drives or e-Sata hard-drives.

Connecting a USB or an e-Sata Drive

The 651/751BD is equipped with two USB 2.0 ports, one on the front of the unit and the other on the back, and also an e-Sata port at the back. You may use either USB port to plug in a USB drive or use the e-Sata port with an e-Sata drive loaded with digital music, movies and photo files. The USB ports are rated to provide a maximum of 5V, 1A power to the attached device. This is usually sufficient to bus power (i.e. self power) USB flash drives and flash memory card readers, but may not be sufficient for USB hard disks.

To use the e-Sata port, an external power supply is needed to power up the e-Sata drive. Note that the e-Sata port does not support “hot- plugging”. To avoid damaging your e-Sata drive, always plug-in/unplug the e-Sata drive when the 651/751BD is turned off.

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Playing music files

To play digital music files stored on an optical disc or external drive, select "Music" from the Home Menu. A file browser will appear to assist you in navigating the files and folders.

The first step is to select the "Data Disc" or external device that contains the music files. The player will take a moment to read the disc and list the folders and music files.

conform to this device class. Other devices such as MP3 players, digital cameras, and mobile phones that include their own memory management may not be compatible.

• Supported USB drives must be formatted with the FAT (File Allocation Table), FAT32 or NTFS (New Technology File System) file system.

• In some cases, an incompatible device may cause the player to stop responding. If this occurs simply turn off the power, remove the device, and turn the player back on.

• The player accesses the USB drive in read-only mode. In order to minimize the risk of data corruption, it is recommended that you only unplug the USB device when playback has completely stopped.

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• DO NOT attempt to plug in a USB drive into the e-Sata port, or plug in an e-Sata drive into the USB port, as this could damage both the drive and the port.

The Home Menu

When a drive or an optical disc stored with media files is inserted, the player presents a "Home menu" to assist you in navigating and playing the files. You can also bring up the Home menu with the button on the remote control. The Home menu is the starting point for accessing media files.

Depending on what type of media files that you intend to play, you can choose from "Music", "Movie" and "Photo" categories. The "Setup Menu" selection will bring you to the player’s Setup Menu just like pressing the Setup button on the remote control.

Two further menu items are provided for future features.

The Internet menu may be used in the future for online streaming audio/video services. The My Network menu may allow the 651/751BD to access content over a network via UPnP AV from suitable servers. Both features are experimental works in progress and not guaranteed parts of the 651/751BDs functionality. See the 651/751BD support page at www.cambridgeaudio.com for the latest details on these menus and any software updates available from Cambridge Audio.

Note streaming services are usually regional so any services that may be made available will usually vary from country to country also.

Note: The 651/751BD can play WMA and MP3 files onlyThe. 651/751BD cannot play AAC files.

In the music browser, you can perform the following operations:

Press the ￿￿ buttons or Page ￿ ￿ buttons to move the cursor and select music files.

When a music file is highlighted by the cursor, press the Enter or ￿/￿button to start playback.

Press the Green colour button to add the currently highlighted music file to the Playlist. A Green check mark will appear in front of the file name, and the Playlist count in the lower left corner of the screen will increase by one.

Press the ￿button to move the cursor to the selection menu in the lower left corner of the screen. This menu contains the following choices:

All Music – List all music files in a flat view without any directory structure. Playlist – List only music files added to the Playlist.

Browser – List folders and music files according to the original directory structure on the disc or USB drive.

Now Playing – Show the status of the currently playing music file. Press the ￿ button to move the cursor back to the file listing.

If a music file starts playing and there is no other user operation, the"Now Playing" screen will appearafter a few seconds. You can also get to this screen using the "Now Playing" menu. This screen can show the following information:

Playback status – ￿/￿, ￿

Playback mode – Shuffle, Random, Repeat One, Repeat All Playback progress – Track and time

Other embedded information – If the music file contains supported album art image and tags, those will be displayed.

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