Philips AZ1856 user manual USB Connection, Selecting different play modes, Using USB connectivity

MP3-CD/ CD Player USB Connection

To erase a program

You can erase a program by

–pressing 9 (twice during playback or once in the stop position)

–selecting FM or OFF position;

–opening the disc door.

➜Display: PROG disappears.

Selecting different play modes

You can select and change the various play modes before or during playback, and combine play modes with PROG.

REP – plays the current track continuously.

REP ALL – plays the entire disc/program continuously.

SHUF REP ALL – plays all tracks continuously in random order

SHUF – plays all tracks in random order.

1To select play modes, press MODE once or more.

2Press 2; to start playback if in the stop position.

3To select normal playback, press MODE repeatedly until the various modes are no longer displayed.

–You can also press 9 to cancel your play modes.

Using USB connectivity

•AZ1856 is fitted with a USB port in the top panel, offering a plug and play feature which allows you to play, from your AZ1836, 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 AZ1856 which are explained and instructed in the sections of disc operation.

Compatible USB mass storage devices With the AZ1856, 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 AZ1856 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 500

–Number of tracks: maximum 1000

–ID3 tag v2.0 or later

–File name in Unicode 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