Philips MCB204 External Sources, Using a non-USBdevice, Using a USB mass storage device, Root

External Sources

Using a non-USB device

1Connect the audio out terminals of the external equipment (TV,VCR, Laser Disc player, DVD player or CD Recorder) to the AUX terminals of your system.

2Press SOURCE repeatedly (or AUX on the remote control) to select external equipment.

Note:

–All the sound control features (DSC or DBB, for example) are available for selection.

–Refer to the operating instructions for the connected equipment for details.

Using a USB mass storage device

By connecting a USB mass storage device to the system, you can enjoy the device's stored music through your system’s speakers.

Compatible USB mass storage devices

With the MCB204, 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 MCB204 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 99

–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

How to organize your MP3/WMA files on the USB mass storage device

This Hi-Fi system will browse the MP3/WMA files in the folders/sub-folders/titles order. Example:

Root

Title 001

Title 002

Title 003

Album 01

Title 001

Title 002

Title 003

Album 02

Title 001

Title 002

Title 003

Album 03

Title 001

Title 002

Title 003

Organize your MP3/WMA files in different folders or subfolders as required.

Notes:

–If you have not organized MP3/WMA files into any albums on your disc, an album "01" will be automatically assigned for all those files.

–Make sure that the file names of MP3 files end with .mp3. and the file names of WMA files end with .wma.

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