Philips MCM276R Using a USB mass storage device, English, Playing a USB mass storage device

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Using a USB mass storage device

By connecting a USB mass storage device to the Hi-Fi system, you can enjoy the device’s stored music through the powerful speakers of Hi-Fi

system.

Playing a USB mass storage device

Compatible USB mass storage devices

With the Hi-Fi system, you can use

–USB flash memory (USB 2.0 or USB1.1)

–USB flash players (USB 2.0 or USB1.1)

–memory cards (requires an additional card reader to work with this Hi-Fi system)

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 this Hi-Fi system).

Supported formats:

–USB or memory file format FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 (sector size: 512 - 2,048 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/ folders: maximum 99

–Number of tracks/titles: 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 audio files

•DRM protected WMA files

•WMA files in Lossless format

How to transfer music files from PC to a USB mass storage device

By dragging and dropping music files, you can easily transfer your favorite music from PC to a USB mass storage device.

For the flash player, you can also use its music management software for the music transfer.

However, those WMA files may be unplayable for compatibility reasons.

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.

Note:

–If you have not organized MP3/WMA files into any albums on your disc, an album “00” 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.

–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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