Files

Playable Files

This unit can play audio files that are on external USB flash drives.*

ppUSB flash drives must be formatted as FAT 16 or FAT 32, but not NTFS.

*The USB port on this unit only supports USB flash drives (also known as “thumb drives” and “jump drives”). It does not support standard USB hard drives.

The file formats that can be played back by each playback source are as follows.

 

USB flash

Media player

Format

 

Ethernet

drive

WiFi

 

cable

 

 

 

WAV

FLAC

MP3

OGG

WMA

AAC

 

 

WAV

File extension: .wav

Stream: LPCM

Sampling Frequency: 8 kHz to 48 kHz

FLAC

File extension: .flac

Stream: FLAC

Sampling Frequency: 8 kHz to 48 kHz

Only 48 kHz is supported with USB.

MP3

File extension: .mp3

Stream: MPEG-1/2 Layer III

Sampling Frequency: 8 to 48 kHz

Bit Rate: 8 to 320 kbps/VBR

Ogg Vorbis

File extension: .ogg

Stream: Ogg

Sampling Frequency: 8 kHz to 48 kHz

Bit Rate: 16 kbps to 128 kbps

WMA

File extension: .asf/.wma

Stream: WMA2/7/8/9/10, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless**

Sampling Frequency: 8 kHz to 48 kHz

Bit Rate: 5 kbps to 320 kbps

**WMA Pro and WMA Lossless formats are only supported when the playback computer is using Windows Media Player 12 or later. (Playback occurs after transcoding.)

AAC

File extension: .m4a/.aac

Stream: MPEG-4 AAC/MPEG-4, HE AAC (AAC Plus v1/2)

Sampling Frequency: 32 kHz to 96 kHz

File names shown on the display

The display of this unit can only show single-byte letters and numbers. If the file information uses Japanese, Chinese or other double-byte characters, playback is possible but the name will not be shown correctly.

Precautions when using computers and other devices to create files

ppAlways include the extension in the file name.

ppSee the manual for the software that you are using when you create a file using a PC.

Files that cannot be played correctly

ppFiles without extensions cannot be played. Even if the file name has an extension, playback is not possible if the data format is incorrect.

ppVariable bit rate files might not play back correctly. ppWhen more than 2000 files are recorded on the USB

flash drive, the unit might not be able to play them correctly.

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