Using the USB Media Player

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USING THE USB MEDIA PLAYER

The USB Media Player allows you to connect a USB thumb drive to your TV and play music, video, or photos.

USB PORT

Preparing Your USB Drive to Play USB Media

To play USB media, you must first save your photos onto a USB thumb drive:

The USB thumb drive must be formatted as FAT32.

Files on the USB thumb drive must end in a supported file extension (.jpg or .jpeg.).

The player is not designed to play media from external hard drives, MP3 players, cameras, or smartphones.

Playing USB Media

To play your USB media:

1.Connect your USB thumb drive to the USB port on the side of the TV.

2.Press the V button on the remote.

3.Use the Arrow buttons to highlight the Multimedia app in the V.I.A. Plus Dock and press OK. (The highlighted App is in the center of the dock.)

4.Use the Arrow buttons to highlight the type of media to display (Music, Video, or Photo) and press OK.

5.Use the Arrow buttons to highlight the file you want to display. Press OK. Music or video files play, photos display.

You can display your photos in fullscreen. Select the photo, press OK, then highlight Fullscreen and press OK.

Removing the USB Drive from the TV

Do not remove the USB thumb drive while the TV is on. Doing so may damage the drive.

To safely remove your USB drive from the TV:

1.Turn off the TV.

2.Disconnect your USB thumb drive from the USB port on the side of the TV.

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Vizio E550I-A0 user manual Using the USB Media Player

E550I-A0 specifications

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