If you connect a portable hard drive to the USB port will the player recognize and play the mp3/flac music files on the hard drive? I know it works with a flash drive, but I want to make sure it works with a 1TB portable hard drive. If you connect a portable hard drive to the USB port will the player recognize and play the mp3/flac music files on the hard drive? I know it works with a flash drive, but I want to make sure it... » Read More If you connect a portable hard drive to the USB port will the player recognize and play the mp3/flac music files on the hard drive? I know it works with a flash drive, but I want to make sure it works with a 1TB portable hard drive. « Show Less
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Yes, I just checked it out with my portable 1 TB hard drive. It will automatically open up to a screen asking if you if you are going to view pictures, play music, or play movies. Then it will take you to the next menu just like a computer if you use folders. Hope this helps.
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not all drives are supported,recommend downloading the manual.I followed neweggs "to manufactures site" to get it.
1020535
I wonder about this, too. I have a cd player that plays some mp3 discs but not others. I have another player that plays all MP3 discs but that one specified that it did that when I bought it. I think you have to buy one that specifically states it plays all MP3 discs. The one I have that does that is not portable and I need a portable one.
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It does not have a flash drive connection. Only connections are via mic. If you want ti play digital music, you can always connect a media player (laptop, ipod, ipad, ettc)
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This is Sean Mills, a co-owner of Grantwood Technology. Thanks for taking the time to post a question. The answer is no. Our FM Transmitter does *not* play audio from a memory stick plugged into the USB port. The USB port is there for charging the same device that is playing the audio, or a separate device.
250500
It's not possible to play directly through external HDD. You can play music only through flash memory card(sold separately)
804023
Any USB works, You must load a playlist of the music you want to hear onto the thumb drive and it will play them in sequence or random I believe, It can't record to the drive just play.
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Initially it worked great with my Toshiba portable hard drive (Toshiba Canvio Basics Portable Hard Drive 320 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive) but after about two weeks, for some reason I started getting errors when I plugged my hard drive into to it. It has worked fine for other devices though - speakers, my wired keyboard, mouse. And it has no problem reading my smaller flash drives. My 8G Sandisk flash drive works fine when plugged in directly. Hope that helps a little. Thanks-
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My car doesn't have USB port but it would likely work. I can play files using Clip through my computer. If you are going to play it through car system I hope to God your using FLAC and not MP3 files.
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I tried to play a USB with mine. I used a 8gb flash drive and tried to play a 1.6gb mp4 file and a 756mb mp4 file. Each time it said the file type was unsupported.
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I have used this cable only in my 2011 E350 and it worked fine when I connected a USB flash drive with my music and I understand that it should work with a portable hard drive. It does not work when I tried connecting my phone or MP3 player, but I did not buy it thinking it would, I just wanted to use a flash drive.
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Kerwin, the answer to your question is yes. I started playing my usb and then unplugged the unit. When I plugged it back in, it started playing again on it's own with out me doing anything. PS Be sure to move the selector knob to usb. Just tried it and if you don't move the selector knob the usb just flashes and doesn't play. So move the knob to usb. This happens to be a great little unit. :)
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I think it has more to do with the digital frame than the drive. I would be shocked that the frame has a USB 3 port. If by some fluke it does, then this would work better, but I can't believe that it would make any difference. I copied a few video clips and songs and just tried playing them via a USB 2 port, and they played just fine without any staggering, or distortions. Again, I have to believe it's the frame, not the drive. Hope this helps. ---Kelvington
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Yes, it will play music files (mp3, wma, etc.) on a usb drive and it works with file folders on the drive. You can even use it to charge.
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This part can sometimes be tricky. First, retry connecting the player to the computer with the USB cable several times. I know they say doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result is a sign of insanity, but in my experience with computers, etc., it sometimes works! Are you using the USB cable that came with the player? Either way, try using a different cable. The wires inside these cables are very flimsy and sometimes a defective one makes it past the inspectors. Finally, if neither of these two steps works, try connecting the device to a different computer. If none of this works, I think it's safe to say your player is defective and you should contact the seller and request a replacement. I hope this helps. Good luck!
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I have no idea. When I plug in my mp3 player, my computer recognizes it as a usb flash drive and it opens it as a usb flash drive. Sounds like your computer is lacking the drivers to open the player. You might check the Pyle website to see if they have a driver or some troubleshooting suggestions for you.
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You certainly can, that is how I almost always use the player. I have a short flash drive that I populated with music from my computer that I plug into the system and it plays it with no problem.
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I have some FLAC files on my computer and my WFT-1 connects to it via WiFi -- I just tried to play them on it, but it doesn't even see them (but it sees all the others, both MP3 and MP4 and WAV) -- so it certainly can't play the FLAC files.