Will it play music ripped in flac to an external hard drive, and is there a way to display the files so you can search for the songs you want to play?
1485872
No. The USB port in the back of the unit is only for charging your devices, like your phone or ipod. If you use one of these portable devices it needs to hook up with the 3.5mm headphone jack.
1485873
The unit's display does not show any information besides the audio source and a equalizer info. I don't think it can be hacked to display file information. Can't tell you anything about external HD or flac.
1485874
I try to hook mine up to ex- hard drive via USB and it did not play/or read any of the files.
95218
yes it does play mp3 with much better sound enhancement than a ipod and it tag the flac and all file types that it can play.
1591919
I plug my external USB drive into the computer. Not sure if it would work like an MP3 player. I think there is a driver on the MP3 player that allows the music to play.
1429945
I would think so. It should show up as a external drive(s) when plugged in and you just drag and drop or copy music to it.
1257706
This is not the model I have , however I do have several different and they all show up as a drive , If it is not showing up the go to your system file and find your drives. Usually. C : D as your cd. And so on Then plug the unit in it will refresh and you will see the drive There will be a read me file with directions The procedure is pretty generic pull up your music files. Select drag and drop into the unit . Think of it as just a thumb drive . I hope this helps
1753203
(update) On some cars, it will instantly play, no download or software configuration needed.I primarily use this drive for photo, documents, and on-USB programs, but it will play music. Make sure to get a small loop and lanyard though, it can be hard to take out of ports without one.
2032328
I'm not sure what your question is. Are you asking if it can play CDs you recorded yourself? or are you asking if it can play an mp3 file? I didn't try to play a home made cd as the sound was lousy from the speakers, and as others mentioned, when a new CD was loaded the noise was so loud that I couldn't stand it. returned it immediately.
968649
this is just an extension no electronics involved ,if you can play music plugging your flash drive directly into isimple interface then .yes it will play.
140590
It plays flv files.. I have a few videos I got from YouTube that saved as flv files and they work. If by the off chance they don't work there is a free program called handbrake that will convert them to almost any file format you want.
1874503
What I have done, and this work very well for me. I use ITunes, but I don't use FLAC file, but rather AIFF. Additionally I downloaded Media Center 14 Media Jukebox, great program and it's free. I put ALL my AIFF file on a 1TB external drive.
1736963
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.
601974
I couldn't find a way to do so. I needed to remove the music from folders in order to play them. You could use separate memory cards I suppose.
740084
Yeah, it acts just like another drive. You just drag the music files over. Very simple. Great player.
776977
I do believe that since FLAC is lossless, it doesn't matter what you use to rip it. I use Foobar2000. It takes a bit of finagling to get it set up, but just follow an online tutorial and you'll be up and ripping in ten minutes tops.
89254
Haven't really used it for music, but I do play movies off of my usb flash drive. I assume you can play music the same way. In fact will try tomorrow and update response.
95219
Yes, it plays mp3 and almost any common music format. And it shows the tags of flac file.
1394806
I ripped the CDs using Windows Media Player, mostly in .mp3 format, to my "my Music folder". A folder with the CD title was created for each CD with the individual song as a file in that folder. I then copied the CD folder to the SDRAM and the player sorted it out and played the music. It will also accept a USB thumb drive, but the SDRAM takes up less phsical space.