will this work with locally stored music like flash drive or from other storage device ?
2056520
Yes it does able to direct to your network storage. So far heard that seagate central n wd mycloud r good. Im using wd mycloud
2056521
No - Bose is very restrictive and access to music is only via Airplay or an itunes based music library
2056522
Not like normal player, you have to install bose application on your computer, once you have done that you can specify where you music is coming from...i.e. Internet radio, pandora, OR you can select music liberty on your computer...i.e. my music...there is no way to configure the device to network drive or other storage where you might have music. Hope that helps
553658
You should be able to as long as the files are not protected by iTunes new files and songs bought on iTunes in the past few years have not been encrypted so it should work with your car however many vehicles are limited to the amount of data it can read in a flash drive. My vehicle is a 2013 model and it can only read up to 16gb of files in a flash drive but when you plug in a device there is no limit.
425460
It seems to me that the flash drives are not the problem. They are made to accept all data. Your frame may not be able process music files which are much different from photo (jpg) files. G. Taylor
1755732
Works just fine for storing mp3 or .wav files. It can be accessed for individual playback..beyond that, no idea.
1036694
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.
1971601
Dont know... havent tried. all my stuff is drm free... . However online it says that it supports all drm free mp3s so maybe not???? Sorry I am not more helpful.
360839
the device itself is a flash drive that plays mp3. You have to connect it through usb port to a pc and then you will be able to transfer songs.
1525197
I only used my iPod and my cell phone. Other external hds im not sure. Im assuming it has to have a player to actually play the files. I have since gotten rid of this due to having a different car, so I wouldn't be able to test on my own.
2091307
No the External Drive will be reformatted to SOny's proporietary disk layout. You can attached a USB drive, but it will erase everything on it and then reformatt to hold overflow music from HDD
1166551
No... It will only playback downloaded music, provided it works at all... Which it probably won't.
1770199
This unit does have USB input so it should be fairly easy to connect your computer. Instead of reading music files from your phone or thumb drive it would be taking the information directly from your computer. It should work just fine.
348265
I wouldn't trust it. Check your manual about USB devices - my Q5 manual specifically states that USB connections won't work with mp3 devices (ie NOT smartphones, ipods, etc) ... so I'm not sure what device you can plug into this USB connection. I'd be surprised if you find any review for this device that says it actually works at all, but apparently some reviews say it will work with a thumb drive or portable hard drive. Who listens to music off of a portable hard drive?!?
838362
Yup, just switch the USB Mode and it will basically be a USB Storage Device, according to the computer. I've tried it on Windows 98, Ubuntu, and Mac - all three recodnized them.MTP mode just makes it so you can sync libraries and stuff. If you are running the other mode, then be sure you have put tags on your songs, and they must be v2.
216975
I bought it and yes it will play music. the only problem i saw is if you have them in different folders then it wont jump folder to folder.
1404255
Not that I have found. I keep a flash drive with the music I want to hear. Folks have reported problems plugging in smart phones, so I keep it simple.
1043062
I don't know if it would work or not. I believe that using a flash drive would be way safer to try. Even still, I would invest in a cheap MP3 player. Don't plug your hard drive into your head unit.
126308
This works fine if the individual mp3 files have cover art embedded. You can do this with free mp3tag software on windows.