Can this unit be used to play FLAC and or mp3 files off of an external hard drive powered by and connected by USB? Has anyone actually tried this? I was told at a retailer that the unit does not have enough power to run an external hard drive via the...
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Yes - I've got it playing just fine off a 320Gb WD Scorpio blue (5400rpm drive) in an enclosure. Takes about 10s to read the folders and start playing which is nice (pay attention Pioneer! slow load times are frustrating).
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Nope. It will not. I bought it for the same reason. Before it arrived I was thinking about it and I realized flash drives need power. No power comes out of a 3.5mm aux port. So unless you have a portable MP3 player that runs on batteries (which you could connect directly to the aux port with a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable) and has a usb connector, this will not help
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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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I just use this to listen to audio books in my kitchen. I like it a lot, it is the best CD played I own. An audio CD may skip on one of my other players but not this one. I have not used it on battery although I have them in it for back up purposes. I haven't tried a USB product on it. I could give it a shot and let you know if you'd like as well as the repeat, if there is one?
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I was able to play music on a USB flash drive when running from the battery. If I plugged it in, the music would not play. However, I can play music on a MicroSD card when the speaker is plugged in or running on the battery. We use it to play calming music for our dogs when we are out of town, so being able to have the speaker play while plugged in was important. I hope that answers your question.
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no its a very simple basic unit, you can only fwd to the next song USB or SD, keep in mind the max size USB or SD is usually 2gb also so u will not be able to use anything larger in my experience ...hope this helps
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Like it's been said if your drive has a plug you should be fine, but the longer a USB cable is, the less amount of power there is that GETS to a device. Like the rep said I doubt this would charge / power ANYTHING, not even a tiny mp3 player. Let alone a usb hard drive like a WD passport.
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i didn't try it but it show as a normal disk once connected to USB, so potentially it should work, my advise check mediasonic forums. the device it self is solid.
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The manual says it only supports playback of pictures from USB devices, though it lists the supported file types as JPG, DIVX, and MP3. I have never tried playing anything from a USB drive on this device, and don't know if firmware updates might have changed what is described in the manual.
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This unit has an aux connection which I have used with my laptop. Also there is USB and SD card functionality. If you use either the USB (with a memory stick) or SD slot your music must be in Mp3 format for it to work.
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I do not think this unit will transit the audio signal via USB, although I have not tried. I bought this for use in the car. At home I use this, although it will not help if you need a USB solution.http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009OBCAW2
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I don't think that's possible. I'd say no, as the function of the USB port is for playing MP3 from a Flash Drive. Also note that the USB port does not support portable USB Hard Drives, just Flash Drives. This unit does not support Bluetooth.
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I am not sure about this. I always assumed that it used the phono port for the line out and the usb was only for power. I bet that it is only for power, but maybe I might try the usb as the audio line out and update my answer. I doubt it will work though.
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I do. I have 260GB of music stored in FLAC format. I backup my music server to this box. USB 3.0 makes it much faster.
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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.
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I'd never given any thought to this until receiving your question. The unit only has a socket for the mini-plug as is used for headphones. I just tried plugging in a desktop speaker from a "all in one" type unit (w/radio/cassette/CD) and it played just fine - BUT keep in mind that only one speaker can be played thru it, and even if you use a "Y" adaptor it'll still come out mono. So the short answer is Yes, with limitations.
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Yes and no depending on the specifics of your question that I'm lacking. It can play a "burned" CD-R. If you are referring to playing music off a CD-R that is in data only format, it cannot. There is no USB port on this system. Hope this helps.