I'm curious about the USB option. With MP3s on a thumb drive, do you just stick it in and push play and it works or is there more to it?
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I am sorry, I am sooo not into things like that. I so far just use the radio and cd player. but I love it.
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Yes - pretty much, you need to change the playing mode though. It works very well.
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It has a button to the right of the BASS button that says Play/Pause USB. You push that button and with all the normal settings like power and such set where they should be, your USB will play. I love this Radio/Player.
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I don't know. I have not tried that. I only drop and drag mp3 files to my player....Have not tried it with anything else.
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The mp3 player connects to your computer via usb, and appears as a thumb drive. All you need to do is copy and paste the files onto the player. Alternatively, you can use software that manages music devices and copy music from there.
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Yes, it has a usb port and will play mp3's loaded onto a thumb drive. It does get confused at times though and must be re-booted to play everything. Good price tho.
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To Camilla: I also noticed when I push the play/pause button it shows "no usb". So I push the play/pause button again and the same thing happens. Then I pushed the Mode button that didn't seem to help either. I also noticed it does not respond immediately when you press any button. When I open and close the CD holder it goes back to square one. So now I just keep pushing the play/pause button and sometimes it responds. I don't like this at all. When you read the instructions they are very confusing. I am thinking about returning mine. Hope this helps you decide if you want to keep it.
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Hi, I use an MP3 player and it is working for me :), I hope it works for you!
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I tried a thumbdrive with .mp3 files and it plays sequentially. I have not tried the SD port nor any other music file formats.
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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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I use Cruzer Glide 16GB USB thumb drives in mine. I use a Windows 7 PC to put Mp3 files on the drive.
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I am using an 8gb with no problems.User manual says it supports up to 8gb.I have about 1000 mp3`s and that's not even 4gb.
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I use a 16gb flash drive but I always use random play--sometimes it freezes when loading--but if I switch to cd then back to usb-it seems to always work fine. I've had no problems with sony or Philips mp3 devices--just seems to lock up when first reading flash drives--it is a little slow at reading files before it begins playing--I'd say about a minute delay-not a problem. Display information depends on what is available on flash drive--ir title artist album are provided it will display them--though you have to turn on the display by using the remote 'display" button or it just gives numeric info
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There is a USB. You kind of have to bend it to open it. I'm sure you can use any downloadable MP3 converter to put music in it. I haven't actually done it myself yet because I don't use it that often. I hope this helps! [:
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There is no USB port. Don't know about MP3. I use it for my laptop and iPhone.
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This unit used to play my mp3's flawlessly. One day I attempted to play mp4 video from a flashdrive. It didnt play; and subsequently stopped playing mp3's permanently. Maybe a firmware update might resolve the problem.
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I simply connect it to my PC via the USB cable, and it appears as a drive in Windows Explorer. You can drag and drop .MP3's to the device in this manner. I agree with ChefBum, the interface on this unit is clunky, but I love what it's capable of. I may have to check out the GB-10 myself!
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If you have the know how you can download anything and put it on a flash and use that. I downloaded and put stuff on my mp3 and bought a cable to connect the mp3 to this unit to play music. Cable was like $5. Unit has an input place for that.
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When you plug the mp3 player into a usb port, the pc should bring up a window showing all the files on the mp3 player. It is treated like a disk drive and will look similar to when you plug a flash device into a usb port. You can then copy your mp3 files from your computer to the folder that comes up that represents your MP3 player by right clicking an mp3 file and choosing copy and then right clicking your mp3 player and choosing paste. Its that simple. However, I have never messed with creating folders on mine and I doubt that it is a supported function of the player but I suppose you could experiment with that. When you plug the mp3 player into a usb port, the pc should bring up a window showing all the files on the mp3 player. It is treated like a disk drive and will look similar to when you plug a flash device into a usb port. You can then copy your mp3 files from your computer to the folder that comes up that represents your MP3 player by right clicking an mp3 file and choosing copy and then right clicking your mp3 player and choosing paste. Its that simple. However, I have never messed with creating folders on mine and I doubt that it is a supported function of the player but I suppose you... » Read More When you plug the mp3 player into a usb port, the pc should bring up a window showing all the files on the mp3 player. It is treated like a disk drive and will look similar to when you plug a flash device into a usb port. You can then copy your mp3 files from your computer to the folder that comes up that represents your MP3 player by right clicking an mp3 file and choosing copy and then right clicking your mp3 player and choosing paste. Its that simple. However, I have never messed with creating folders on mine and I doubt that it is a supported function of the player but I suppose you could experiment with that. « Show Less