Can I power/charge my mp3 player with the USB connection?
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No you cannot. Do not buy this product. Mine broke after about a month and will no longer play CDs. The USB port is for thumb drive use and does not support mp3 play let alone charging.
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You can just connect to your mp3 player, but this unit is a piece of crap so I'd avoid it if I were you and invest in something better such as this Excelvan FM Transmitter Car Charger Compatible with Apple iPhone 4 3GS 3G iPod TOUCH MP3
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Do you have to buy something extra now to charge the mp3 player, or can you still charge it with the included stuff?
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No USB port--strictly a CD player and radio. I do not know how one could play mp3's with this. I also had to use amplifying headphones with the used player I bought since the volume is quite low with regular headphones. Batteries do seem to last quite a while, however. Regards, Doug B.
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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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Honestly, I don't know for sure. We use it to charge our phones. I imagine it will work with an MP3 player. Good luck!
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You would need to have a way to hook up to speakers because does not have any with it and would have ti have a computer to charge it. It only charges when the USB cable is plugged in to download MP3s. Hope this helps
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Yes you can. All mp3 playes when connected to a computer act just as a USB flash memory.
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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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No, it will not, it requires a 3.5mm in device you are using to amplify sound, most MP3 player have this, most cell phones do not, normally this type of plug will be only for audio signal, cradle shown is just a cradle, no charger. USB cord is for power to the amp speaker, nothing else.
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Yeah, I use my phone charger and a mini usb cord from an old mp3 playe that fits it. I don't know about the charge as it is plugged in more often than not and has yet to be put to the test.
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Yes, you can connect your mp3 player using the RCA cables that comes with the system
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I don't know for sure because I have never used it that way but it connects via audio cable to my PC, so I'm guessing if your MP3 player has a jack for earphones, it should work fine. Sound is great, I would purchase another one.
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No. USB is for charging purposes only (2.1 amps). More info: http://m.tdkperformance.com/en-us/Home-Audio/Boomboxes/Wireless-Sound-Cube/
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Yes, but easily holds a charge for 2 days with heavy use, probably a week with lighter use. A speaker that pulls energy from your device is going to make you need to charge the device more often, even ear buds. These little speakers put out a relatively big sound for their tiny size, they don't need to drain your MP3 player in the process.
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Yes, connect the USB connector to the phone charging port and the sound jack to the aux connection of the radio. Depending on the radio though, you may need to select AUX as your source in order for you to hear any sound.
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The USB port is for charging and connecting iOS devices. This means that you can use a mp3 player connected to the USB port *IF* it is an iPod or an iPhone. If you have a non-Apple mp3 player, then you would connect the device by a 3.5mm cord to the aux input on the JBL unit. To be clear - you can connect ANY mp3 player to the JBL speaker. Only Apple devices will connect by USB.