If you connect a portable hard drive to the USB port will the player recognize and play the mp3/flac music files on the hard drive? I know it works with a flash drive, but I want to make sure it works with a 1TB portable hard drive.
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Yes, I just checked it out with my portable 1 TB hard drive. It will automatically open up to a screen asking if you if you are going to view pictures, play music, or play movies. Then it will take you to the next menu just like a computer if you use folders. Hope this helps.
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My computer (WIN 7) couldn't see this thing either. I don't think this MP3 player has any internal memory, which is why it doesn't show up under external drives. I uploaded music to a microSD, then inserted it into the MP3 player, and it worked fine. However, my overall feeling is that this MP3 player is a complete POS
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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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yes it does play a usb flash drive, it starts at the beginning of the song that you left it on...
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Doc - Any external USB device for the Sony has to formatted by Sony player first , then you can play/access your tunes from it ! You just can't plug in any USB peripheral device and try to access music from it ! Format the USB device by the Sony ,load music on it , and then you can access it and play your tunes ! Brian
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This has an AUX plug in the front of the Jukebox, so you can plug an mp3 player into it with Auxiliary plug, no USB connection that I can recall tho. (At least mine does, anyway...I would think they are the same) Hope this helps!
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Yes, I purchased the same one and it works perfectly. When plugged in, the MP3 will turn on automatically and the computer will find USB drivers. You might have hidden adware, spyware and or virus(s). try a good cleaning of your computer first. It is possible the cable is bad but mine works perfecly. Good Luck!
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I had trouble with my Shuffle on my laptop with USB 2.0, so I tried my Desktop PC with USB 1.x and could not get any recognition of the device. Just an FYI.It worked fine on another computer with USB 2.0.
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It plays on mine with no problem! What I suggest you to do is to try playing the same stick on some other equipment such as Car USB port or just a regular computer.If it does play then its a faulty player you got but if it does not play anywhere else then the problem is with the stick it self.Does the SD card with the same MP3'S playing on this unit?
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No, the USB is just to connect a music player which has its own user interface. If u connect the hard drive, there is no operating system to access that drive
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Yes it will play any music off any size flash drive. And it shows name, album name ect. So yes.
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I have used flash drives but I am not sure if it will have enough juice for a external hard drive. It will play MP3's though, I would recommend you get one with a external power source or use a USB in-line power cable to make sure. Even if it does power it, you'd need to contact them and see if it was built for that or you might overwork and burnout that hardware after time.
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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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I have had my radio for over a year now. I had problems the first time I tried to play music from a USB flash drive. I tried another drive and it worked fine. I have no idea why the first one didn't work but formatted the second one and it worker perfectly.
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I do not know about an MP3 player, but I did transfer my son's music files from his laptop hard drive to this flash drive. He was then able to listen to the music when it was plugged into another computer.
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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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Yes I have used it with a 3TB Hard drive and works fine but had to format the hard drive to be FAT32 but this seemed to be more of a problem with the particular hard drive I was using rather than the media player.