Will it work with 256Gb USB SDD external drive and play MP3 off of it?
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I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant. It also runs much slower than using a usb drive as a result. I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant.... » Read More I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant. It also runs much slower than using a usb drive as a result. « Show Less
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No it wont, my bf tried to hook his external hard drive up and it didnt work. But there are ways around it im sure, just youtubw it
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Yes, it will play .wav files from either the internal storage or the microsd card.
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It's not possible to play directly through external HDD. You can play music only through flash memory card(sold separately)
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To add to the previous answer - it looks like it has an SD slot as well, so SD memory should be compatible with most audio formats - at the least, with MP3 and AAC.
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I could not get it to work with mp3, to me it is a piece of junk ank i would not buy it.
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I do not think so, I bought it to listen to low bit-rate OTR mp3's and podcasts with. I could not get it to play those. I could only use it to play music MP3's that I ripped from cd at 128k to 320k. This also does not have an sd card slot either, but there is a different model that has that slot and it looks identical to this one. The one WITH the slot will play audiobooks, because I used to have one. Hope this helps.
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All USB-A thumb drives have worked. Make sure they are formatted as FAT (mine are FAT32). Put one MP3 file on the drive, plug the drive into the box, switch the box input to USB and it should start playing automatically after it reads the contents of the drive. If you have a lot of songs/directories on the thumb drive, it can take a long time to read it.
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Yes, I have used the rear USB port to play MP3 files and display will show file names. Very cool feature making the unit more useful.
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Yeah I too would like to know if this will work for my recently bought sandisk sansa express 1 GB mp3 player
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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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Hello Warren, I just tried it on my WIN7 computer and it worked. Plugged into USB, the computer found it and loaded drivers. I listened to music on the MP3 using Win7 and loaded music to it from the computer. No problem.
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So Far Its Worked Fine With MP3 and WMA. I Have Not Tried It With The Other Two.
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It should. The unit comes with a short USB cable. When you plug it into your computer, the files are downloaded as MP3's.
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Yes you can play with thumb usb drivethus, it supports DLNA music play and AirPlay.
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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 loaded MP3s onto a USB, but the device refuses to recognize the files or play them.
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This will work fine just like any other external USB drive. If you don't want it formatted as NTFS, it can be easily formatted as FAT32 or whatever your need is.