What is the USB port for? Is it to put MP3 on a thumb drive and then have the unit play through them? If yes, can we have file folders?
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Yes it plays mp3 on a thumb drive and yes u can put them in folders. For instance I have mine seperated rap,reggae, soft rock etc. and each of these folders I have sub folders. In rap 2pac, biggie, latest rap etc and the same goes for the other genres. Also the USB can connect the iPod iPhone android device. It can also access these device through built in blue tooth.
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Yes - thumb drive or iPod or iPhone etc. I haven't checked the thumb drive but when iPhone is plugged, it shows artists, playlist tracks etc.So I think it should be able to show folders on thumb drive.
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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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Yes you can use a thumb drive and yes you can have file folders. Also you can connect to iPhone and iPods and get full access to music on them (Artists, Playlists, etc). Also, this gives you a port to power your devices. Personally, I have an iPod in the glovebox (connected to rear USB) and use the front to connect / charge my phone.One note, personally after installing I would have rather gone with a unit that has two rear ports instead of one in the front. This would allow me to put the plug anywhere I want via an extension cord. This would then have a cleaner look than having the cable come out of the front of the unit. Yes you can use a thumb drive and yes you can have file folders. Also you can connect to iPhone and iPods and get full access to music on them (Artists, Playlists, etc). Also, this gives you a port to power your devices. Personally, I have an iPod in the glovebox (connected to rear USB) and use the front to connect / charge my phone.One note, personally after installing I would have rather gone with a unit that has two rear ports instead of one in the front. This would allow me to put the plug anywhere I want via an extension cord. This would then have a cleaner look than having... » Read More Yes you can use a thumb drive and yes you can have file folders. Also you can connect to iPhone and iPods and get full access to music on them (Artists, Playlists, etc). Also, this gives you a port to power your devices. Personally, I have an iPod in the glovebox (connected to rear USB) and use the front to connect / charge my phone.One note, personally after installing I would have rather gone with a unit that has two rear ports instead of one in the front. This would allow me to put the plug anywhere I want via an extension cord. This would then have a cleaner look than having the cable come out of the front of the unit. « Show Less
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Hey thank you very much for your info. Is there any better MP3 players? Like which ones?Thank you once again!
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The readme file isn't clear (at least to me) that this is about building on the fly playlists with just the mp3 player. The way I read it this is about building playlists without using WMP on your computer and then transferring them to the player...am I missing something?
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The USB port is only for charging. You need bluetooth or 3.5mm audio port in order to play your music.
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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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Hi D. Clemens... I didn't see a response to this, so I just wanted to give some assistance. The instruction manual on page 45 states that you can run pictures and music from any USB device. I did see some comment that the Zune MP3 player wasn't supported. Thanks,
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Yes, you can play music from a USB stick. I've played mp3s from my 8GB Crucial Gizmo. I also tried playing music from a portable (2.5") external hard drive, but the stereo usb port didn't have enough juice to power the hdd.
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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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Hello Eric. This is quite an old device, amazing I got a follow up. This is only a player as far as I know. I do not recall any software that came with it - though it has been 5 years or so.We use it to play on-hold music via a 256mb (yes 1/4 gb) memory stick. Running constant for many years, never a problem. Been a great device.That being said, there is no reason you cannot create a set of mp3 files yourself on a normal computer and then use this device to play them. So many programs to use for such a purpose.
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The music just plays. You can forward one song at a time or fast forward or even skip back. The downside of playing from a USB drive is that you cannot see what is on your USB drive so if you want to play a specific song you will need to remember the order of the songs on your drive. Or just let it play through the pieces and skip them as you wish. You transfer the music files to your USB drive using a computer.
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Sorry, but the cited Onkyo unit does NOT appear to be able to read USB/Thumb Drive storage. I was specifically looking for this function when I purchased the Yamaha. The Yamaha was the *Only* CD player that had the ability to read audio (either MP3 or WAV) files from a USB drive that was available (in its price range or below) at Amazon. The sound quality of the Onkyo unit was therefore not even an issue since it would not read all the media types I wanted to play. The Yamaha conveniently supports this function without fuss, as others have observed.
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I have a 32 GB flash drive plugged into mine & I control everything from the unit itself. It just has to be set on source "USB". I've also had a 64 GB flash drive in it with NO problem. I've been using it like that for over 2 years. I've never tried it with an mp3 player as I can get everything I need from the flash drive!!!
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I tried to play a USB with mine. I used a 8gb flash drive and tried to play a 1.6gb mp4 file and a 756mb mp4 file. Each time it said the file type was unsupported.
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I haven't tried to play music through usb yet, but it does come with a headphone style jack for music input, and I can confirm that the usb port will charge devices. I should get some .wma and .mp3 files and try then on my phones external storage setting...
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It will take mp3 files from computers much like a usb drive will take a file off a computer. In fact you can use this mp3 player as a usb drive. It will only play files that it recognizes.
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There is a 3 in 1 card slot and a USB port on the front of the player. I don't know what they do; I don't have an external drive to plug up and I threw away the directions.
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If you have a usb mp3 player it will not read the music files. If you copy mp3 files to a usb drive (no folders) it will play them.