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Using USB connectivity
• AZ382 is fitted with a USB port in the front
panel, offering a plug and play feature which
allows you to play, from your AZ382, digital
music and spoken contents stored on a USB
mass storage device.
• Using a USB mass storage device, you can
also enjoy all the features offered by AZ382
which are explained and instructed in the
sections of disc operation.
Compatible USB mass storage devices
With the AZ382, you can use
– USB flash memory (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1)
– USB flash player (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1)
• USB device which requires driver
installation under Windows XP is not
supported.
Note:
In some USB flash players (or memory devic-
es), the stored contents are recorded using
copyright protection technology. Such pro-
tected contents will be unplayable on any
other devices (such as AZ382 device).
Supported formats:
– USB or memory file format FAT12, FAT16,
FAT32 (sector size: 512 - 65,536 bytes)
– MP3 bit rate (data rate): 32-320 kbps and
variable bit rate
– WMA v9 or earlier
– Directory nesting up to a maximum of 8
levels
– Number of albums: maximum 40
– Number of tracks: maximum 464
– ID3 tag v2.0 or later
– File name in Uicode UTF8 (maximum
length: 128 bytes
The system will not play or support
the following:
• Empty albums: an empty album is an album
that does not contain MP3/WMA files, and
will not be shown in the display.
• Non-supported file formats are skipped.
This means that e.g.: Word documents .doc
or MP3 files with extension. dlf are ignored
and will not be played.
• AAC, WAV, PCM. NTFS audio files
• DRM protected WMA files
• WMA files in Lossless format
Playing a USB mass storage device
1 Make sure that your AZ382 is being pow-
ered by AC mains or specified batteries.
2 Adjust the source selector to USB.
➜ Display shows - - - (see 2).
3 Plug a compatible USB mass storage device
to AZ382’s USB port marked
. If needed,
use a suitable USB cable to connect
between the device and AZ382’s USB port.
➜ The device will automatically power on.
• If the device is not powered on, turn on the
power manually, then re-connnect it.
➜ AZ382’s display shows - - - and then the total
number of playable audio files (Max. displayed
track number is 464) stored on the device.
4 Press
2; on your
AZ382
to start play.
➜ AZ382’s display will show the current
track number.
Helpful hints:
– Up to 464 playable audio files stored on a
USB mass storage device can be played on
AZ382.
– Up to 40 playable albums stored on a USB
mass storage device can be selected and
displayed on AZ382.
– Make sure that file names of MP3 files end
with .mp3. and the file names of WMA files
end with .wma.
– For DRM protected WMA files, use
Windows Media Player 10 (or later) for con-
version. Visit www.microsoft.com for details
about Windows Media Player and WM DRM
(Windows Media Digital Rights Management).
– For USB device playing, if the display shows
"OL", it means that the USB device is electri-
cally overloading AZ382. You need to change
a USB device.
USB Connection
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