Philips MCB204 Stereo System User Manual


 
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External Sources
Using a non-USB device
1 Connect the audio out terminals of the external
equipment (TV, VCR, Laser Disc player, DVD
player or CD Recorder) to the AUX terminals of
your system.
2 Press SOURCE repeatedly (or AUX on the
remote control) to select external equipment.
Note:
All the sound control features (DSC or DBB, for
example) are available for selection.
Refer to the operating instructions for the
connected equipment for details.
Using a USB mass storage device
By connecting a USB mass storage device to the
system, you can enjoy the device's stored music
through your system’s speakers.
Compatible USB mass storage devices
With the MCB204, 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 devices),
the stored contents are recorded using copyright
protection technology. Such protected contents
will be unplayable on any other devices (such as
MCB204 device).
Supported formats:
– USB or memory file format FAT12, FAT16,
FAT32 (sector size: 512 - 4096 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 99
– Number of tracks: maximum 999
– 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
How to organize your MP3/WMA files on
the USB mass storage device
This Hi-Fi system will browse the MP3/WMA
files in the folders/sub-folders/titles order.
Example:
Root
Title 001
Title 002
Title 003
Album 01
Title 001
Title 002
Title 003
Album 02
Title 001
Title 002
Title 003
Album 03
Title 001
Title 002
Title 003
Organize your MP3/WMA files in different
folders or subfolders as required.
Notes:
If you have not organized MP3/WMA files into
any albums on your disc, an album "01" will be
automatically assigned for all those files.
Make sure that the file names of MP3 files end
with .mp3. and the file names of WMA files end
with .wma.
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