Philips AZ1836-37 - Manual (Page 7)

USB Connection MP3-CD/ CD Player USB Connection
To erase a program
You can erase a program by:
– pressing
9 (twice during playback or once
in the stop position);
– selecting FM, AM or OFF position;
– opening the disc door.
➜ Display: PROG disappears.
Selecting different play
modes (See
7)
You can select and change the various play
modes before or during playback, and
combine play modes with PROG
.
REP – plays the current track continuously.
REP ALL – plays the entire disc/program
continuously.
SHUF – plays all tracks in random order.
1 To select play modes , press MODE once or
more.
2 Press 2; to start playback if in the stop
position .
3 To select normal playback, press MODE
repeatedly until the various modes are no
longer displayed.
– You can also press
9 to cancel your play
modes.
Using USB connectivity
• AZ1836 is fitted with a USB port in the front
panel, offering a plug and play feature which
allows you to play, from your AZ1836, 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 AZ1836
which are explained and instructed in the
sections of disc operation.
Compatible USB mass storage devices
With the AZ1836, 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 AZ1836 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 500
– Number of tracks: maximum 1000
– 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 AZ1836 is being
powered by AC mains or specified batteries.
2 Adjust the source selector to CD/USB.
➜ Display shows - - - (see 2), or - - - with
USB (see 3)
3 Press CD/USB to enter USB mode if USB is
NOT displayed.
➜ Display will show USB (see 2).
4 As shown in figure # , plug a compatible
USB mass storage device to AZ1836’s USB
por t marked
. If needed, use a suitable
USB cable to connect between the device
and AZ1836’s USB por t.
➜ The device will automatically power on.
• If the device is not powered on, turn on the
power manually, then re-connnect it.
➜ AZ1836’s display shows USB and the total
number of playable audio files (Max.
displayed track number is 1000) stored on
the device.
5 Press 2; on your AZ1836 to start play.
➜ AZ1836’s display will show USB and share
the display information illustrated in the
disc operation.
Helpful hints:
– 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 conversion. Visit
www.microsoft.com for details about Windows
Media Player and WM DRM (Windows Media
Digital Rights Management).
CD Ripping - Recording disc
files to a USB device
AZ1836 allows you to copy the music files or
spoken contents of a disc to the external
USB device.You can record one track, the
whole disc or even selected tracks through
the Program function.
1 Adjust the source selector to CD/USB.
2 Insert a disc (audio CD or MP3 or WMA). If
desired, program the disc.
3 Press CD/USB to enter CD mode if USB is
displayed.
4 Plug a USB mass storage device.
To record one
5a Select the track you want to record.
5b Press once or repeatedly USB REC (or REC
on the remote) until ONE appears, flashing.
➜ Disc playback will start automactially from
the beginning of the selected track.
➜ REC is displayed, and ONE will flash 2
seconds then disappear (see 8).
To record all
5a Press repeatedly USB REC (or REC on the
remote) until
ALL appears, flashing.
➜ Disc playback will start automactially from
the beginning.
➜ REC and ALL are displayed, and ALL will
flash 2 seconds then disappear (see 9).
6 To stop recording, first press 9, then unplug
the USB device.
• In the record-one mode, the playback will
auto go to the stop position after one
track/file comes to an end.
• During MP3 and WMA recording, make sure
the playback of the file you want to record is
wholly completed before manually stop
recording. Or any part of the file will not be
recorded.
• During recording, if the memory of the USB
device runs out, playback will not continue.