Onkyo HT-S3500 Owner Manual - Page 63

USB Features USB Device Requirements • USB mass storage device class (but not always guaranteed). • FAT16 or FAT32 file system format. • Up to 255 folders can be displayed, and folders may be nested up to 8 levels deep. • USB hubs and USB devices with hub functions are not supported. Note • If the media you connect is not supported, the message "No Storage" will be displayed. • If you connect a USB hard disk drive to the AV receiver's USB port, we recommend that you use its AC adapter to power it. • The AV receiver supports USB MP3 players that support the USB Mass Storage Class standard, which allows USB devices to be connected to computers without the need for special drivers or software. Note that not all USB MP3 players support the USB Mass Storage Class standard. Refer to your USB MP3 player's instruction manual for details. • Protected WMA music files on an MP3 player cannot be played. • Onkyo accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the loss or damage to data stored on a USB device when that device is used with the AV receiver. We recommend that you back up your important music files beforehand. • MP3 players containing music files that are managed with special music software are not supported. • Operation is not guaranteed for all USB devices, which includes the ability to power them. • Do not connect your USB device via a USB hub. The USB device must be connected directly to the AV receiver's USB port. • If the USB device contains a lot of data, the AV receiver may take a while to read it. • USB devices with security functions cannot be played. Supported Audio File Formats For playback from a USB device, the AV receiver supports the following music file formats. Variable bit-rate (VBR) files are supported. However, playback time may not be display correctly. ■ MP3 (.mp3 or .MP3) • MP3 files must be MPEG-1/MPEG-2.5 Audio Layer 3 format with a sampling rate of 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 12 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz and bitrates of between 8 kbps and 320 kbps. Incompatible files cannot be played. ■ WMA (.wma or .WMA) WMA stands for Windows Media Audio and is an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. Audio can be encoded in WMA format by using Windows Media® Player. • WMA files must have the copyright option turned off. • Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, bitrates of between 48 kbps and 320 kbps are supported. • WMA DRM/Pro/Voice formats are not supported. ■ AAC (.aac/.m4a/.mp4/.AAC/.M4A or .MP4) AAC stands for MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio. • Sampling rates of 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz and bitrates of between 8 kbps and 320 kbps are supported. ■ FLAC (.flac or .FLAC) FLAC is a file format for lossless audio data compression. • Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz are supported. • Quantization bit: 16 bit, 24 bit En-63 Appendix