What's the secret to playing MP3 files ? It does not play them - I've used a 1gb stick and 16gb but no luck - I guess it has to be returned or ??
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I don't know how you play the memory cards on the boombox, but it does play off phones and mp3 players through its auxiliary input cable rather nicely.
1258822
Sorry Jack. I did not have luck with it either. It seems the radio is the only thing I did have luck with.
1258823
As someone else mentioned, I don't think it will play files from a thumb drive if you have the charger plugged in. Try unplugging the charger, and make sure you don't have an SD card plugged in at the same time. Also, for right or wrong, the unit appears to remember where you left off over multiple thumb drives. So if you re-connect a thumb drive, it probably won't automatically start at the beginning. After figuring out those two quirks, mine seems to play fine with older converted MP3 files across multiple directories.
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It plays on mine with no problem! What I suggest you to do is to try playing the same stick on some other equipment such as Car USB port or just a regular computer.If it does play then its a faulty player you got but if it does not play anywhere else then the problem is with the stick it self.Does the SD card with the same MP3'S playing on this unit?
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Don't know if it will help but I only have WMA files on my computer so I copied them onto mini SD and it plays greathad to copy/paste in the "Songs" mode it wouldn't work by way of Artist folder because you had to manually advance each artist while listening hope this helps good luck! it is an awesome little player holds a charge for a very long time and the sound is pretty amazing for being such a little dinky thing
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I use SD cards and the music on them is MP3. I use old SD cards from years ago that had been in cameras. I didn't even reformat them. I use it plugged in and I love it. I play stuff all night to cover the background noise and some times I leave it on all day. I switch cards often so I have different music on each. I haven't tried it with a stick.
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Let me ask, do you have it on the charger? Because if you do, it will not play the flash drive. Just as a suggestion, return it while you can because it is very hard to navigate your music files and then mine simply got stuck on one song and wouldn't play anything else. Needless to say, I trashed it about a month after I got it.
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I bought 2 from a car stereo store and tried to play videos from both. When it didn't work I did some research and learned they will only show pictures from the SD and USB. huge bummer. manual says: USB supports: MP3 and JPEG files only and will NOT support: BMP, M4P, WAV, ASF, H.264, DivX, WMA.
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Check the type of sound file you have downloaded. It will not play MP4 only MP3. I had to convert some of mine to get them to play. You will be able to see the type of file if you look at the disk contents in explorer.
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Unless there has been an update, it will only recognize up to 32gb. If you are not using extremely large files there is no need for it. The player will only "see" up to 8000 files. It Has a cap of 4000 mp3 or audio files and 4000 other files. I have heard of people "hacking" the device to remove the file limits, but I'm not that good with computers and such and didn't want to risk damaging mine. I have a little over 2000 mp3s on mine and it has taken up about 16gb. I have heard of some people having luck with larger sd cards but some do not, it's hit and miss depending on what software version it has I guess. I have a 32gb for mine but have never used it. Unless there has been an update, it will only recognize up to 32gb. If you are not using extremely large files there is no need for it. The player will only "see" up to 8000 files. It Has a cap of 4000 mp3 or audio files and 4000 other files. I have heard of people "hacking" the device to remove the file limits, but I'm not that good with computers and such and didn't want to risk damaging mine. I have a little over 2000 mp3s on mine and it has taken up about 16gb. I have heard of some people having luck with larger sd cards but some do not, it's hit and miss depending... » Read More Unless there has been an update, it will only recognize up to 32gb. If you are not using extremely large files there is no need for it. The player will only "see" up to 8000 files. It Has a cap of 4000 mp3 or audio files and 4000 other files. I have heard of people "hacking" the device to remove the file limits, but I'm not that good with computers and such and didn't want to risk damaging mine. I have a little over 2000 mp3s on mine and it has taken up about 16gb. I have heard of some people having luck with larger sd cards but some do not, it's hit and miss depending on what software version it has I guess. I have a 32gb for mine but have never used it. « Show Less
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I AM SHOCKED! No one has mentioned WMA format.The player's limit is 320kpbs with any format, and 64kbps on WMA is around the same quality as 320k on MP3, especially using earphones. I have converted 320k mp3 files into 64k wma files without noticing a difference. It's a shame if you put MP3s into this player.
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I don't have a MP3 player. You can always pull up the manual on line and check to see if it will work.
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As far as I know it should play mp3. I have only ran into a problem when I used a non-ipod device for portable player. There are many free programs available that will convert the different types of MP formats.
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I had the same problem. It turned out that some of the files were not MP3s but MP4s. Once the conversion was made to MP3s, I had no problems loading them on to an SD card.
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I had the same problem. I know Coby mp3 players play the wma format, but I don't know about any others.
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I play music and videos fine from the internal memory. Mp3 for songs and mpeg2 works for videos hope this helps!
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If you can play songs from your mp3 but you can't use the remore to skip songs and stuff like you said, how do you work it when you're playing songs from the mp3?
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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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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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Take my advise return the mp3 player and take a refund the item is not good at all. I returned mines because one speaker was playing softer than the other and you should read the one star and two star reviews. ..very bad product.
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Yes sorry that post for Soundfly SD unit. What kind of SD card are you using? This unit can play WMA and MP3 files with NON-DRM protection.ArthurSatechi Technical Support
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If your MP3s work properly on another device (computer, another MP3 player, etcetera), then the problem is either in the player or the SD card. If you are doing everything on the 4g internal space, it is the player. If you are using a SD card, remove the card and load some files onto the player directly to test. If this last test comes back clean, replace your SD card, otherwise the player is no-go.I had a similar problem with flash drives from Sandisk, where the read times were excessive on a 16g flashdrive. Turns out, bad drive, not problems on my computers. ALWAYS test everything, you don't want to throw away good equipment, or you don't want to find one problem and not catch a second problem down the chain. If your MP3s work properly on another device (computer, another MP3 player, etcetera), then the problem is either in the player or the SD card. If you are doing everything on the 4g internal space, it is the player. If you are using a SD card, remove the card and load some files onto the player directly to test. If this last test comes back clean, replace your SD card, otherwise the player is no-go.I had a similar problem with flash drives from Sandisk, where the read times were excessive on a 16g flashdrive. Turns out, bad drive, not problems on my computers. ALWAYS test... » Read More If your MP3s work properly on another device (computer, another MP3 player, etcetera), then the problem is either in the player or the SD card. If you are doing everything on the 4g internal space, it is the player. If you are using a SD card, remove the card and load some files onto the player directly to test. If this last test comes back clean, replace your SD card, otherwise the player is no-go.I had a similar problem with flash drives from Sandisk, where the read times were excessive on a 16g flashdrive. Turns out, bad drive, not problems on my computers. ALWAYS test everything, you don't want to throw away good equipment, or you don't want to find one problem and not catch a second problem down the chain. « Show Less
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I just purchased this player... it works fine, but I have put two different 64gb cards in the player and it does not seem to read the music. What type of formatting is required to match the player?