Hi Sony, will this play FLAC songs if plugged into a Xperia via USB, so the xperia does the decoding, will it then play?
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Hi Son of a Zombie, Upon checking the specifications of this unit, playback for lossless compression files is not supported. Please check this manual for further details for this device: https://docs.sony.com/release/XSPN1BT.pdf. Dave
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Go to sony's website and see if the xperia can play flac. The headunit doesnt decode anything unless you use a thumbdrive or cd with flac files.
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Gee thanks Sony support. As usual, you are useless. The Sony Z3 series phones do playback flac audio. All this unit does is playback the audio output of your phone so it should play also. Andrew R. was correct with his answer.
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Thank you for contacting us. The item you are inquiring about does not support those type of songs.
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I have only been able to use the headphone jack. When I connect the USB, it doesn't seem to access Android music files. So it will play your Spotify songs, but you will have to change the song on the phone screen, not via the remote control. Also, I kind of agree with Mr. Hernandez' answer.
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Should be ,I think incompatibility only occurs when you have a newer player designed to also download compressed files from your computer with hundreds?of songs, in that case you may need a higher grade md.These should be good with all older players downloading in real time.Ask Sony they would have definitive info.
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My car doesn't have USB port but it would likely work. I can play files using Clip through my computer. If you are going to play it through car system I hope to God your using FLAC and not MP3 files.
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I did buy this Sony Xperia as present to my nephew. He loves it!!!! It was cheaper than the iPhone, of course. Hope this helps you.S.B.
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where you able to get your phone to play mp3's off the micro disc card? anyone for that matter who can answer this, this would be a big help
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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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I am not sure but are all the song under the same format.If not I found out some of my song not supported or tagged wrong (I don't know) will not show up . Funny thing when I use my new B&W; p7 headphone , the music sound very flat not dynamic ,but if loaded the same song into a smart phone which has Dobly sound and through a sony BH52(Bluetooth) ,wow sound very alive & dynamic .
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Hello Julia,U can play it just by plugging it into USB and 3.5 mm jack.U can use any charger which have USB output and a 3.5 mm jack like your mobile phones output and its USB charger...
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There are many possibilities for ripping CDs. If you want to rip to FLAC, use the recommendations below but you do not necessarily need to rip to FLAC. You can use MP3 format which is much more efficient. Unless you are an audiophile with high end equipment, it is difficult to notice the difference. Windows Media Player works just fine if you use a PC. The Sony will play just about any format.
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i dont know any device of this type who dont play mp3. is the basic file. yes my friend, the x3 play all kind of files, mp3 included. regards
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it has two USB's one in the front and one in the back, the back is a cable where you can guide it to wherever you want for example the glovebox of your car.If you are talking about if it can play USB sticks/dongles... then i think yes it can, just put the music on the root of the USB stick and it will play, i believe i did this once with this cd player, however the sound, even at max volume seemed a god amount lower, than when i just had my ipod connected or if a CD was playing.
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Yes. It plays everything I have tossed at it. The latest firmware seems to have bugs so you may have to downgrade. I have 4 of these units and have been very happy with them.
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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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Yes, it will play music files (mp3, wma, etc.) on a usb drive and it works with file folders on the drive. You can even use it to charge.
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I haven't tried to play music through usb yet, but it does come with a headphone style jack for music input, and I can confirm that the usb port will charge devices. I should get some .wma and .mp3 files and try then on my phones external storage setting...
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Thanks anyway. My question had a typo in it. Is there a way to save a sequencer song to the SD card that includes a built-in rhythm on the A (System) tracks AND others on the B tracks?