How do you play a mp3 file? i downloaded a mp3 onto an sd card and installed it in the amp. nothing happens when i hit the play button.
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Ihad the same problem! First and most important make sure your PC is set to mp3 (file) when you down load to SD or USB drive. My pc would download MP3 files from cds and i PoDs but when I tried to move to SD or USB they came out as WAV files. I use Windows media playerand had to change sync options from WAV to MP3. Try this and you won't have any more problems.
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just use the usb cord that came with your mp3 player,plug mp3 player innto usb port on the front of the amp and wait a sec,it will start playing. only thing is,you can use the forward and back butons,but you cant shuffle songs or use a playlist,at least I dont know how.Best of luck.
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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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I also bought this item and experienced the same .My advise to you is to format the device then try putting the music on it via USB connector,IF it still doesn't work then there is a possibility that the problem is within the mp3 or USB.
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You should have gotten a usb cable when you bought your mp3. Plug it into the mp3 and then plug it into your computer.
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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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If you have the know how you can download anything and put it on a flash and use that. I downloaded and put stuff on my mp3 and bought a cable to connect the mp3 to this unit to play music. Cable was like $5. Unit has an input place for that.
1173069
Hi!I have an android phone. I literally just opened up my music and Pandora app and it played. I just plugged the cord into the headphone spot!
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are you using a connecting cable 3.5mm with two out put ends to plug into your aux imput on the back of your receiver? if you really want hi-end playback, get a nuforce dac and use this type of cable or a single 3.5mm connecting cable from mp3 player to a receiver or intergrated amp and the sound quality will blow you away, happy listening:)
2016069
I tried a thumbdrive with .mp3 files and it plays sequentially. I have not tried the SD port nor any other music file formats.
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you CAN use your itunes card for your mp3. It will just take a little more effort.Once you purchase music on Itunes, burn it onto a regular audio disk, (one that will play in a stereo - not mp3), then reimport the disk into itunes as mp3 (see under itunes preferences, importing.Have fun with the tunes.
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Wouldn't you expect this to be a basic function on any MP3 player? Not on the Gigabeat. I couldn't figure out how to do it either, and this was just one of many frustrations I had with this dud of a contraption.
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Just like any other MP3 player - all I did was upload music I had already dowloaded onto my destop. I never download direct to the player from a site. I like to check that the download works properly first on my desktop before saving it over. Hope that helps.
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My Sonawave plays music in the root of the drive, and also in a folder. If you still have trouble, just move your mp3 files to the root of the drive. By the way, it only plays MP3 type files. Good luck.
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Hi; this being six years after the original discussion was started, I'm hoping for a more up-to-date answer to the same question. I've been using a microSD card in my phone to play music, but the phone is fussy about it (tends to restart when I try to start a song, and additionally has some dust in the audio jack that had me thinking that the left earbud had it out for me when the problem lay with the port). I recently got a 32 GB micro SD card, and am hoping to use that with this product. Does anybody know if it's compatible?
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Mine sounds great, only on volume number 22. I played MP3 via a flash drive, sounds really good, even at higher volume.
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you CAN use your itunes card for your mp3. It will just take a little more effort. Once you purchase music on Itunes, burn it onto a regular audio disk, (one that will play in a stereo - not mp3), then reimport the disk into itunes as mp3 (see under itunes preferences, importing. Have fun with the tunes.
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3 things to check:1--is the music in MP3 format? Other formats like wav, etc., will not play. Use iTunes or similar to convert the files. 2--Make sure you toggle through the sources (USB, radio, etc., to the. SD card. Long press the pause/play button to switch between them. 3--Try an SD card with smaller capacity, 4 or 8 gb. Don