USB Devices / SD Cards
When playing audio files on a USB device or SD card, note the following:
• DN-500DC does not charge any connected USB device and does not support USB hubs, USB
extension cables, or SD card readers.
• DN-500DC supports USB devices that are mass storage class or compatible with MTP.
• DN-500DC supports USB devices and SD/SDHC cards with a maximum capacity of up to 32
GB.
• DN-500DC supports FAT16 or FAT32 file systems only.
• You can have up to 999 folders and up to 8 folder levels, including the root directory.
• You can have up to 999 audio files. If the USB device or SD card contains more than 1000 files,
some audio files may not play or appear correctly.
• File names, folder names, and text characters can use up to 255 characters. Only uppercase
letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols can be displayed. Japanese file names will not
be shown.
• Copyright-protected files might not play properly and/or may appear as Unknown File.
• When playing audio files on a USB device or SD card, DN-500DC supports the following tag
data:
o ID3 tags: Version 1.x and 2.x
o Sample rate: 44.1 kHz
o Bit rate: 32–320 kbps
o Format: MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
o File extension: .mp3
Audio File Playback Order
When playing audio files stored within multiple
folders, the playback order of each folder is
automatically set when the unit reads the media.
The files in each folder will play in the same order in
which they were added to the media. (This order
may appear differently on your computer and/or in
your software than it does on the unit.)
The image here illustrates how folders are
structured into levels on your media.
The folder structure also determines the playback
order:
• For audio files on a CD-R, files in all folders on
the first level will play, then files in all folders on
the second level, then on the third level, and so
on.
• For audio files on a USB device or SD card,
files in the first folder on the first level will play,
then files on the second level in that same
folder, then files on the third level in that same
folder, and so on. After playing all files on all
levels of that first folder, the same process will
continue for files in the second folder on the first
level.
Level 1 (root)
Level 2
Folder 1
File 1
File 2
File 3
File 4
Folder 2
File 5
File 6
File 7
Level 3
File 8
Folder 3
File 9
File 10
File 11
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