Philips AZ1856, User Manual

MP3-CD/ CD Player

USB Connection

To erase a program 

You can erase a program by 
– pressing 

9  

(twice during playback or once

in the stop position)

– selecting 

FM 

or 

OFF

position;

– opening the disc door.

➜ 

Display:

PROG

disappears.

Selecting different play
modes 

You can select and change the various play
modes before or during playback, and 
combine play modes with

PROG

.

REP

– plays the current track continuously.

REP ALL

– plays the entire disc/program

continuously.

SHUF REP ALL 

– plays all tracks 

continuously in random order

SHUF

– plays all tracks in random order.

1

To select play modes

, 

press 

MODE

once or

more.

2

Press

2;

to start playback if in the stop 

position

.

3

To select normal playback, press 

MODE

repeatedly until the various modes are no
longer displayed.

– 

You can also press

9

to cancel your play

modes.

Using USB connectivity 

•

AZ1856 is fitted with a USB port in the top
panel, offering a plug and play feature which
allows you to play, from your AZ1836, digital
music and spoken contents stored on a USB
mass storage device.

•

Using a USB mass storage device, you can
also enjoy all the features offered by AZ1856
which are explained and instructed in the
sections of disc operation.

Compatible USB mass storage devices

With the AZ1856, you can use 

– 

USB flash memory (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1) 

– USB flash player (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1) 

• USB device which requires driver 

installation under Windows XP is not 
supported.

Note:
In some USB flash players (or memory devices),
the stored contents are recorded using copyright
protection technology. Such protected contents
will be unplayable on any other devices (such as
AZ1856 device).

Supported formats:

– 

USB or memory file format FAT12, FAT16,
FAT32 (sector size: 512 - 

4096

bytes) 

–

MP3 bit rate (data rate): 32-320 kbps and
variable bit rate 

– 

WMA v9 or earlier 

– 

Directory nesting up to a maximum of 8
levels 

– 

Number of albums: maximum 500 

– 

Number of tracks: maximum 1000 

– 

ID3 tag v2.0 or later 

– 

File name in Unicode UTF8 (maximum
length: 128 bytes 

The system will not play or support
the following:

•

Empty albums: an empty album is an album
that does not contain MP3/WMA files, and
will not be shown in the display.

•

Non-supported file formats are skipped.This
means that e.g.: Word documents .doc or
MP3 files with extension. dlf are ignored and
will not be played.

•

AAC, WAV, PCM.NTFS audio files

•

DRM protected WMA files 

•

WMA files in Lossless format

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