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getting file onto usb flash drive

stupid newbie question, I'm sure, but . . .

I bought a few items from HDtracks because I was curious about trying high-quality digital downloads. My Marantz SACD player (8004) has a slot for a USB key. I converted the files to apple lossless encoding (one of the formats supported by the Marantz, according to its manual) and copied the files to a USB key by just dragging and dropping them. The player won't recognize the files, giving a message about incorrectly formatted media.

Then I tried using iTunes to copy the files. No more bad formatting messages, but the files still won't play. Any help will be appreciated.

David
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tobias
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It's not clear whether the unacceptable format is the music file's or the USB key's.

Can you reformat the USB key in the Marantz?
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almarg
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I took a look at the manual.

Unfortunately it does not say that Apple Lossless is supported. AAC format is listed (along with some others), which as I understand it uses the same MP4 file "container" and the same .m4a file extension, but is a different (and lossy) format. See page 17 of the manual.

Also, unfortunately, it indicates on the same page that copyright-protected files, including those purchased on the Internet, cannot be played from a usb memory.

Finally, it indicates on page 25 that the memory should be formatted in FAT32 or FAT16, and should be at least 256MB in size, although I suspect that it is just the previous two issues that are the problem.

Regards,
-- Al
magister OP
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Thanks Al. I'll reread the manual for the supported types. As far as I can tell, the files I bought are not copy-protected. The USB key is several gigabytes, and I normally use it on my Windows machine so I assume it is FAT32.

David
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The USB key is several gigabytes, and I normally use it on my Windows machine so I assume it is FAT32.
Use the disk management function in administrative tools to verify the formatting. It could be NTFS for fat32 has a 4gb limit in file size.
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