Owner's Manual

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Hermosa Owner's
Manual
USB
Device
Instructions
Attaching a
USB
Device
The
USB
input
is
located
at
the rear
of
the Hermosa radio. During
installation,
you may route the
USB
cable
to
a convenient and
accessible location
for
plugging
i~
USB
devices.
'
·once
you've turned on the radio and connected
your
flash drive
to
the
USB
input, the radio
will
find
your
songs and
automatically begin
playing
them
from any mode.
The
...
icon appears on the
LCD
during
USB
playback.
To
change songs,
turn
the right
front
knob
to
the right
or
left
to
access
the next
or
previous song. Please
note
that
the preset buttons
on
the
front
of
the radio's
control face
will allow you
to
play/pause, listen
to
10
seconds
of
each song
{I
NT)
or
repeat the track you're listening
to
{RPT)
or
randomly select
from all
songs
on
the attached
thumb/flash
drive
{ROM).
NOTE:
The
unit
MUST
be
in
USB
mode
for
it
to
read
the
USB
files
on
your
flash/thumb
drive. (See
"Operation Table
11
on
page
15).
About
MP3/WMA
Files
M
P3
(M
PEG
Audio Layer-3) and
WMA
(Windows Media Audio)
is
a
format
for
compressed audio files.
When the Hermosa radio
is
in
USB
mode, you can
play
MP3 and unprotected (no DRM)
WMA
files
off
the flash drive.
Common
facts
about
these
compressed-sound formats:
•
High
bit
rate and high sampling
frequencies
are recommended
for
high
sound
quality.
• Selecting
VBR
(Variable
Bit Rate)
is
not
recommended because
playing
time
is
not
dis
played properly
and there may be some audible skipping
artifacts.
The
playback sound
quality differs depending on the
encoding
circumstances. For
details,
refer
to
the user manual
of
your
own
encoding
software.
•
When adding MP3
files
to
your
flash drive,
it
is
recommended
to
set the
bit
rate
to
"128
kbps
or
more"
and
"fixed".
•
When adding
WMA
files
to
your flash drive,
it
is
recommended
to
set
the
bit
rate
to
"64
kbps
or
more"
and "fixed".
Do
not
set the copy
protect
attribute
on the
WMA
file
or
you
will
not
be
able
to
play
the track.
• The Hermosa radio
will
read
only
FAT
or
FAT32
formatted flash drives.
This radio
will
NOT
read
NTFS
formatted drives.
( Copyright 2015
© Retro Manufacturing,
LLC