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.
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
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