Hi everybody, can anyone help? i have the humax foxsat but i am having trouble trying to get my music files to play, it plays mp3 files okay, but not wma Tracks, will i have to convert all my files to mp3? i hope not as there are thousands and it will take an age! Thanks gaseous clay,i am all tuned in now, many thanks.

I'm afraid it wont play windows WMA files


you're welcome

i didnt know this how do you play mp3s Is it just stuff recored from radio or can u connect a HD of mp3s

HI Alan, record your music onto an external hard drive, make sure it has a usb wire, the best is wd my passport, plug the usb into the back of the humax, press media go to music, go to change device, change to usb and your files will come up

Have not tried with MP3 yet, but certainly no problem with JPEG

1)put some mp3 files onto a usb stick/drive and you can play them from there or
2)you can place them from the stick/drive onto the hdd.

(1) Put the usb stick/drive in and the message with appear on screen confirming the connection. Press the media button and then the yellow button. press yellow again so that the device changes to USB1. Then press the 'OK' button to open the folder containing the mp3s and then select the file and press 'ok'.

(2) again place usb stick/drive in stb port press the media button press the yellow button. press the yellow button again repeatedly until the dice changes to USB1 and then press the 'opt+' button. press the > cursor button to select the right hand pane press ok to open the folder containing the files and then press the yellow button for edit mode and press the 'ok' button to highlight the files for transfer. Press the < button to switch back to the left hand pane and the n press the green button.

playback of files on the hdd is similar to that on the usb stick/drive but when pressing the yellow button the device should be HDD:/Music>

You can do the same with picture but this time the selection is made using the blue button instead of the yellow

Thanks you live and learn i just been reading it in the destruction book that came with it then tried with a 16gb key with a few different files types with mp3s in folders among them but it wasn't seeing them will try again later its too hot now

The thing to remember is the box will only see the particular type of file relevent to the colour of the button you press. Red video, green radio, yellow music and blue photo. And remember to open and close the folders by toggling the 'OK' button.