Using external storage devices

You can access digital music from an external storage device in your Control4 system. External storage devices include USB flash drives, USB external hard drives, or a shared network storage area (for example, a computer’s hard drive). 

The following applies when setting up an external storage device:

• USB flash drives or USB external hard drives must be formatted as FAT32 devices.
• Shared drives on a Windows system cannot contain a space in the directory/pathname. 

Set up the external storage device or networked file storage as described in this section. 

Note: When you disconnect the external drive (USB, network, etc.) from the system, the music is no longer available. Reconnecting the external drive makes the media available again.