Getting started, Disc Type and Characteristics

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Disc Type and Characteristics

This product does not support Secure (DRM) Media files.

❖CD-R Discs

~Some CD-R discs may not be playable depending on the disc recording device (CD-Recorder or PC) and the condition of the disc.

~Use a 650MB/74 minute CD-R disc.

Do not use CD-R discs over 700MB/80 minutes as they may not be played back.

~Some CD-RW (Rewritable) media, may not be playable.

~Only CD-Rs that are properly "closed" can be fully played. If the session is closed but the disc is left open, you may not be able to fully play the disc.

❖CD-R MP3 Discs

~Only CD-R discs with MP3 files in ISO 9660 or Joliet format can be played.

~MP3 file names should be 8 characters or less in length and contain no blank spaces or special characters (. / = +).

~Use discs recorded with a compression/decompression data rate greater than 128Kbps.

~Only files with the ".mp3" and ".MP3" extensions can be played.

~Only a consecutively written multisession disc can be played. If there is a blank segment in the Multisession disc, the disc can be played only up to the blank segment.

~If the disc is not closed, it will take longer to begin playback and not all of the recorded files may be played.

~For files encoded in Variable Bit Rate (VBR) format, i.e. files encoded in both low bit rate and high bit rate (e.g., 32Kbps ~ 320Kbps), the sound may skip during playback.

~A maximum of 500 tracks can be played per CD.

~A maximum of 300 folders can be played per CD.

❖CD-R JPEG Discs

~Only files with the "jpg" extensions can be played.

~If the disc is not closed, it will take longer to start playing and not all of the recorded files may be played.

~Only CD-R discs with JPEG files in ISO 9660 or Joliet format can be played.

~JPEG file names should be 8 characters or less in length and contain no blank spaces or special characters (. / = +).

~Only a consecutively written multisession disc can be played. If there is a blank segment in the multisession disc, the disc can be played only up to the blank segment.

~A maximum of 9,999 images can be stored on a single CD.

~When playing a Kodak/Fuji Picture CD, only the JPEG files in the picture folder can be played.

~Picture discs other than Kodak/Fuji Picture CDs may take longer to start playing or may not play at all.

❖DVD±R/RW, CD-R/RW DivX Discs

~Since this product only provides encoding formats authorized by DivX Networks, Inc., a DivX file created by the user might not play.

~Software updates for incompatible formats are not supported. (Example : QPEL, GMC, resolution higher than 800 x 600 pixels, etc.)

~Sections with a high frame rate might not be played while playing a DivX file.

~For more information about the formats authorized by DivX Networks, Inc., please visit "www.divxnetworks. net".