JVC XV-S400BK, XV-S402SL, XV-S300BK, XV-S302SL manual MP3 CD playback, About MP3 CD disc

MP3 CD playback

This unit can palyback CD discs recorded by the MP3 format (we refer to those discs as MP3 CD discs in this manual). Operations for MP3 CD discs are similar to those for Audio CD discs, though there are some restrictions and differences.

What is MP3?

MP3 is the abbreviation of “MPEG1 Audio Layer 3”. MPEG Audio is a compression specification that compresses the audio portion only. This image compression method is used in DVD or Video CD, etc. The audio data has been compressed into about 1/10.

About MP3 CD disc

On an MP3 CD disc, each material (song) is recorded on each Track (file), which usually belongs to a Group (folder).

	Group 1		Group 2
Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 1	Track 2

This unit can recognize up to 99 Groups and up to 254 Tracks per Group, however, the number of Tracks to be played back on a disc is limited to 1023.

If a disc includes more than 1023 Tracks, the unit stops detecting Tracks when the number of detected Tracks reaches 1023 and ignores the subsequent Tracks. The

unit also ignores any non-MP3 file in the disc.

NOTES for making a private MP3 CD using a CD-R/CD-RW disc:

•Select “ISO 9660” as the disc format.

•Do not select the “multi-session” recording.

•Finalize the disc.

NOTES

•The unit does not support “packet write” discs.

•If there are any Tracks (files) which are stored on a disc directly and do not belong to any Group (directory), the unit recognized them as belonging to an independent Group.

•The unit does not output a digital audio signal from DIGITAL OUT when playing back an MP3 CD disc.

•The unit plays back Groups/Tracks on an MP3 CD disc in the alphabetical order.

For example, if there are three title Groups [one], [two] and [three] on a disc, the playback order is [one], [three] then [two]. Tracks in a Group are played back in the same way.

Therefore, an MP3 CD disc on the market may be played back in the different order from the order printed on its sleeve.

Unavailable functions

As described earlier, there are some restriction for playback of MP3 CD discs. Following functions are not available with MP3 CD discs.

Unavailable functions for MP3 discs

Function name	Function
Resume	To resume playback
Time search	To locate a desired position in the
	current track
Manual search	To advance or reverse playback rapidly
A-B repeat	To repeat a desired part
3D phonic	To simulate surround sound

NOTES

•You cannot playback Tracks in the desired (programmed) or random order, nor playback a Track repeatedly.

•The screen saver function is not active with an MP3 CD disc, as with an Audio CD.

Basic operations

Basic operations using the basic control buttons

				TV		DVD
	OPEN/			STANDBY/ON
	CLOSE			TV	DVD				MP3CD	playback
		TV1		TV2	TV3
			1	2		3
		TV4		TV5	TV6
			4	5		6
		TV7		TV8	TV9
			7	8		9
		TV		TV0	MUTING
		10		0	+10
	RETURN				TV/VIDEO
					CANCEL
			U		M
		E
			N	CH		EN
		M
	P			+			U
T	O
	VOL-				VOL+
				ENTER
	C			CH		L		Y
	H
		O		-		P	A
		I			S
			CE		DI
		PREVIOUS			NEXT				Basic
		CLEAR SELECT			STROBE
									control
		SLOW-			SLOW+				buttons
	PLAY				THEATER
	MODE			SUB TITLE AUDIO	POSITION
	DIGEST			ANGLE	ZOOM
		3D		-AMP VOL+
	PHONIC

RM-SXV006A

REMOTE CONTROL

The following table shows basic functions of basic control buttons.

As you can see 3, 7 , 8 and 4/¢ buttons function the same as with Audio CD discs, though 1/¡ buttons function is different.

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