JBL DVD280 manual Programmed Playback With MP3 or WMA Discs, Information Menus, Jpeg Playback

All other buttons (including the numeric buttons) will have no function with MP3 playback, except the Playlist Button 2 and Clear Button G, which are needed for programmed playback (see below).

NOTES ON MP3 AND WMA

PLAYBACK

•During playback, the front-panel display and the time indicator on the screen above the list will show the elapsed time of the track being played. Other time display options are not available with MP3/WMA playback.

•The DVD280 is only compatible with standard MP3- and WMA-encoded discs. Other compressed audio for- mats used for Internet audio down- loads will not play on the DVD280.

•Due to the differences in various versions of the MP3 and WMA for- mats, and the many differences between the CD-R machines used to record discs on a computer, it is possible that some discs may not play on the DVD280 even though they will work on a computer. This is normal and does not indicate a fault with the unit.

•When a multisession disc with both standard CD audio and MP3 or WMA content is in use, the DVD280 will play only the CD audio sections of the disc. Track numbers will be visible in the display, but the files will not be decoded.

•If a disc containing MP3, WMA and/or JPEG files is created in more than one session, the DVD280 may not recognize files added during the later sessions, especially if the disc was finalized after the first session.

•When a disc with multiple directo- ries is playing, only tracks from one directory can be displayed and played at a time. Select the desired directory and press the Play Button 5B to start the first track. To see and play tracks from other directo- ries, first you must select that direc- tory, then select the track and press the Play Button 5B.

•Only stereo audio playback is avail- able for MP3 and WMA discs (see Figure 92).

Figure 92

Programmed Playback With MP3 or WMA Discs

The DVD280 is capable of creating playlists of the files on a properly recorded disc. To create a playback list for MP3 or WMA titles, follow the same steps as for programming a playlist for any other format disc, as described on page 43.

Information Menus

The information menus described on page 37 are also available when an MP3 or WMA disc is loaded into the DVD280 by pressing the Info Button g. During MP3 playback, the fol- lowing information will be visible on the Information menu: disc type, track elapsed time, track number

in disc’s order, and track number in programmed order. If the information was entered at the time the disc was recorded, or if it contains the ID3 tag, Version 1 (ID3v1), the following infor- mation will also appear: title, artist name, album name, year of release, comment line and genre. The file name and bit-rate will also be displayed (see Figure 93).

Figure 93

JPEG Playback

As mentioned earlier in this manual, the DVD280 is one of the few avail- able DVD players that is capable of recognizing JPEG still-image files and displaying them. When a disc con- taining JPEG files is loaded, the JPEG Disc-Type Indicator A will light in the Main Information Display #. The disc will immediately begin displaying the images on the disc in order.

Use the Player Menu, as described on page 34, to set the duration each image remains on-screen, to program the order of display, and to simultane- ously play any MP3 audio files also present on the disc. WMA audio files may not be played simultaneously with the display of the JPEG files.

When viewing JPEG images, the Angle Button w may be used to rotate the image. Make sure to stop playback of any audio files on the disc. With the image on-screen, press the Angle Button w once to display the current orientation of the image, usually +0. Press the Angle Button w again within one second to rotate the image clockwise 90 degrees. The new orientation of +90 will be displayed. Each additional press of the Angle Button w will continue to rotate the image clock- wise by 90 degrees.

The Zoom function is available while viewing JPEG images. See page 31 for more information.