About Video CDs, MP3/WMA/JPEG Compatibility

Notes on Discs

About Video CDs

This DVD Player supports Video CDs equipped with the PBC(Version 2.0) function (PBC is the abbreviation for Playback Control).

You can enjoy two playback variations depending on the type of disc.

•Video CD not equipped with PBC function (Version 1.1)

Sound and movies can be played on this DVD Player in the same way as an audio CD.

•Video CD equipped with PBC function (Version 2.0) In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback with interactive software and search function using the menu displayed on the TV screen (Menu Playback). Some of the functions described in this Instruction Manual may not work with some discs.

MP3/WMA/JPEG Compatibility

•This unit will play CD-R, and CD-RW discs containing files saved in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) or Windows Media Audio (WMA) format with a sampling rate of 32*, 44.1 or 48 kHz, and JPEG format. Incompatible files will not play.

Disc may be ejected automatically or “NO DISC” will be displayed.

*This unit will not play 32 kHz WMA files encoded at 20 kbps.

•Fixed bit rate MP3 files are recommended. Variable bit rate(VBR) MP3 files are playable, but playing times may not be shown correctly.

•This player is compatible with WMA data encoded using Windows Media Player version 8 (or less) or Windows Media Player for Windows XP.

•This player is not compatible with lossless encoding or variable bit rate (VBR) WMA files.

•WMA files encoded with DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy protection will not play. Disc may be ejected automatically or “NO DISC” will be displayed.

•WMA/MP3/JPEG discs must be ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 com-pliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1.

Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this player.

•Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your files. The disc must be finalized (i.e., the session must be closed) in order to play in this unit.

•This player only plays tracks that are named with the file extension .mp3, .MP3, .wma, .WMA, .jpg or .JPG.

•When naming MP3, WMA and JPEG files, add the corre-sponding file name extension (.mp3, .wma or

.jpg). Files are played according to the file extension.

To prevent noise and malfunctions, do not use these extensions for other kinds of files.

•Folder and track names (excluding the file extension) are displayed.

•There are many different recording bit rates available to encode MP3 files. This unit was designed to be compatible with all of them. Audio encoded at 128 Kbps should sound close to standard audio CD quality. This player will play lower bit rate files, but please note that the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at lower bit rates.

•The DV-SP302 can play Exif format pictures supporting JPEG. It is capable of playing at the maximum resolution of 5120x3840 for the baseline format, 2048x1536 for the progressive JPEG format.

When saving files onto media

Ensure that the session is closed or finalized when data has been written on media. There are cases where media on which the session has not be closed or finalized will not be played back correctly with this equipment.

•There are cases where the folder names and file names will not be displayed correctly depending on the software used to save them.

•Do not store files or folders other than MP3, WMA or JPEG on media to be played back with this equipment.

•It is recommended that ten or less sessions are stored when recording MP3 files onto a media.

•In case of a multisession disc, some time may be required until playback begins.

•There are cases where playback is not possible when MP3/WMA/JPEG files (CD-ROM) and music CD information (CD-DA) are saved on the same media.