JVC HR-XV32E manual 48 EN, About MP3 Disc, MP3 control display, What is MP3?

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48 EN	OPERATIONS ON DVD DECK (cont.)
About MP3 Disc	NOTES:
	● Because of the disc characteristics or recording condition,
This unit can playback CD discs recorded in the MP3 format (we	some discs may not be played back or it takes time to start
	playback.
refer to those discs as MP3 discs in this manual).
	● The unit does not support “packet writing” discs.
Operations for MP3 discs are similar to those for Audio CD
	● If there are any Tracks (files) which are stored on a disc directly
discs, though there are some restrictions and differences.
	and do not belong to any Group (directory), the unit
What is MP3?	recognizes them as belonging to an independent Group.
	● The unit plays back Groups/Tracks on an MP3 disc in the
MP3 is the abbreviation of “MPEG1 Audio Layer 3”. MPEG
	alphabetical order.
Audio is a compression specification that compresses the audio
	● For example, if there are three title Groups [one], [two] and
portion only. This image compression method is used in DVD or
	[three] on a disc, the playback order is [one], [three] then
Video CD, etc. The audio data has been compressed into about
	[two]. Tracks in a Group are played back in the same way.
1/10.
	● Therefore, an MP3 disc on the market may be played back in
On an MP3 disc, each material (song) is recorded on each Track
	different order from the order printed on its sleeve.
(file), which usually belongs to a Group (folder).

MP3 disc

Track A.mp3

Track B.mp3

Track C.mp3

Group 2

Group 4

Group 1

Track D.mp3

Track E.mp3

Track F.mp3

Group 3

MP3 control display

The MP3 control display appears on the TV screen and playback starts when an MP3 disc is loaded.

MP3 CONTROL

This unit can recognize up to 99 Groups and up to 150 Tracks per Group.

If a disc includes more than the Tracks above limit, the unit stops detecting Tracks when the number of detected Tracks reaches the limit and ignores the subsequent Tracks. The unit also ignores any non-MP3 file on the disc.

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

●Select “ISO 9660” as the disc format.

●Finalize the disc.

ACurrent group

BCurrent group number/Total group number on disc C Current track

D Elapsed playing time of current track

(Elapsed playing time is only shown during playback.) E Current track number/Total track number in current

group

F Total track number on disc

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