Pioneer DV-989AVi-G operating instructions DVD-R/RW Compatibility, Compressed Audio Compatibility

•Unfinalized CD-R/RW discs recorded as CD Audio can be played, but the full Table of Contents (playing time, etc.) will not be displayed.

DVD-R/RW Compatibility

•This unit will play DVD-R/RW discs that were recorded using the DVD Video format or Video Recording format.

•This unit cannot record DVD-R/RW discs.

•Unfinalized DVD-R/RW discs cannot be played in this player.

Compressed Audio Compatibility

•This unit will play CD-ROM discs containing files saved in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format (MP3) with a sampling rate of 44.1 or 48kHz. Incompat- ible files will not play and UNPLAYABLE will be displayed on the unit.

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

•The CD-ROM used to compile your MP3 files must be ISO 9660 Level 2 compliant.

•CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1.

•This player only plays tracks that are named with the file extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”.

•This player is compatible with multi- session discs, but only plays sessions that are closed.

•Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your MP3 files.

•This player can recognize a combined total of up to 250 tracks and folders. If a disc containing over 250 tracks/folders is loaded, only the first 250 tracks/folders recorded on the disc will be playable.

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•Folder and track names (excluding the “.mp3” extension) are displayed.

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

PC Created Disc Compatibility

•If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a “compatible format” as listed above, there will be cases in which the disc may not be playable in this machine due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information.

•Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW soft- ware disc boxes for additional compati- bility information.