Playing Back AN MP3 Disc, Tips on recording MP3

PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC

The DVD player can play back MP3 recorded on a CD-

ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs.Glossary Before playing back an MP3 disc, read the following notes.

Notes on MP3 disc

About MP3

•An MP3 file is audio data compressed by using MPEG1, the audio layer-3 file-coding scheme. We call files which have the ".mp3" extension "MP3 files".

•The unit cannot read an MP3 file which has a file extension other than ".mp3".

• is displayed on the MP3 menu if a non-MP3 file was included in a directory or folder.

•Noises may be heard if you play a non-MP3 file that has the ".mp3" extension.

Extension:

An extension is the last three characters which divide a file name by period. The extension shows the attribution of the file.

The extension of the MP3 file is "mp3".

Session:

A session is one section on a disc between the beginning of written data and the end of written data.

A multi-session disc is a disc which has more than two sessions.

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The restriction of playing back MP3

•This unit can recognize up to 256 including files and folders per disc. A disc recorded with more than 256 cannot be played, including files and folders.

•The maximum allowable depth of nested folder is 50, including files.

•The unit may not play MP3 files in the order that you recorded them on the disc.

•The unit plays only the first session with a multi session disc.

•The unit plays only audio tracks if a disc contains both audio tracks and MP3 files.

•It may take over 30 seconds to read the MP3 files, depending on the complexity of the folder tree.

The limitation of indications

•Up to 14 characters are displayed for the name of a folder or track.

•Characters other than uppercase letters ("A" to "Z"), numerals ("0" to "9") and underscore ("_") may not be displayed, or may be displayed in different characters.

•The elapsed playing time on the display window may not be correct when playing MP3 files.

•Depending on the condition of the recording equipment or the CD-R/RW disc itself, a false folder or file which cannot be played on this unit is displayed on TV screen.

Tips on recording MP3

•Enjoying high quality sound, we recommend to convert to MP3 files with a sampling frequency of 44.1kHz and a fixed bit rate of 128 kbps.

To playback MP3 files in the order that you recorded

1 Writing software which is capable of recording MP3 files in numerical and alphabetical order is required.

2 Include a two or three digit number at the beginning of each file name. (e.g."01","02", ... or "001", "002", ...)

3 It's recommended that you use only the root folder (do not create child folder under the root folder).