About MP3
The music compression technology MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) significantly reduce the digital data of an audio CD while maintaining CD quality sound.
• Getting MP3 files: you can either download legal |
music files from the internet to your computer hard |
disc, or create such files by converting audio CD |
files in your computer through appropriate encoder |
software. (128kbps bit rate or higher is recom- |
mended for MP3 files.) |
• Creating a MP3 CD: burn the music files from |
Helpful Hints:
-When playing a disc with CD Audio tracks and MP3/WMA files, the CD Audio tracks will be played first.
-“0” is shown as your album number, if you have not organized your MP3/WMA files into any albums on your disc.
5. To pause playback press 2;. Press 2; again to |
resume play. |
Finding a passage within a track
1.During playback, press and hold SEARCH ∞ or § (5, or 6 on the remote control )
=The disc is played at high speed and low vol- ume.
2.When you recognize the passage you want, release ∞ or §.
=Normal playback continues.
Programming track numbers
Clearing a program
You can erase the contents of the memory by:
•Press 9 :
–Once, if in the stop position;
–Twice, during playback.
•Press STANDBY ON y;
•Select another sound source;
•open the CD door
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displayed briefly, and program disappears.
your computer hard disc on a CDR or CDRW using |
your CD burner. |
Helpful Hints:
–Make sure that the file names of the MP3/WMA files end with .mp3 or wma.
–Total number of music files and albums: around 350 (with a typical file name length of 20 characters).
–The length of file names affects the number of tracks for playback. With shorter file names, more files can be burned on a disc.
Playing a disc
This player plays Audio Discs including
CD-R/CD-RWs, and MP3 CDs.
•CD-I, CDV, VCD, DVD or computer CDs are not possible.
•DRM-protected WMA disc is not supported.
1.Press STANDBY ON y once or more to on, then select CD source (or press CD on the remote control).
2.Press OPEN•CLOSE to open the disc door.
™Display show 
when the disc door is open.
3.Insert a disc with the printed side facing up and press down on OPEN•CLOSE to close the CD door.
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,is displayed as the player scans the contents of a disc.
–MP3-CDs may take more than 10 seconds to read.
=Audio CD: the total number of tracks and the total playing time are displayed.
MP3-CD: the total numbers of tracks and albums are displayed respectively.
4.Press 2; to start playback.
=MP3-CD /WMA only:: the album/track informa- tion appears (if the ID3 tag information is avail- able).
= Time digits flashes during pause. (See 4) |
6.To stop playback, press 9.
Helpful Hints:
CD play will also stop when:
–the disc door is opened
–the disc has reached the end
–you select other sound sources.
Display information (MP3/WMA-CD only)
The ID3 tag is part of an MP3/WMA file and contains various track information such as the track´s title or the artist´s name.
•During playback, press FM•MW•DISPLAY on the
set
repeatedly to view ID3 tag information or select your display function.
–Display shows: 
if ID3 tag information is not available.
Helpful Hints:
-Complete the ID3 tag information with your MP3/WMA encoder software before burning the MP3/WMA-CD.
Selecting a different track
•Press SEARCH ∞ or § ( ∞ or § on the remote control ) once or repeatedly until the desired track number appears in the display.
MP3-CD/WMA only:
First press ALBUM/ PRESET – or + once or more to find your album.
•In the pause/stop position, press 2; to start playback.
Helpful Hints:
–In shuffle modes, press ∞ to go to the beginning of the current track.
In the stop position, select and store your CD tracks in the desired sequence. Up to 20 tracks can be stored in the memory.
1.In the stop position, press ∞ or § once or repeatedly to select your desired track number.
MP3-CD/WMA only:
•First press ALBUM/ PRESET – or + once or more to find your album.
2.Press PROGRAM.
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and the number of tracks stored appear briefly. (See 5)
™Display shows: PROG and the selected track number. (See 6)
3.Repeat steps 1-2to select and store all desired tracks.
4.To start playback of your disc program, press 2;.
Helpful Hints:
–During normal playback, you can press PROGRAM to add a current track to your program list.
– | appears if you press |
| PROGRAM and there is no track selected. |
– | appears if you try to store more than 20 |
| tracks. |
Reviewing the program
•In the stop position, press and hold down PROGRAM for a while until the display shows all your stored track numbers in sequence.
Helpful Hints:
– Display shows : | if there is no track |
programmed.
Different play modes: SHUFFLE and REPEAT (See 7 - 8)
You can select and change the various play modes before or during playback. The play modes can be combined with PROGRAM.
shuffle - tracks of the entire CD/ program are played in random order
shuffle repeat all - to repeat the entire CD/ program continuously in random order
repeat all - repeats the entire CD/ program repeat - plays the current track continuously
1.To select play mode, press MODE once or more. (SHUFFLE / REPEAT on the remote control).
2.Press 2; to start playback if in the stop position.
•If you have selected shuffle, playback starts automatically.
3.To select normal playback, press MODE repeatedly until the various modes are no longer displayed.
– You can also press the 9 to cancel your play mode in playing.
