MP3/WMA/AAC Player
What is MP3/WMA/AAC?
Display Information
Recording MP3/WMA/AAC files on a
MP3* (MPEG Audio
The former is developed by MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group), and the latter is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Using these compression formats, you can record the contents of about 10 music CDs on a single CD media (This figures refer to data recorded on a 650 MB
*MPEG
AAC is an abbreviation for “Advanced Audio Coding”.
It has been defined as a standard for audio compression technology using MPEG 2 and MPEG 4.
Displayed items
• | • MP3 (ID3 tag) |
Disc title | Album name |
Track title | Title name/artist name |
• MP3/WMA/AAC | • WMA (WMA tag) |
Folder name | Album name |
File name | Title name/artist name |
•AAC (Song information) Album name
Title name/artist name
Displayable characters
• Displayable length of file name/folder name: within |
32 characters. (Unicoded file and folder names are reduced |
by half in the number of displayable characters.) |
• Name files and folders in accordance with the standard |
•You are recommended to minimize the chances of making a disc that contains both
•If
•When storing MP3 data, WMA data and AAC data on the same disc, use different folders for each data.
•Do not record files other than MP3/WMA/AAC files and unnecessary folder on a disc.
•The name of an MP3/WMA/AAC file should be added by rules as shown in the following descriptions and also comply with the rules of each file system.
•The file extension “.mp3”, “.wma” or “.m4a” should be assigned to each file depending on the file format.
•You may encounter trouble in playing MP3/WMA/AAC files or displaying the information of MP3/WMA/AAC files recorded with certain writing software or CD recorders.
•This unit does not have a play list function.
•Although
Supported file systems
ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2, Apple Extension to ISO 9660, Joliet, Romeo
Note: Apple HFS, UDF 1.50, Mix CD and CD Extra are not supported.
English
MP3/WMA/AAC
Note: MP3/WMA/AAC encoding and writing software is not supplied with this unit.
Points to remember when making
MP3/WMA/AAC files
Common
• High bit rate and high sampling frequency are |
recommended for high quality sounds. |
• Selecting Variable Bit Rate (VBR) is not recommended |
because playing time is not displayed properly and |
sound may be skipped. |
• Selecting Variable Bit Rate (VBR) is not recommended |
of each file system. Refer to the instructions of writing |
software for details. |
• ASCII character set and special characters in each |
language can be displayed. |
• Some Cyrillic characters in the Unicode can be |
displayed. |
ASCII character set
A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, and the following symbols: (space) ! ” # $ % & ’ ( ) * + ,
Special Characters
À Á Â Ã Å à á â ã å |
Ä ä |
Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö ò ó ô õ ö |
MP3/WMA/AAC (continued)
Compression formats
(Recommendation: “Points to remember when making MP3/WMA/AAC files” on the previous page)
Compression method | Bit rate | VBR | Sampling frequency |
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MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3) | 32 k – 320 kbps | Yes | 32, 44.1, 48 kHz |
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MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3) | 8 k – 160 kbps | Yes | 16, 22.05, 24 kHz |
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MPEG 2.5 audio layer 3 (MP3) | 8 k – 160 kbps | Yes | 8, 11.205, 12 kHz |
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Windows Media Audio Ver. 2, 8, 9* | 32 k – 192 kbps | Yes | 32, 44.1, 48 kHz |
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MPEG 4 Advanced Audio Coding Low | 24 k – 320 kbps | Yes | 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, |
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* WMA 9 Professional/LossLess/Voice are not supported.
Notes on
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some cases. |
• The playback sound quality differs depending on |
the encoding circumstances. For details, refer to |
the instructions of your own encoding software and |
writing software. |
MP3
•It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or more” and “fixed”.
WMA
•It is recommended to set the bit rate to “64 kbps or more” and “fixed”.
•Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA file to enable this unit to play back.
AAC
• It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or |
more” and “fixed”. |
• The formats and extensions for AAC data vary |
according to the encoder software used. |
• AAC files which can be played on this unit have the |
“.m4a” extension and were encoded with Apple |
iTunes® version 6. |
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Notes: |
• With some software in which MP3/WMA/AAC format |
files have been encoded, the character information |
may not be displayed properly. |
• Undisplayable characters and symbols will be |
converted into an asterisk ( ). |
• It is recommended that the length of the file name is |
less than 8 (excluding the file extension). |
iTunes is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries/regions.
Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries/regions.
Caution
Notes on
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•Playback order may be different from other MP3/ WMA/AAC players even if the same disc is used.
•“ROOT” appears when displaying the root folder name.
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Tree 8 (Max.)
• The file extension for files encoded with the iTunes |
Apple Lossless Encoder is “.m4a”, but such files |
cannot be played on this player. |
• Files under copyright protection cannot be played. |
Never assign the “.mp3”, “.wma” or “.m4a” file name extension to a file that is not
in the MP3/WMA/AAC format. This may not only produce noise from the speaker damage, but also damage your hearing.
Copyright | No warranty |
It is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute and | Above description complies with our investigations |
deliver copyrighted materials such as music without | as of September 2006. It has no warranty for |
the approval of copyright holder except enjoying | reproducibility and displayability of MP3/WMA/AAC. |
yourself personally. |
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