Panasonic warranty Recording MP3/WMA/AAC files on a CD-media, CQ-C500U21

Recording MP3/WMA/AAC files on a CD-media

•You are recommended to minimize the chances of making a disc that contains both CD-DA files and MP3/WMA/AAC files.

•If CD-DA files are on the same disc as MP3, WMA or AAC files, the songs may not play in the intended order, or some songs may not play at all.

•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
	English
• This unit does not have a play list function.
files or displaying the information of MP3/WMA/AAC
files recorded with certain writing software or CD
recorders.
• Although Multi-session recording is supported, the use
of Disc-at-Once is recommended.
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.

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
MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3)	32 k – 320 kbps	Yes	32, 44.1, 48 kHz
MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3)	8 k – 160 kbps	Yes	16, 22.05, 24 kHz
MPEG 2.5 audio layer 3 (MP3)	8 k – 160 kbps	Yes	8, 11.205, 12 kHz
Windows Media Audio Ver. 2, 8, 9*	32 k – 192 kbps	Yes	32, 44.1, 48 kHz
MPEG 4 Advanced Audio Coding Low	24 k – 320 kbps	Yes	11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32,
Complexity (AAC LC)			44.1, 48 kHz

* WMA 9 Professional/LossLess/Voice are not supported.

Notes on

Folder selection order/file playback order

Maximum number of files/folders			Root folder
			(Root Directory)
	1
• Maximum number of files: 511 (files + folders)
• Maximum number of files in one folder: 255			2					Folder Selection
• Maximum depth of trees: 8								In the order
									1
• Maximum number of folders: 255 (Root folder is
						4		File Selection
included.)
			3					In the order
Notes:
					5
• You can shorten the duration between data read and
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playback by decreasing the quantity of files or folders,
or the depth of the hierarchy.
• This unit counts the number of folders irrespective of							8
the presence or absence of an MP3/WMA/AAC file.
• If the selected folder does not contain any MP3/WMA/
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AAC files, the nearest MP3/WMA/AAC files in the order		Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3						Tree 4
of playback will be played.

•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.

	Player
	MP3/WMA/AAC
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Tree 8 (Max.)

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 2007. 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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