Alpine IVA-D900 owner manual X. Random Play, Selecting Folders concerning MP3, About MP3, 13-EN

M.I.X. (Random Play)

Press 5 (M.I.X.) in the play or pause mode.

The tracks (files) on the disc will be played back in a random sequence.

To cancel M.I.X. play, press 5 (M.I.X.) again.

CD: M.I.X. → ∗1M.I.X. ALL → (off) → M.I.X.

MP3: ∗2M.I.X. → (off) → M.I.X.

*1 If a CD Changer equipped with the M.I.X. ALL function is connected, M.I.X. ALL will also be selectable.

In this mode, the tracks on all the CDs in the current magazine will be included in the random playback sequence.

*2 If an MP3 compatible CD changer is connected, all files in a disc are played back in random sequence, and playback shifts to the next disc.

•To select the M.I.X. FOLDER mode:

(Only files in a folder are played back in random sequence. ) Press 5 (M.I.X.) after REPEAT FOLDER is selected.

The M.I.X. FOLDER mode is selected.

To cancel the M.I.X.FOLDER mode:

Press 4 (REPEAT) to cancel the REPEAT FOLDER. The M.I.X. FOLDER mode is also canceled.

Selecting Folders (concerning MP3)

1 During MP3 play, press 7 (PAGE 1/2).

The Function Guide display changes.

2 Press 1 (; F. DN) or 3 ( F. UP :) to select the folder.

About MP3

CAUTION

Except for personal enjoyment, duplicating audio data (including MP3 data) or distributing, transferring, or copying it, whether for free or for a fee, without the permission of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited by the Copyright Act and by international treaty.

What is MP3?

MP3, whose official name is “MPEG Audio Layer 3,” is a compression standard prescribed by the ISO, the International Standardization Organization and MPEG which is a joint activity institution of the IEC.

MP3 files contain compressed audio data. MP3 encoding is capable of compressing the audio data at extremely high ratios shrinking music files by as much as one-tenth their original size. This is achieved while still maintaining near CD quality. The MP3 format realizes such high compression ratios by eliminating the sounds that are either inaudible to the human ear or masked by other sounds.

Method for creating MP3 files

The software used to create MP3 files is widely sold or free from various sources. For details on creating MP3 files, refer to the user's manual for that software.

The MP3 files that can be played back by this device have the file extension “mp3.” Files with no extension can not be played back.

Supported playback sampling rates and bit rates

Sampling rates: 32 kHz - 48 kHz, bit rates: 32 - 320 kbps Note that for sampling rates such as 22.05 kHz, this device may not display correctly.

ID3 tags

This device supports ID3 tag v1.

If ID3 tag data is in an MP3 file, this device can display the title (track title), artist name, and album name ID3 tag data.

This device can only display single-byte alphanumeric characters and the underscore.

Producing MP3 discs

MP3 files are prepared, then written to a CD-R or CD-RW using CD-R writing software. A disc can hold a maximum of 255 files, and 255 folders.

Media supported

The media that this device can play back are CD-ROMs, CD- Rs, and CD-RWs.

Corresponding File Systems

This device supports discs formatted with ISO9660 Level 1 or Level 2.

Under the ISO9660 standard,

there are some restrictions to remember.

The maximum nested folder depth is 8 (including the root directory). File/folder names are limited to 31 characters (except the extension).

Valid characters for folder/file names are letters A-Z (all caps), numbers 0-9, and ‘_’ (underscore).

This device also can play back discs in Joliet, and other standards that conform to ISO9660. However, sometimes the file names, folder names, etc., are not displayed correctly.

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