MP3 Operation
BAND
g DN f UP SETUP
Setting the Range of MP3 File Selection
You can set the range of MP3 file selection to “entire disc contents” or “folder contents only.”
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3 Press the BAND button to toggle the mode between DISC ALL and FOLDER.
•DISC ALL : plays all the files on one disc
•FOLDER : plays files in the selected folder only.
NOTE
The initial setting at the factory is DISC ALL.
4 Press the SETUP button to set the selected mode.
Playing MP3 Data
You can select either playback only of CD data, or playback of formatted CD data and MP3 files.
When a disc contains CD or the MP3 file data, playback starts from the CD data portion of the disc.
1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3 seconds.
2 Press the f UP or g DN button to select "CD- DA/MP3."
3 Press the BAND button to toggle the mode between
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4 Press the SETUP button to return to normal mode.
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
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.
