Alpine CDE-9842 File/Folder Name Search concerning MP3 CDE-9846 only, Quick Search CDE-9846 only

File/Folder Name Search (concerning MP3) (CDE-9846 only)

You can display and search for the folder and file name while listening to the file currently being played back.

1Press 3 to select File Name Search mode or Folder Name Search mode in MP3 mode.

File Name Search mode

2Press 1 9 or 8 2 to select another Folder.

3Select the desired file by turning the Rotary encoder within 10 seconds.

4Press the Rotary encoder to play back the selected file.

•File Name Search mode is canceled by pressing and holding 3 for at least 2 seconds.

•While in File Name Search mode, press 3 to switch to Folder Name Search mode.

•File Name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.

Folder Name Search mode

2Turn the Rotary encoder within 10 seconds to select the desired folder.

3Press the Rotary encoder to play back the first file in the selected folder.

•Search mode is canceled by pressing and holding 3 for at least 2 seconds in Folder Name Search mode.

•While in Folder Name Search mode, press 3 to switch to File Name Search mode.

•“NO FILE” is displayed for 2 seconds if the folder that is selected by the Folder Name Search mode contains no files.

•“ROOT” is displayed for the root folder which does not have folder name.

•Folder Name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play.

Quick Search (CDE-9846 only)

You can search for tracks (files).

1Press and hold 3 for at least 2 seconds in the CD/MP3 mode to activate Quick Search mode.

2Turn the Rotary encoder within 10 seconds to select a desired track (file).

The selected track is played back immediately.

•Search mode is canceled by pressing and holding 3 for at least 2 seconds in Quick Search mode.

About MP3 (CDE-9846 only)

CAUTION

Except for private use, duplicating audio data (including MP3 data) or distributing, transferring, or copying it, whether for free or for a fee, without 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-1 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 audio data at extremely high ratios, reducing the size of music files to 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

Audio data is compressed by using MP3 specified software. For details on creating MP3 files, refer to the user's manual for that software.

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

Supported playback sampling rates and bit rates

MP3

Sampling rates: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz, 24 kHz, 22.05 kHz,

	16 kHz, 12 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 8 kHz
Bit rates:	8 - 320 kbps

Note that for sampling rates, this device’s frame display (page 14) may not display correctly.

This device may not play back correctly depending on sampling rates.

ID3 tags

This device supports ID3 tag v1 and v2.

If 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 (up to 30 for ID3 tags) and the underscore. For non-supported characters, “NO SUPRT” is displayed. The tag information may not be correctly displayed, depending on the contents.

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 up to 510 files/ folders (including Root Folders). However, the maximum number of folders is 255.

Media supported

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

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