Alpine DVA-7996 owner manual Setting the Range of MP3 File Selection, Playing MP3 Data, About MP3

Setting the Range of MP3 File Selection

You can set the range of MP3 file selection to “entire disc contents” or “folder contents only.”

1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3 seconds.

2 Press the DN or UP button to select DISC/ FOLDER (file selection range).

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.

NOTES

∙The initial setting at the factory is DISC ALL.

∙For the MP3 CD Changer, the range of MP3 file selection applies to REPEAT, M.I.X. and SCAN modes only. The unit plays all files on a disc even if the MP3 Range selection is set to “folder contents only.”

∙Perform this setting before loading the disc. If the disc is already loaded, perform either of the following to decide the setting.

•Turn OFF the main unit

•Disc eject

•Switch source

4 Press the SETUP button to set the selected mode.

Playing MP3 Data

The unit can be set to play only the audio data (“Mix Disc CD”) or only the MP3 files (“Mix Disc MP3”) on discs containing both audio data and MP3 data (when using discs containing both audio data and MP3 data).

1	Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3
2	seconds.
	Press the	DN or	UP button to select “Mix Disc

CD/MP3.”

3 Press the BAND button to toggle the mode between MixDisc CD and MixDisc MP3.

∙MixDisc CD: The unit can be set to play only the audio data on discs containing both audio data and MP3 data.

∙MixDisc MP3: Only the MP3 files on discs containing both audio data and MP3 data.

4 Press the SETUP button to return to normal mode.

NOTE

Perform this setting before loading the disc. If the disc is already loaded, perform either of the following to decide the setting.

•Turn OFF the main unit

•Disc eject

•Switch source

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: 16 kHz - 48 kHz, bit rates: 32 - 320 kbps Note that for sampling rates such as 22.05 kHz, this device’s frame display (Page 14) 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. For non-supported characters, “NO SUPPORT” is displayed.

∙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 255 files/folders (including Root Folders).

∙Media supported

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

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