Apex Digital MD 100 manual What is MP3 and VCD?, What is MP3?, When Creating MP3’S, What is VCD?

What is MP3 and VCD?

WHAT IS MP3?

MP3 refers to a new format of music file available for playback over the internet. Because of the popularity to download music from MP3 web sites onto the home computer, APEX DIGITAL is the first company to offer a home DVD player with the ability to playback CD-R discs recorder with MP3 audio files.

WHEN CREATING MP3’S

When creaing MP3’s to play on your DVD player, be sure to change the Character Settings from

Joliett to ISO 9660 in your “CD Format” properties of you favorite CD-R burning software.

For those of you using Adaptec® Easy CD Creator® 3.5 or higher, be sure to change the Mode Settings

What is MP3 and VCD?

PLAYING IN MP3 FORMAT

You can play an MP3 CD by different “PLAY MODE” such as:

-“FOLDER” (normal playback)

-“FOLDER R” (repeat playback on a specific folder)

-“REP-ONE”(repeat playback on a song)

-“SINGLE” (playback a song only one time)

- “SHUFFLE” (random playback)

1.Insert an MP3 CD, the DVD video player will initialize the disc and the directory (folder) will be shown on the

TV screen.

MP3 MENU

from Mode 2 to Mode 1.

Note: The MD-100 DVD player will not play MP3 files on a CD-RW.

WHAT IS VCD?

Size and shape of any regular music CD with the same digital audio, plus good video capability. It is a new video format that offers exceptional high-end digital picture quality and smoothness, over an hour of playing time, full CD-quality, stereo sound, and more. Using MPEG (Motion Picture Expert Group) compression (1:30), VCD’s offer picture quality that

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BBBBBBBBBBB1

CCCCCCCCCCC2

DDDDDDDDDDD3

EEEEEEEEEEE4

FFFFFFFFFFF5

..0

MP3 SSSSSSSSSSS 1

TTTTTTTTTTT 2

MP3 VVVVVVVVVVV 3

ZZZZZZZZZZZ 4

UUUUUUUUUUU 5

is far superior to the Quicktime movies you see on standard VHS tape.

Note:

1)The MD-100 DVD player will only play “Comercially” made VCD and SVCD’s. Apex does not now of any software that will produce VCD’s or SVCD on a PC or MAC.

2)When you playback video CD, you must turn PBC OFF in order to stop the chapter/scene.

PLAY MODE:			FOLDER
2.Press	/	to select the column of folder or column of
MP3 file or “PLAY MODE”.
Press	/	to select the folder on MP3 file on a list of

column. On “PLAY MODE”, press / to select the play mode.

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