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Note Concerning Bit Rate and Record Time

Please refer to the following general guide concerning the bit
rate used when encoding and the overall time of a file re-
corded on disc.
Before recording on a disc, please carefully read the soft-
ware instructions and ensure you use it correctly.
Note
When the sampling frequency used for encoding is 44.1kHz
For highest 320kbps About 4hr
sound quality
CD quality 192 kbps About 7hr
(High sound quality)
CD quality 160 kbps About 8hr
(Medium sound quality)
CD quality 128 kbps About 10hr
(Standard)
When Creating Discs
Files will not always be played back in the order in which they
were recorded. When you want to ensure that files will be
played back in the order they were recorded, please write
onto the disc paying attention to the points below.
•Use writing software that can write MP3/WMA files on the
disc in the order of the file (track) names. Please check with
the software developers concerning the behavior and op-
eration of the writing software.
•Prefix numbers to the names of folders (albums) and files
(tracks) to arrange them in order. Shown below is a good
example (2 or three digits correctly entered.) and a bad ex-
ample (if the number of digits is not the same for all names,
the names will not be ordered correctly.)

Example

<good> <bad>
01XXXX.mp3 1XXXX.mp3
02XXXX.mp3 10XXXX.mp3
03XXXX.mp3 11XXXX.mp3
04XXXX.mp3 2XXXX.mp3
About Recommended CD-R and CD-RW Media
With some CD-R and CD-RW media, data may not be prop-
erly written depending on their manufacturing quality. In this
case, data may not also be reproduced correctly. We recom-
mend the media manufactured by the following companies:

CD-R Media

TDK USA Corp., Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.), Inc., Ricoh Corpora-
tion, Eastman Kodak Company, Maxell Corporation of
America, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Fuji Photo Film
U.S.A., Inc., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Sony Corporation of
America, Philips Electronics North America Corporation,
Imation Corp.

CD-RW Media

TDK USA Corp., Ricoh Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation
Several types of CD-R and CD-RW media are available, such
as 2X and 1X-4X. Please read the instruction manuals of the
drive and the recording software you are using to select the
right media.
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