CD/MP3/WMA Mode Operations

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classified into audio layer 3 of MPEG standards.

 

What is MP3?

 

MP3 is an audio compression method and

 

This audio compression method has penetrated

 

into PC users and become a standard format. This

 

MP3 features the original audio data compression

 

to about 12 percent of its initial size with a high

 

quality sound. This means that about 10 music

 

CDs can be recorded on a CD-R disc or CD-RW

 

disc to allow a long listening time without having

 

to change CDs.

 

What is WMA?

 

WMA is the abbreviation of Windows Media

 

Audio, an audio file format developed by Microsoft

 

Corporation.

Notes:

•If you play a file with DRM (Digital Rights Manage- ment) for WMA remaining ON, no audio is output.

•Windows Media™, and the Windows® logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

•To disable DRM

(Digital Rights Management):

1. When using Windows Media Player 8, click on TOOLS OPTIONS COPY MUSIC tab, then under COPY SETTINGS unclick the check box for PROTECT CONTENT. Then, reconstruct files.

2. When using Windows Media Player 9, click on

TOOL OPTIONS MUSIC RECORD tab, then under Recording settings, unclick the

Check box for RECORD PROTECTED MUSIC. Then, reconstruct files. Personally constructed WMA files are used at your own responsibility.

•Precautions when creating MP3/WMA disc

•Usable sampling rates and bit rates:

1. MP3: Sampling rate 11.025 kHz-48 kHz, Bit rate: 8 kbps-320 kbps/VBR

2. WMA: Bit rate 48 kbps-192 kbps

• File extensions

• Always add a file extension “.MP3” or “.WMA” to MP3 or WMA file by using single byte letters. If you add a file extension other than specified or forget to add the file extension, the file cannot be played.

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• Logical format (File system)

1.When writing MP3/WMA file on a CD-R disc or CD-RW disc, please select “ISO9660 level 1, 2 or JOLIET or Romeo” as the writing software format. Normal play may not be possible if the disc is recorded on another format.

2.The folder name and file name can be displayed as the title during MP3/WMA play

but the title must be within 64 single byte alphabetical letters and numerals (including an extension).

3.Do not affix a name to a file inside a folder having the same name.

• Folder structure

1.A disc with a folder having more than 8 hierarchical levels will be impossible.

•Number of files or folders

1.Up to 255 files can be recognized per folder. Up to 512 files can be played.

2.Tracks are played in the order that they were recorded onto a disc. (Tracks might not always be played in the order displayed on the PC.)

3.Some noise may occur depending on the type of encoder software used while recording.

CD-DA/MP3/WMA selection on multi-session CD

When a disc contains both normal CD type tracks and MP3/WMA tracks mixedly, you can select which type of the recorded tracks to play.

• Default value is “CD”.

Each time you press and hold the [BND] button for 1 second or longer, the mixed mode is switched between CD type or MP3/WMA type. The following indication appears in the title display when switching the track type to be played.

Display when CD type track is selected:

Display when MP3/WMA type track is selected: