DISC PLAYBACK

MP3 / JPEG / WMA Playback

This player recommends the use of files recorded at the fol-

lowing specifications:

 

MP3 JPEG WMA

When a CD-R or CD-RW disc with MP3, JPEG or WMA files is inserted in the DVD player and the MENU button is pressed, the file list will appear on display. The number of tracks is also displayed on the front panel.

1Press the Cursor buttons (K or L) to select the desired group (folder) or track.

•To return to the previous screen, press the Cursor but- ton (s).

•If a group (folder) is selected, press the Cursor button (B) or ENTER button to go on to the track selection screen. Press the Cursor buttons (K or L) to choose a track, then press the PLAY or ENTER button.

•If a track is selected, press the PLAY or ENTER button to start playing back tracks. The selected track and the subsequent tracks will be played back.

•When selecting the folders

–Press the Cursor button (B) when you want to go to the next hierarchy.

–Press the Cursor button ({) when you want to go back to the previous hierarchy (except for the top hier- archy).

•Press the TOP MENU button to return to the first item.

2Press the STOP button to stop playback.

NOTES:

•Folders are known as Groups; files are known as Tracks.

•A symbol of is shown on the top of the group name.

•A symbol of is shown on the top of MP3 files.

•A symbol of is shown on the top of JPEG files.

•A symbol of is shown on the top of WMA files.

•Maximum of 255 folders can be recognized.

•Maximum of 999 files can be recognized.

•Up to 8 hierarchies can be recognized.

•If the track extends beyond the scope of screen, a down arrow “L” appears, indicating that the user can view another part on the previous page. The current page number and the number of total pages are shown on the left of the down arrow “L”.

•If no MP3, JPEG or WMA files are found in the group, the group is not displayed.

•The DVD player can reproduce data recorded as per ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet on the disc.

•It can also run a disc on which data is recorded in a multi-session.

•For more details of recording systems, refer to the instruction manual for the CD-R/RW drive or the writing software.

•For MP3 and WMA files recorded in Variable Bit Rate (VBR), the unit may not display the actual elapsed time.

Applicable MP3 file

Remarks

 

 

• It is prohibited to record

Sampling

44.1kHz

MP3 sound on a digital

frequency

48kHz

device when the connection

 

 

is made digitally.

 

MPEG1

• MP3 files recorded at fixed

Type

bit rate of 32 kbps or higher

audio layer 3

 

are recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

Applicable JPEG file

Remarks

 

 

 

 

Upper limit:

• A JPEG image that extends

Size of image

6300x5100 dots

beyond the screen is

 

Lower limit:

reduced so that it will be

 

32x32 dots

displayed within the screen.

 

 

 

Applicable WMA file

Remarks

 

 

 

Sampling

44.1kHz

• Those frequencies are

frequency

48kHz

applicable to WMA version 9.

 

 

• Ensure that the copyright

Bit rate

48–192kbps

function is set to off when

 

 

preparing a WMA disc.

 

 

• A prohibition “disable” sym-

 

 

bol will appear if the user

 

 

attempts to run a non-repro-

Type

WMA version 9

ducible file such as copy-

 

 

right-protected.

 

 

• Recorded in 5.1 channel for-

 

 

mat cannot be played back.

Information on MP3, JPEG and WMA discs

•This DVD player can play back images and sounds from data recorded in MP3 and JPEG formats on CD-R/RW discs.

•A file with an extension of “.mp3 (MP3)” is called an MP3 file.

•A file with an extension of “.jpg (JPG)” or “.jpeg (JPEG)” is called a JPEG file.

The DVD player can run an image file conforming to the Exif specification. Exif is a file format, Exchangeable Image File format established by Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA).

•A file with an extension of “.wma (WMA)” is called a WMA file.

•Files whose extension is other than “.mp3 (MP3)”, “.jpg (JPG)” and “.jpeg (JPEG)” or “.wma (WMA)” will not be listed on the MP3, JPEG or WMA menu.

•If the file is not recorded in MP3, JPEG or WMA format, noise may be produced even if the file extension is either “.mp3 (MP3)”, “.jpg (JPG)”, “.jpeg (JPEG)” or “.wma (WMA)”.

•The name of group and track can be displayed up to 25 char- acters. Unrecognizable characters will be replaced with aster- isks. The ninth and deeper hierarchies cannot be displayed.

•Unplayable groups or tracks may be displayed depending on the recording conditions.

•If the TOP MENU button is pressed when a file list is dis- played, the first item will be highlighted.

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