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Playing an Playing an Audio CD or Audio CD or MP3/WMAMP3/WMA filesfiles
The Recorder can play Audio CDs and MP3/WMA
files. Before playing MP3/WMA files, read [MP3/WMA
audio file requirement] on right.
1. Press HOME and the Home menu appears.
2. Select [Music] > [DISC] and press ENTER.
The Audio CD or Music menu appears on the TV
screen.
Example) Audio CD Menu
3. Use v/Vto select a track or file
then press PLAY(N). Playback starts.
You can use variable playback functions. Refer to
pages 28-30.
4. To stop playback at any time, press STOP(x).
5. Press RETURN (O) to exit.
Tips:
•You can view TV channel or video input source by
pressing RETURN (O). If you want to return to the
Music menu, press DISC MENU/LIST.
•Press DISPLAYto view ID3-Tag information for the MP3
file. If ID3-Tag information is not present, [MP3 ID3 tag
:None] will appear. If you select a folder, the number of
subfolders and number of MP3/WMA files in the folder
are displayed. Press DISPLAYagain to remove the
information screen.
•On the Music menu, you can display the folders on the
disc. Use vVbBto select the “Folder” icon on the
Music menu then press ENTER twice.
•On CDs, DVDs with mixed content (Audio tracks,
MP3/WMA files, DivX files or JPEG files), you can select
among the Music menu, Movie menu and Photo menu
by pressing TITLE repeatedly.
•If you are in a file list and want to return to the Folder
list, use the v/Vto highlight and press ENTER to
return to the previous menu screen.

Audio CD and Music menu options

1. Press v/Vto select a track/file or folder on the
Audio CD or Music menu then press ENTER.
2. Use v/Vto select an option, then press ENTER.
•[Play] Start playback the selected track or file.
•[Open] Opens the folder and a list of files in the
folder appears.
•[Random] Start or stop random playback.

Random

1. Press v/Vto select a file then press ENTER.
The menu options appear.
2. Press v/Vto select [Random] option then press
ENTER.
The unit automatically begins random playback
and “RANDOM” appears on the menu screen.
3. To return to normal playback, select [Random]
option again then press ENTER.
Tip:
By pressing ./> during Random playback, the
unit selects another track and resumes Random play-
back.

MP3/WMA audio file requirement

File extensions
“.mp3”, “.wma”.
Sampling frequency:
within 8 - 48 kHz (MP3), within 32 - 48kHz (WMA)
Bit rate: within:
8 - 320kbps (MP3), 32 - 192kbps (WMA)
CD-R Format:
ISO 9660 and JOLIET.
DVD±R/RW Format:
ISO 9660 (UDF Bridge format)
Maximum Files/Disc:
Less than 1999 (total number of files and folders)