Playing Back Discs
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This unit has been designed to play back the following
You can play back the discs containing the tracks in music CD format or MP3 files in ISO 9660 format.
•In this instruction, we call a disc recorded MP3 files “MP3 disc,” a folder contains MP3 files “group,” and an MP3 file “track.”
When playing CD-Rs or CD-RWs
•Before playing
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•This unit does not support
•This unit cannot play “packet write” discs.
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Notes for MP3 files
•The player can only recognize files with “.MP3” or “.mp3” as the extensions, which can be in any combination of upper and lower case. The file name needs to be up to 32 characters.
•This unit recognizes files and folders on a disc in the following conditions:
–up to 640 MP3 files.
–up to 99 folders (including the root folder).
–up to 8th layers (including the root folder).
•It is recommended that you record your material at a
44.1 kHz sampling rate, using the 128 kbps data transfer rate.
•Some MP3 files or discs may not be played back because of their characteristics or recording conditions.
•MP3 discs requires a longer readout time than normal discs because of the complexity of the folder/file configuration.
•MP3i and MP3 Pro are not available.
General notes
In general, you will have the best performance by keeping your discs and the mechanism clean.
•Store discs in their cases, and keep them in cabinets or on shelves.
•Keep the unit’s disc cover closed when not in use.
•Continued use of irregular shape discs
Playing Back the Entire Disc—Normal Play
1 Press ) OPEN on top of the unit.
The disc cover opens.
•You can insert a disc while listening to another source.
2 Place a disc correctly with its label side up.
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3 | Close the disc cover gently. |
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4 | Press CD 6. | CD |
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The unit automatically turns on and the source changes to the CD player.
When playing audio CD:
After loading the disc, the first track of the disc starts playing.
Current track number | Elapsed playing time |
When playing MP3 disc:
After loading the disc, total number of group and track on the disc appear for a few seconds.
MP3 | Current track number | Elapsed |
indicator | in the selected group | playing time |
Current group name | Current track name |
•The disc automatically stops when the last track has finished playing.
While “Reading Disc Please Wait...” appears on the display
You cannot make any operation until the unit finishes reading the disc.
While playing back an MP3 disc
•ID3 Tag information (the name of the title, artist, and album up to 30 characters) will be shown on the display. When the name is too long to be displayed at once, it is scrolled.
•When a file does not belong in any folder, “ROOT” appears.
To stop playing, press 7. | SEARCH/ | UP | SEARCH/ |
DOWN | GROUP | UP | |
| SCROLL | PRESET | SCROLL |
“CD Stop” appears on the display. |
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The total track (or group) number and total |
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playing time appear on the display. |
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