Playing Back Discs

This unit has been designed to play back the following discs—CD, CD-R, and CD-RW.

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,” and “file” is also referred to as “track.”

When playing CD-Rs or CD-RWs

•Before playing CD-Rs or CD-RWs, read their instructions or cautions carefully.

•User-edited CD-Rs (CD-Recordable) and CD-RWs (CD- ReWritable) can be played only if they are already “finalized.”

•This unit supports “multi-session” discs (up to 5 sessions).

•This unit cannot play “packet write” discs.

•Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs may not play on this unit because of their disc characteristics, damage or stain on them, or if the player’s lens is dirty.

•CD-RWs may require a longer readout time. This is because the reflectance of CD-RWs is lower than for regular discs.

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 20 characters.

•This unit recognizes files and folders on a disc in the following conditions:

–up to 640 MP3 files.

–up to 256 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 (heart-shape, octagonal, etc.) can damage the unit.

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.

Good

Not good

3 Close the disc cover gently.

4 Press CD 6.

 

CD

 

3/8

The unit automatically turns on and the source

 

changes to the CD player.

 

 

After loading the disc, the first track of the disc

starts playing.

 

 

 

When playing

When playing MP3 disc:

audio CD:

 

MP3 indicator

 

 

 

 

 

MP3

Current track

Elapsed

Current track

Elapsed

number

playing time

number

playing time

•The disc automatically stops when the last track has finished playing.

While “READING” 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.

UP

To stop playing, press 7.

 

PRESET

 

GROUP

 

 

 

 

The total track (or group) number and total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

playing time appear on the display.

DOWN

PRESET

GROUP

When stop playing

When stop playing

audio CD:

MP3 disc:

 

 

 

 

Group folder indicator

 

 

 

MP3

Total track

Total playing

Total group

Total track

number

time

number

number

•Total playing time does not appear when MP3 disc is loaded.

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