MP3 disc playback

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Operations

The unit can play back MP3 files on a personally recorded CD-R/ RW disc or commercially available CD. We refer to a disc that contains MP3 files as an “MP3 disc” in this manual.

About MP3 discs

On an MP3 disc, each song is recorded as a file (track). Files are sometimes grouped into folders by artists, album, etc.

•Each file is regarded as a track.

•A folder which has one or more files is regarded as a group.

•A folder which does not directly contain any tracks is ignored.

•Files which do not belong to any folder are grouped into “group 1.”

•The unit recognizes up to 150 tracks per group, and up to 99 groups per disc. If there are files other than MP3 files, they also count in the 150-file total.

Max. 99 groups per disc

 

Track 1.mp3

 

Track 2.mp3

Group 1

Track 3.mp3

 

Group 2

 

 

Track 4.mp3

 

Track 5.mp3

Group 4

Track 6.mp3

Basic operations

Use the following buttons to control MP3 disc playback.

ENTER: Starts playback while stopped.

3: Starts playback while stopped or paused.

7: Stops playback.

8: Pauses playback.

4/¢: Skips back or forward a track during playback. Selects the previous or next track while stopped.

If you press 3 during playback, or press 7 to stop playback followed by 3, the unit starts playback from the beginning of the current track.

NOTES

•The unit does not support “packet writing (UDF format)” discs.

•The unit does not support the ID3 tag.

•The unit supports discs recorded with multiple sessions.

•Some discs may not play due to disc characteristics or recording conditions.

•Programmed and random playback functions do not work with MP3 discs.

•The unit only can play back tracks with the following file extensions; “.MP3,” “.Mp3,” “.mp3” and “.mP3.”

•Time required for reading the disc contents may vary for different discs, depending on the numbers of groups (folders) and tracks (files) recorded, etc.

•You cannot advance or reverse playback by pressing ¡ or 1, or by holding down ¢ or 4 during MP3 disc playback.

Selecting the desired group and track

When inserting an MP3 disc, after the disc contents are read, the MP3 CONTROL display automatically appears on the TV screen. You can specify the desired group/track from the display using the following procedure.

1 Make sure that the black (cursor) bar is in the left (group) column.

If it is in the right column, press 2 to move it to the left column.

2 Press 5/∞ to move the bar to a desired group.

On the right column, tracks in the selected group are shown.

3 Press 4/¢ to select a desired track, then press ENTER or 3.

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Press the numeric buttons to directly specify a desired track number.

To select 5: press 5.

To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.

To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.

The unit starts playback from the selected track.

MP3 disc playback

Max.150 tracks per group

Group 3

Notes for making your own MP3 disc using a CD-R/ CD-RW disc

•Select “ISO 9660” as the disc format.

•We recommend you record your material at a 44.1 kHz sampling rate, using the 128 kbps data transfer rate.

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