MP3/WMA disc playback

2 5/

4 ¢

7 8 3

NOTE

Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on the

TV DVD remote control unit is set to “DVD” when using the 5//2/3 and TV/VIDEO - CANCEL buttons for controlling the player.

Operations

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

Note that if a disc contains both of MP3/WMA files and JPEG files, you can only play back files of the type selected by the [MP3&WMA/JPEG] setting in the [PICTURE] preference display. (see page 28).

About MP3/WMA discs

On an MP3/WMA 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 player recognizes up to 150 tracks per group, and up to 99 groups per disc. If there are files other than MP3/WMA files, they also count in the 150-file total.

Max. 99 groups per disc

As for WMA files, make sure that the copyright feature is set to off.

As for WMA files, we recommend you to record your material at a bit rate of 64 kbps or higher.

Basic operations

Use the following buttons to control MP3/WMA 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 player starts playback from the beginning of the current track.

NOTES

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

The player does not support the ID3 tag.

The player 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/WMA discs.

As for MP3, the player only can play back tracks with the following file extensions; “.MP3,” “.Mp3,” “.mp3” and “.mP3.”

As for WMA, the player only can play back tracks with the following file extensions; “.WMA,” “.wma,” and any other combination of upper case and lower case letters (such as “.Wma”).

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/WMA disc playback.

The player supports WMA files recorded with a bit rate of 48 kbps or higher. The player cannot play back WMA files recorded with a bit rate under 48 kbps.

Selecting the desired group and track

When inserting an MP3/WMA disc, after the disc contents are read, the MP3/WMA CONTROL display automatically appears on the TV screen.

You can specify the desired group/track from the display using the following procedure.

English

MP3/WMA disc playback

Track 1.mp3

Track 2.mp3

Track 3.mp3

Group 2

Group 4

Max.150 tracks per group

Group 1

Track 4.mp3

Track 5.mp3 Track 6.mp3

Group 3

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.

or

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

Select “ISO 9660” as the disc format.

As for MP3 files, we recommend you to record your material at a 44.1 kHz sampling rate, using the 128 kbps data transfer rate.

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 player starts playback from the selected track.

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