JVC XV-SA72SL manual MP3 disc playback, About MP3 disc, Operations, Basic operations, What is MP3?

MP3 disc playback

This unit can playback CD-R/RW discs recorded by the MP3 format (we refer to those discs as MP3 discs in this manual).

Though available functions with MP3 discs are limited, operations for the available functions are similar to those with Audio CD discs.

What is MP3?

MP3 is the abbreviation of “MPEG1 Audio Layer 3”. MPEG Audio is a compression specification that compresses the audio portion only. This image compression method is used in DVD, Video CD/SVCD, etc. The audio data has been compressed into about 1/10.

About MP3 disc

On an MP3 disc, each material (song) is recorded on a Track (file). Tracks are usually grouped into a “Group” (folder) by category, by artist, etc. In addition, Groups can also be members of Groups (Groups' Group), creating hierarchical Group layers. If you are familiar

Operations

Basic operations

							TV			DVD
OPEN					STANDBY/ON
/CLOSE					TV			DVD
REPEAT				3D	TV/VIDEO
			PHONIC		CANCEL		RETURN
	TV1			TV2			TV3
	1			2				3
	TV4			TV5			TV6
	4			5				6
	TV7			TV8			TV9
	7			8				9
TV -/--				TV0			MUTING
10				0			+10
ANGLE			SUBTITLE		AUDIO			VFP
					S.FREQ		PROGRESSIVE
								SCAN
DIGEST			PAGE		- ZOOM +
PREVIOUS							NEXT
	4					¢
CLEAR				SELECT		STROBE
				3
	7						8
			-		SLOW+
	SLOW
	1					¡
OP							M
T NU								EN
E				CH+					U
M
VOL				5				VOL
-									+
	5			ENTER			5
				∞
CH	OIC	E		CH-			SCREEN
						ON

REMOTE CONTROL

English

Basic control buttons

with personal computers, you may easily understand the hierarchical Group layer construction of MP3 discs because it is similar to the folder layer construction of

The following table shows basic functions of basic control buttons.

computers.

This unit can handle up to 100 Tracks per Group, up to 100 Groups per Group layer and up to 10 Group layers. If a disc has more Tracks, Groups or Group layers than the above, the unit does not recognize those exceeding the

maximum numbers and cannot playback them.

	Group 1		Group 2
Track 1		Group 1’	up to 10 Group
			layers

Buttons

ENTER

7

8

4/¢

Functions

Starts playback

Stops playback completely

Pauses playback temporarily

Skips back or forward a Track in the Group*

up to 100 Tracks per Group

NOTES for making a private MP3 disc using a CD-R/CD-RW disc:

•Select “ISO 9660” as the disc format.

•Do not select the “multi-session” recording.

•Finalize the disc after completing recording.

NOTES

•The unit does not support “packet write” discs.

•Some disc may not be played back because of the disc characteristics or recording condition.

•The unit does not output a digital audio signal from DIGITAL OUT when playing back an MP3 disc.

•You cannot playback Tracks in the desired (programmed) or random order.

•The screen saver function is not active with an MP3 disc, as with an Audio CD.

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

* You cannot skip a Track across a Group.

							MP3disc playback
NOTES
• The current Track number is shown on the display
	window in the following manner.
	LPCM VCDVD GROUP TITLE			TRACK CHAP	1	A-B
	MPEG	38
	DOLBY
		PROGRAM
	DIGITAL
			RANDOM
	DTS

Current track elapsed time

Current track number

•Only MP3 files are shown on the display window as a track.

•Group number is not shown in the display window.

•You cannot advance or reverse playback of an MP3 disc rapidly.

•You cannot see any other time information but the current track elapsed time.

•You can check the sampling frequency of an MP3 disc. See page 50.

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