Notes on playing MP3 files

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MP3 file playing order

When selected for play, folder search, file search, or for folder select, files and folders are accessed in the order in which they were written by the CD writer.

Because of this, the order in which they are to be recorded does not match the order in which they are played. You may be able to set the order in which MP3 files are to be played by writing them onto a medium such as a CD-R with their file names beginning with play sequence numbers such as "01" to "99", depending on your CD writer.

For example, a medium with the following folder/file hierarchy is subject to folder search, file search, or folder select as shown below.

When a file search is executed with file4 being played ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation of the button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

file number

 

 

4 Button

 

 

¢ Button

4

Beginning of

5

 

6

 

7

 

1

file 4

 

3

 

2

 

1

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When a folder search is executed with file4 being played ...

When a folder search is executed with file4 currently being played, the unit selects folders as shown below, starting with folder 6 .

Folder File

Virtual folder Root

Example of a medium's folder/file hierarchy For a file search or folder search

1

2

1

3

4 2

3

5

6

4

7

5

6

8

97

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Medium's virtual folder/file hierarchy for a folder select

1

(1)

2

 

(2)

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

(3)

 

 

(4)

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

(5)

 

 

6

(6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

(7)

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

9

 

8

 

 

(8)

 

 

(9)

 

 

7

 

 

 

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Current

 

 

 

Operation of the button

 

 

 

 

folder number

 

FM Button

 

 

 

AM Button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

7

8

9

1

5

4

3

2

1

9

When folder select is selected with file 3 being played tomove from folder to folder ...

During folder select, a virtual folder is created one hierarchical level below each folder. The hierarchy is displayed as if the MP3 file recorded in each folder were placed in that virtual folder.

When the unit enters the folder select mode with file3 being played, it selects folders as shown below, starting with folder （4） (virtual folder 4 ).

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation of the button

 

 

 

 

folder number

 

 

4 Button

 

¢ Button

AM Button

FM Button

 

 

 

 

（4）

9

 

6

 

5

 

（4）

5

 

 

6

 

 

9

4

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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