Marantz PMD325 manual Other Functions, •Precautions for discs recorded using MP3 files, English

OTHER FUNCTIONS

•Precautions for discs recorded using MP3 files

•Example of play sequence

Diagram showing sequence as displayed by Win-

ENGLISH

∗ The format of the files played have the “.mp3” or “.MP3”

extension. Files with any other extension cannot be played.

∗ The Joliet file system, an extension to the ISO9660 file

format, is supported as the write format. Both mode 1 (CD-

ROM) and mode 2 (CD-ROM XA) are supported. MP3 file

discs recorded using packet writing cannot be played.

∗ The supported MP3 file sampling frequency is 16 kHz – 48

kHz and the bit rate is 32 kbps – 320 kbps.

44.1kHz, 128kbps are recommended for the unit.

∗ The maximum number of characters in the ID3 tag

information that can be displayed by this player is 32.

Characters other than alphanumerics will not be displayed

properly. Japanese characters cannot be displayed.

∗ Digital signals are not output from the player while playing

discs recorded using MP3 files.

∗ It may not be possible for CD-R/CD-RW discs on which

MP3 files were recorded to be played properly depending

on the environment of the personal computer used to record

the files, the writing software program and the CD-R/CD-

RW discs concerned. Check the external components

used.

∗ MP3 files on mixed CDs or enhanced CDs containing a

mixture of the CD-DA format for music purposes and MP3

dows Explorer

(E) CD-ROM drive

Album 02

aaaa03.mp3 aaaa04.mp3 aaaa05.mp3 aaaa06.mp3

Album 04

bbbb07.mp3

bbbb08.mp3

Album 06

dddd11.mp3

dddd12.mp3

Album 08

wwww.wav

xxxx.wav

AAAA01.mp3	Root
BBBB02.mp3
	Album 01

Album 03

yyyy.jpg

zzzz.doc

Album 05

cccc09.mp3

cccc10.mp3

Album 07

eeee13.mp3

eeee14.mp3

Album 09

ffff15.mp3

Album 10

gggg16.mp3

gggg17.mp3

files cannot be played. Only the CD-DA format for music

purposes will be played.

∗ This player also supports discs created by multisessions.

∗ It is recommended that the maximum number of sessions

on a CD-R or CD-RW disc be 10, the maximum number of

albums for all sessions be 20 and the maximum number of

files be 200.

•Functions not supported by MP3 play

The following functions are not supported when the player is to play discs recorded with MP3 files.

-A-B repeat

-Program play

-Delete program play

-Index skip

-End monitor

-Manual cue

-Auto cue

-Time mode changes

-End warning

•Concerning random play

Random play proceeds on an album by album (folder by folder) basis. When all the tracks of the album currently playing have been played, play moves on to the next album in the sequence.

During random play, the 1-track repeat and A-B repeat functions cannot be used.

Play up to 8 hierarchical levels possible

Display that appears when the disc shown above is inserted (in the stop mode)

Total number of tracks

TTL			TRK
							MP3
1	2	4	5	6	7	9	10

Album that contains MP3 files Total number of MP3 albums

•The dotted line with arrow ( ) indicates the sequence in which the MP3 albums and tracks are played.

•Album 01 to album 10

In the example shown in the figure, this CD-ROM has 10 albums (folders) but albums 03 and 08 are not MP3 files and so cannot be played.

•AAAA01.mp3 to gggg17.mp3

In the example shown in the figure, this CD-ROM has 17 tracks starting with track “01” and ending with track “17.”

•Only those files with the “.mp3” extension are played; all other files with the .wav, .jpg, .doc and other extensions are skipped.

•Album 01 is allocated even when there are no files in the root.

•The sequence may differ from the one that appears on the personal computer. It may also differ depending on the writing software program.

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