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MP3/JPEG PLAYBACK
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This player can play back the MP3/JPEG-data
which has been recorded on CD-R or CD-RW. To
produce the MP3/JPEG-data, you need a Win-
dows-PC with CD-R/RW drive and a MP3/JPEG-
encoding Software (not supplied).
The Apple-HFS-System cannot be played.

MP3/JPEG CD information

Limitations on MP3/JPEG CD playback
•MP3/JPEG CD is the disc that is standardized by
ISO9660, its file name must include 3-digits ex-
tension letters, “mp3”, “jpg”.
•The directory and file names of the MP3/JPEG
CD must be correspond to the ISO standardized
files.
•This unit can read 200 files per disc. If one directory
has more than 200 files, it reads up to 200 files,
the remaining files will be omitted.
•The unit is able to recognize up to a maximum of
50 directories per disc.
•MP3/JPEG CDs cannot be used for playback for
the purpose of recording.
•If the CD has both audio tracks and MP3/JPEG
files, only audio tracks are played.
•It may take more than one minute for this unit to
read MP3/JPEG files depending on its structure.
•Music recorded by “Joliet Recording Specification”
can be played back, the file name is displayed
(within 16 letters) on the screen Long file names
will be condensed.
•The music files recorded by “Hierarchical File
System” (HFS) cannot be played.
Limitations on display
•The maximum number for display is 16 letters.
Available letters for display are the following: capi-
tal or small alphabets of A through Z, numbers of
0 through 9, and _ (under score).
•Other letters than those above are replaced in
hyphen.
Notes on MP3/JPEG files
To play back MP3/JPEG CD in the recorded order,
1. Use MP3/JPEG software that records data al-
phabetically or numerically.
2. Name each file including two-digit or three-digit
number (e.g. “01” “02” or “001” “002”).
3. Refrain from making too many sub-folders.
CAUTION:
•Some MP3/JPEG CDs cannot be played back
depending on the recording conditions.
•The CD-R/RW that has no music data or non-
MP3/JPEG files can not be played back.
On the TV-screen, “Reading” will ap-
pear. Reading will take as much time
as the number of file.
A file menu screen will appear on
the TV screen.
Press / to select folder.
Press / or / or Number keys to select the desired
file.
•In case the folder includes more than 15 files, press
or to display next file list.
•When PLAY has been pressed after displaying the file
menu, or when the disc tray has been closed after press-
ing PLAY in step 2, playback begins automatically starting
from the first file. In this case, if the first file is an MP3 file,
only MP3 files are played back in order. If the first file is a
JPEG file, the first JPEG file is played back.
Press ENTER.
The selected file starts playing back.
Press STOP to end playback.
•The unit records the stopped point. “ ” appears on the
screen. Press PLAY to resume playback (from the scene
point).
•If you press STOP again or unload the disc, the unit will
clear the stopped point.
NOTES:
•During MP3/JPEG-Playback, you cannot use SEARCH, A-B
Repeat functions.
•You can use Repeat (Track or All), Random functions and
Program playback for MP3/JPEG CD Playback (see page
34).
•In the case of a CD containing a mixture of MP3 and JPEG
files, the files are played back by selecting them from the
file menu.

MP3/CD playback

Place a disc on which MP3 files
have been recorded in the disc slot.