Panasonic CQ-C8803U operating instructions MP3/WMA Player, What is MP3/WMA?, Display Information

MP3/WMA Player

Notes on MP3/WMA

What is MP3/WMA?

MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) and WMA (Windows MediaTM Audio) are the compression formats of digital audio. The former is developed by MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group), and the latter is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Using these compression formats, you can record the contents of about 10 music CDs on a single CD media (This figures refer to data recorded on a 650 MB CD-R or CD-RW at a fixed bit rate of 128 kbps and a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz).

Note: MP3/WMA encoding and writing software is not supplied with this unit.

Points to remember when making MP3/WMA files

Common

¡High bit rate and high sampling frequency are recom- mended for high quality sounds.

¡Selecting VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is not recommended because playing time is not displayed properly and sound may be skipped.

¡The playback sound quality differs depending on the encoding circumstances. For details, refer to the user manual of your own encoding software and writing software.

MP3

¡It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or more” and “fixed”.

WMA

¡It is recommended to set the bit rate to “64 kbps or more” and “fixed”.

¡Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA file to enable this unit to play back.

Display Information

Displayed items

¡ CD-TEXT	¡ MP3 (ID3 tag)
Disc title	Album name
Track title	Title name/artist name
¡ MP3/WMA	¡ WMA (WMA tag)
Folder name	Album name
File name	Title name/artist name

Displayable characters

¡Displayable length of file name/folder name: within 64 characters. (Unicoded file and folder names are reduced by half in the number of displayable charac- ters.)

¡Name files and folders in accordance with the stan- dard of each file system. Refer to the instructions of writing software for details.

¡ASCII character set and special characters in each lan- guage can be displayed.

ASCII character set

A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, and the following sym- bols:

(space) ! ” # $ % & ’ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ˆ _ ` { } ~

Notes:

¡With some software in which MP3/WMA format files have been encoded, the character information may not be displayed properly.

¡Undisplayable characters and symbols will be convert- ed into an asterisk (*).

Caution:

Never assign the “.mp3”, or “.wma” file name extension to a file that is not in the MP3/WMA format. This may not only pro- duce noise from the speaker damage, but also damage your hearing.

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