Panasonic SL-SX418 Other Play Methods, Program Play, Play modes, Anti-Skip System, Start play

Other Play Methods	≥References to WMA apply only to SL-SX425.
	≥References to the remote control apply only to SL-SX425 and SL-SX420.

Program Play

Play modes

Main unit

1

Select the tracks while stopped.

When programming WMA/MP3 tracks, you can skip albums before selecting tracks (➪ below).

2MEMO

Press to register.

Track number		3
	S-XBS

– – 01	Sequence number
M

3

Repeat steps 1 and 2 to register up to 20 tracks.

4

Start play.

Changing the sound quality

When playing WMA/MP3

S-XBS

–– 01 Sequence number

M

ALBUM

S-XBS	3	Album number
TRACK 1	Track number
M

∫To confirm the contents of the program

∫Press [MEMO] while the disc is playing.

∫To delete the entire program ∫Press [∫].

Each time you press

Main unit		RANDOM	RANDOM
MODE One track	All track	Random	Random
repeat	repeat		repeat

No display (canceled)

∫You cannot select “RANDOM” while playing WMA/MP3. ∫You cannot skip back to other tracks during random play.

Anti-Skip System

This system reduces the skipping caused by vibration to a minimum. You can change the anti-skip memory time for CD-DA to improve sound quality.

Each time you press and hold

Main unit

MODE

Better sound quality,	Normal sound quality,
10-second anti-skip memory	45-second anti-skip memory

∫You cannot change the memory time for WMA/MP3. It is a maximum of 130 seconds for WMA recorded at 96 kbps and 100 seconds for

Each time you press SL-SX425 SL-SX420

VOL

Main unit

EQ

Boosts the bass Concert hall-like sound

No display (canceled)

∫The effect may differ between different kinds of music.

MP3 recorded at 128 kbps.

Turning the operation tone off

Press and hold [EQ] until “bP oFF” appears.

SL-SX425 SL-SX420

VOL

bP on bP oFF

Tone on Tone off

Playing WMA/MP3 ≥References to WMA apply only to SL-SX425.

≥References to the remote control apply only to SL-SX425 and SL-SX420.

Starting play from an album (Album skip)

Press and hold until the album you want appears.

Main unit SL-SX425 SL-SX420

VOL

WMA and MP3 are methods of compressing audio without overtly hurting audio data. SL- SX425 can play WMA and MP3. SL-SX420 ,SL-SX419C and SL-SX418 can play MP3.

∫When creating WMA/MP3 files to play on this unit

≥Disc formats: ISO9660 level 1 and level 2 (except for extended formats) ≥It is better not to create folders (album) within folders (004album below).

	ALBUM
S-XBS		3	Album number
TRACK
- - 10		Number of tracks

Playing only the tracks in a selected album (Album mode)

CD-ROM drive

001album

1001track.mp3

002track.mp3

003track.MP3

002album

2004track.wma

005track.wma

004album

3008track.MP3

009track.MP3

003album

4006track.wma

007track.WMA

Naming tracks and albums

Prefix with 3-digit numbers in the order you want to play

Extension

The extension for WMA 001track.mp3 is “.wma” (or “.WMA”)

(or.MP3)

Up to 27 characters for tracks and 30 for albums

If you created an album such as 004album at left, the files may not play in name order. The albums would play in the order 1, 2, 3, 4.

Each time you press and hold

Main unit

MODE

ALBUM	No display
Album mode	(canceled)

∫You cannot turn album mode on during program play. ∫You can select another album with album skip.

∫Limitations on WMA/MP3

≥This unit is compatible with multi-session but if there are a lot of sessions it takes more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to avoid this.

≥This unit cannot play files recorded using packet write.

≥If the disc includes both WMA/MP3 and normal audio data (CD-DA), the unit plays the type recorded in the inner part of the disc.

≥If the disc includes both WMA/MP3 and other types of audio data (e.g. WAV), the unit plays only the WMA/MP3.

≥Depending on how you create WMA/MP3 files, they may not ≥play in the order you numbered them or may not play at all.

Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. WMA is a compression format developed by Microsoft Corporation. It achieves the same sound quality as MP3 with a file size that is smaller than that of MP3.

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