Philips DVD580M MP3 Playback, MP3 Features, Following characteristics are not supported

MP3 is a compression method that makes digital music files up to 10 times smaller without losing significant sound quality. MP3 is common on the Internet, letting you transfer Tracks to your computer and onto a CD Recordable or CD Rewritable disc. Materials and equipment with which to make MP3 recordings are not supplied with this Player.

MP3 Tracks are recorded at a certain bit rate or speed. Slower bit rates (32 kbps or 64 kbps) let you record more using less Disc space, but have the lowest sound quality. Faster bit rates (256 kbps or 320 kbps) provide better sound quality but use a lot of Disc space. The average bit rates (96 kbps or 128 kbps) provide CD-like quality and are most recommended.

Keep these characteristics in mind when making Discs that you intend to play on this Player.

This Player supports the following characteristics of MP3 files:

●File or Track names ending in .mp3

●Names of Albums, Artists, etc., with a maximum of 30 characters

●Maximum nested directory of eight levels

●Sampling frequencies: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

●Bit-rates: 32-256 kbps

●The first session of multisession discs

The following characteristics are not supported:

●File or Track names ending in .wma, .aac, .dlf, .m3u, and .pls

●Chinese file names

●Non-session closed discs

●Discs recorded in UDF format

MP3 Features

1 When you insert a Disc with MP3 files, the Tracks and Albums (or Folders) available for playback will appear on the screen. It may take the Player several seconds to recognize the Disc.

2 During playback, press NEXT ∑ or PREV w to move to different Tracks. MP3 will appear on the Player’s display panel during playback.

3 Press STOP/RETURN C to stop playback.

When playback is stopped, press 9 or 8 to select a Track or Folder. Press OK to open a Folder or to start playing a Track.

4 When playback is stopped, press ; or : to select the

PLAY MODE options at the bottom of the screen. Press 9 or 8 to choose FOLDER, REP-ONE, DISC REP, or

DISC SCAN.

●Select FOLDER to play Tracks in normal order. Leave PLAY MODE set to FOLDER for normal playback.

●Select REP-ONE (repeat one) to play a Track repeatedly.

●Select DISC REP (Disc repeat) to play the Disc repeatedly.

●Select DISC SCAN to hear the first 10 seconds of each Track on the Disc.

Then, press ; or : to return to the Track list. Press 9 or 8 to select a Track or Folder. Press OK to open a Folder or to start playing a Track.

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