36 MP3 Playback

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 files 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 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 names ending in .wma, .aac, .dlf, .m3u, and .pls

Chinese file names

Non-session closed discs

Discs recorded in UDF format

Before playing MP3 files...

Connect the Player to your Stereo or TV using the red and white AUDIO OUT or FRONT MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT jacks. Details are on pages 9-13.You will not have sound during MP3 play- back if you connect the Player using the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jacks (COAXIAL or OPTICAL).

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Playing MP3 files

 

When you insert a Disc with MP3 files, the first Track of

 

the first Album will begin to play automatically. It may take

1 the Player several seconds to recognize the Disc.

 

MP3 text may appear on the TV screen or the Player’s display

 

panel. This could be the song title, artist name, track number, etc.,

 

depending on how you recorded the MP3 files. To access or

 

remove the MP3 text, press DISPLAY.

 

Press 8 or 9 to scroll through the available Albums.

 

Press : or ; to scroll through the Tracks.

2 Or, use the Number buttons to select an Album or Track

 

you want to play. When playback is stopped, use the Number

 

buttons to select an Album. During playback, use the Number but-

 

tons to select a Track.

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To play a Track, Album, or Disc repeatedly, press

REPEAT repeatedly during playback.

Press REPEAT once to play a Track repeatedly.

Press REPEAT again to play an Album repeatedly.

Press REPEAT again to play an entire Disc repeatedly. Press REPEAT again to cancel repeat playback and

resume regular playback.

Helpful Hints

Only the following options are available for MP3 files: Stop, Play, Pause, Skip Next/Previous, and Repeat Track/Album/Disc.

The Player converts two-chan- nel sound (left and right) of MP3 and Audio CDs into five- channel sound.

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