Pontiac 2006 manual Using an MP3 CD, MP3 Format

RCL (Recall): Push this button to see how long the current track has been playing. To change the default on the display, track and elapsed time, push the button until you see the display you want, then hold the button until the display flashes. The selected display will

now be the default. While elapsed time appears on the display, CD TIME will appear on the display.

BAND: Press this button to listen to the radio when a CD is playing. The inactive CD will remain safely inside the radio for future listening.

CD AUX (Auxiliary): Press this button to play a CD when listening to the radio. The CD symbol will appear on the display when a CD is loaded.

Z(Eject): Press this button to eject a CD. Eject may be activated with either the ignition or radio off. CDs may be loaded with the radio and ignition off if this button is pressed first.

Using an MP3 CD

MP3 Format

If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal computer:

•Make sure the MP3 files are recorded on a CD-R disc.

•Make sure to finalize the disc when burning an MP3 disc, using multiple sessions. It is usually better to burn the disc all at once.

•Files can be recorded with a variety of fixed or variable bit rates. Song title, artist name, and album will be available for display by the radio when recorded using ID3 tags version 1 and 2.

•Do not mix standard audio and MP3 files on one disc.

•Make sure playlists have a.pls, or.m3u, or.rmp extension, other file extensions may not work.

•Create a folder structure that makes it easy to find songs while driving. Organize songs by albums using one folder for each album. Each folder

or album should contain 18 songs or less.

The player will be able to read and play a maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions, and 255 files. Long file names, folder names, or playlist names may use more disc memory space than necessary. To conserve space on the disc, minimize the length of the file, folder or playlist names. You can also play an MP3 CD that was recorded using no file folders. The system can support up to 11 folders in depth, though, keep the depth of the folders to a minimum in order to keep down the complexity and confusion in trying to locate a particular folder during playback. If a CD contains more than the maximum of 50 folders,

50 playlists, 10 sessions, and 255 files the player will let you access and navigate up to the maximum, but all items over the maximum will be ignored.

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