Samsung HT-DM550 MP3-CD Playback, Starting Playback, CD-RMP3 DISC, Repeating Playback, Operation

MP3-CDPlayback

This system has a built-inMP3 decoder.

You can play back MP3 tracks (files)recorded on CD-Rs, CD-RWs, and CD-ROMs.

What is MP3? MP3 is an abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts Group (or MPEG) Audio Layer 3. MP3 is simply a file format with a data compression ratio of 1:10 (128 Kbps*). That means,by using MP3 format, one CD-R or CD-RW can contain 10 times as much data volume as a regular CD can.

Starting Playback

•It is recommended you turn on your TV when playing back an MP3-CD.

1

Press the Open/Close( ) button

to load a disc.

2

Press the Play/Pause( ) button.

• After detecting the disc, playback starts.

• The on-screen bar and the contents recorded on the MP3-CD will be shown on the TV if it is turned on.

Operations Using the On-Screen Display

Turn on your TV when playing back an MP3 disc.

When the loaded MP3 disc is recognized, the following on-screen display appears on the TV screen.

(The contents of this on-screen display vary according to the disc — the way MP3 tracks were recorded on the disc.)

Button	To do
ENTER,	Start playback or go into a directory.
▲ / ▼	Select a track or directory.

CD-R/RW playback compatibility

•Your DVD player can also play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in digital audio format. When recording your own CD-R or CD-RW discs, make sure that the recording session is properly terminated, or they will not be playable. (Depending on disc properties and recording quality, some CD-R/RWs may not be playable.)

•CD-RW has a lower reflection rate than CD-R media and consequently it will take a longer to read CD-R discs.

•CD-RW discs recorded at high speed tend to be difficult for the DVD player to read. If the recording speed for the CD-RW disc is not predetermined, write it at low speed.

OPERATION

To stop during playback Press the Stop ( ) button.

CD-R MP3 DISC

Repeating Playback

On an MP3 disc, Repeat A↔ B cannot be used. You can enjoy only repeat play.

Press the Repeat button.

The indication corresponding to the selected mode appears on the TV screen.

Repeat

•Each time you press the button, repeat mode changes as follows:

•Only CD-R discs with MP3 files in ISO 9660 or Joliet format can be played.

•The file name of the MP3 file may not be longer than 8 characters and should contain no blank spaces or special characters.

•Use discs recorded with a compression/decompression data rate greater than 128Kbps.

•Only files with the ".mp3" and ".MP3" extensions can be played.

•Only a consecutively written Multisession disc can be played. If there is a blank segment in the Multisession disc, the disc can be played only up to the blank segment.

•If the disc is not closed, it will take longer to begin playback and not all of the recorded files may be played.

•For files encoded in Variable Bit Rate (VBR) format, i.e. files encoded in both low bit rate and high bit rate (e.g., 32Kbps ~ 320Kbps), the sound may skip during playback.

17 Depending on the recording mode, some MP3-CD cannot be played.

REPEAT:RANDOM

:All tracks recorded on the disc will be played once in random order.

REPEAT:ONE

:Current track will be repeated.

REPEAT:DIR

:Tracks in the current directory will be repeated.

REPEAT:DISC

:All tracks on the disc will be repeated.

REPEAT OFF

:Repeat play is canceled.(Normal play is resumed.)

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