•Do not attach labels, or use discs with sticky ink/residue. Such discs may stop spinning when used, causing a malfunction, or may ruin the disc.

•Do not use any discs with labels or stickers attached.

The following malfunctions may result from using such discs:

–Inability to eject a disc (due to a label or sticker peeling off and jamming the eject mechanism).

–Inability to read audio data correctly (e.g., playback skipping, or no playback) due to heat shrinking of a sticker or label causing a disc to warp.

•Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, square, star) cannot be played on this unit. Attempting to do so may damage the unit. Do not use such discs.

•You cannot play 8 cm CDs.

•Before playing, clean the discs with a commercially

available cleaning cloth. Wipe each disc from the centre out. Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commercially available cleaners, or antistatic spray intended for analogue discs.

About MP3 files

MP3, which stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3, is a music file compression format standard. It compresses audio CD data to approximately 1/10 of its original size.

•The unit is compatible with the ISO 9660 level 1/level 2 format, Joliet/Romeo in the expansion format, ID3 tag version 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, and Multi Session.

•The maximum number of:

–folders (groups): 150 (including root and empty folders).

–MP3 files (tracks) and folders contained in a disc: 300 (if a folder/file names contain many characters, this number may become less than 300).

–displayable characters for a folder/file name is 32 (Joliet), or 32/64 (Romeo); ID3 tag is 15/30 characters (1.0, 1.1, 2.2 and 2.3), or 63/ 126 characters (2.4).

Playback order of MP3 files

MP3

Folder

(group)

 

MP3 file (track)

Notes on CD-R/CD-RW discs

•Some CD-Rs/CD-RWs (depending on the equipment used for its recording or the condition of the disc) may not play on this unit.

•You cannot play a CD-R/a CD-RW that is not finalized.

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

This product is designed to play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product.

Notes

•Be sure to finalize the disc before using on the unit.

•When naming an MP3 file, be sure to add the file expansion “.mp3” to the file name.

•If you play a high-bit-rate MP3, such as 320 kbps, sound may be intermittent.

•During playback of a VBR (variable bit rate) MP3 file or fast-forward/reverse, elapsed playing time may not display accurately.

•When the disc is recorded in Multi Session, only the first track of the first session format is recognized and played (any other format is skipped). The priority of the format is CD-DA, ATRAC CD and MP3.

–When the first track is a CD-DA, only CD-DA of the first session is played.

–When the first track is not a CD-DA, an ATRAC CD or MP3 session is played. If the disc has no data in any of these formats, “NO Music” is displayed.

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