Which discs can you play on this CD player?

Audio CDs:

CD-DA format CDs

CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording standard used for Audio CDs.

ATRAC CDs:

CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus format has been recorded by using SonicStage*

ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) is audio compression technology that satisfies the demand for high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3plus can compress audio files to about 1/20 of their original size at 64 kbps.

Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are:

 

Bit rates

Sampling frequencies

ATRAC3

66/105/132 kbps

44.1 kHz

 

 

 

ATRAC3plus

48/64/256 kbps

44.1 kHz

Up to 62 characters can be displayed on this CD player.

MP3 CDs:

CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded by using a software other than SonicStage*

Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are shown below. Variable Bit Rate (VBR) files can also be played.

 

Bit rates

Sampling frequencies

MPEG-1 Layer3

32 - 320 kbps

32/44.1/48 kHz

MPEG-2 Layer3

8 - 160 kbps

16/22.05/23 kHz

 

 

 

MPEG-2.5 Layer3

8 - 160 kbps

8/11.025/12 kHz

This CD player conforms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 of the ID3 tag format. ID3 tag is a format for adding certain information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) to MP3 files. Up to 64 characters of ID3 tag information can be displayed on this CD player.

CD-Extra and Mix-Mode CDs:

CD-R/CD-RW on which CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data are recorded together.*

If you cannot play your CD, change the “CD-EXTRA” setting in the OPTION menu (page 32). Then you may play your CD.

An ATRAC CD on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded using software other than SonicStage can also be played.

With SonicStage, you cannot create a CD on which mixed format audio data is recorded.

* Only ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs can be played.

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