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.

Note on DualDiscs

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed.

Difference in File structures of ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs

ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs consist of “files” and “groups.” A “file” is equivalent to a “track” of an audio CD. A “group” is a bundle of files and is equivalent to an “album.”

For MP3 CDs, this CD player recognizes an MP3 folder as a “group” so that ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs can be operated in the same way.

The usable number of groups and files

•Maximum number of groups: 256

•Maximum number of files: 999

Playing order of ATRAC CDs and MP3 CDs

For ATRAC CDs, files are played in the order selected in SonicStage.

For MP3 CDs, the playing order may differ depending on the method used to record MP3 files on the disc. A “play list” which contains an MP3 file playing order can also be played. In the following example, files are played in order of to .

MP3

Group

 

File

(Maximum directory levels: 8)

Notes

•If ATRAC files and MP3 files are recorded on the same CD, this CD player plays the ATRAC files first.

•The playback capability of this CD player may vary depending on the quality of the disc and the condition of the recording device.

•Acceptable characters are A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, and _ (underscore).

•On a disc that has ATRAC/MP3 files, do not save files in other formats and do not make unnecessary folders.

About ATRAC CDs

•CD-Rs/CD-RWs recorded in the ATRAC format cannot be played on your computer.

About MP3 CDs

•Be sure to add the file extension “mp3” to the file name. However, if you add the extension “mp3” to a file other than an MP3 file, the player will not be able to recognize the file properly.

•To compress a source in an MP3 file, we recommend setting the compression parameters to “44.1 kHz,” “128 kbps,” and “Constant Bit Rate.”

•To record up to the maximum capacity, set the writing software to “halting of writing.”

•To record up to the maximum capacity at one time on media that has nothing recorded on it, set the writing software to “Disc at Once.”

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