Playing MP3 Audio Tracks

DATA CD

You can play MP3 audio tracks on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs).

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HPLAY

1 Insert a DATA CD on the disc tray.2 Press H PLAY.

Playback starts from the first MP3 audio track on the disc. Note that the playback order may be different from the edited order. See “Playback order of MP3 audio tracks.”

Playback order of MP3 audio tracks

Albums containing MP3 audio tracks play in the following order.

At Bt Ct Dt Ft G. Albums that do not contain tracks (such as album E) are skipped.

Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree 5

ROOT

Playback

Album MP3 audio track

About MP3 audio tracks

MP3 is audio compression technology that satisfies certain ISO/MPEG regulations.

You can play back DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD- Rs/CD-RWs) recorded in MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) format. However, the discs must be recorded according to ISO9660 Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet format for the recorder to recognize the tracks. You can also play discs recorded in Multi Session.

See the instructions supplied with the CD-R/CD- RW drives and the recording software (not supplied) for details on the recording format.

Note on Multi Session discs

If MP3 audio tracks are recorded in the first session, the recorder will also play MP3 audio tracks in other sessions. If audio tracks in Music CD format are recorded in the first session, only the first session will be played back.

When you insert a DATA CD and press

HPLAY, the numbered tracks are played sequentially, from 1 through 7. Any sub-

albums/tracks contained within a currently

selected album take priority over the next album in the same tree. (Example: C contains D so 4 is played before 5.)

zHints

You can view the disc information while playing MP3 audio tracks (page 38).

If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the track names when you store the tracks in a disc, the tracks will be played in that order.

Since a disc with many trees takes longer to start playback, it is recommended that you create albums with no more than two trees.

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