Playing a DSD Disc

This player can play discs that you recorded in DSF file format using a computer, etc.

Requirements for playable DSF files

DSF files must satisfy following conditions to be played on this player correctly.

•Disc: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW, that are compatible with DVD- ROM specifications

•File extension: dsf

•Folder type: DSD_DISC folder

•Maximum size of a file: up to 4 GB

•Channel: 2-channel

•Maximum number of playable files: up to 150 files per folder

•Maximum number of playable folders: up to 200 folders per disc

•Maximum number of playable layers: up to the 8th layer

•Sampling frequency: 2.8224 MHz

Note

To play a DSD disc, it is necessary to search the entire path each time a file is accessed. Therefore, if there are many folders on the disc, the folder is located deep in the directory, or there are many files in the folder, it may take an extremely long time to access the file. To prevent this situation, it is recommended that you store a DSF file directly in a DSD_DISC folder, and limit the number of files in a folder to 20.

Example of directory structure on a disc

DSF files in each folder are played in the order of (1) to (10) as shown below. The playback

order of folders is displayed at “ALBUM” on the

display window. The playback order of files is Playing displayed at “TRACK.”

Discs

*This file with dsf extension is not played because it is not stored in a DSD_DISC folder.

Playback of a disc

You can play back DSD Discs in the same way as you do with Super Audio CDs. However, you cannot perform the following operations.

•Direct track selection and album selection

•Shuffle Play

•Switching layers between Super Audio CD and CD

•Switching the playback area of a Super Audio

CD

•Repeat Play by album

•Playback of files other than DSF files on the disc

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