The CD Player

Using the display

You can check information about the CD using the display.

DISPLAY

Checking the information on

an audio CD

Press DISPLAY while playing. The display changes as follows:

tThe current track number and playing time

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The current track number and the remaining time of the current track

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The number of tracks left and the time remaining on the CD

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The total track number and total playing time on the CD

Tips

When you are playing an audio CD containing text information such as CD-TEXT, information is displayed.

While the player is stopped, playing time/the remaining time is not displayed.

Checking the information on

an ATRAC CD/MP3 CD

Press DISPLAY while playing. The display changes as follows:

When you are playing an MP3 CD containing files with an ID3 tag*, ID3 tag information is displayed.

*ID3 tag is a format for adding certain information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) to MP3 files. This player conforms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.3 of the ID3 tag format (for MP3 files only).

tThe file name, the current file number and playing time

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The group name*1, the current file number and playing time

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The artist name*2, the current file number and playing time

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The transfer bit rate, the sampling frequency, the current file number and the remaining time of the current file

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Total number of groups, total number of files

*1 For MP3 CDs: If the file does not belong to any group, the group name is displayed as “ROOT”.

*2 If the file does not have an artist name, there is no indication in the display.

Tip

While the player is stopped, playing time/the remaining time of the current file is not displayed.

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