Playing Video and Music Discs

MP3 Playback Features

You can play MP3 music that was recorded onto a CD-R or CD-RW by a computer.

If you use the CinemaStation to playback MP3 discs recorded on a computer, each folder on the disc is designated an “Album”, and each file in each folder a “Track”.

Root

: Album (Folder)

: Track (File)

Advice

CinemaStation is compatible with a bit rate range of 32, 64, 96, 128, 192 or 256 kbps. CinemaStation is also compatible with variable bit rate encoded MP3 files.

CinemaStation is compatible with a sampling frequency of 32, 44.1 or 48 kHz.

Repeat Play

You can use Track Repeat and Album Repeat to repeat your favorite track and disc. See page 34, “Repeating a Disc or

Track (Repeat Play)”.

Program Play

You can playback your favorite tracks in the order you want. See page 31, “Customizing Playback Order (Program Play)”.

Playback status on the TV screen

You can check the playback status (e.g. disc type) along with the total and elapsed playing time of the current track on the TV screen.

Video Playing Music and Discs

Notes

Depending on the way you assign folder or file names when you record the MP3 disc, the CinemaStation may play tracks in a different order from the order they were recorded in.

Depending on recording conditions, some discs cannot be played back.

Playing a Super Audio CD

Using the TV screen, selected area and tracks of the Super Audio CD can be played back.

Turn on the TV and switch the input source to this unit.

Insert the disc. (The track display screen of the Multi-channel appears.)

Press j to display the area selection screen.

Select Multi-channel, Stereo or CD-DA area using h and g and press w.

E.g.

When the disc contains Multi-channel, Stereo and CD-DA areas.

Multi-channel

Stereo

CD-DA

Notes

Area can be selected only when the Super Audio CD is stopped.

When “Multi-channel” or “Stereo” is selected, output is only from the speakers. (Only the sound from the front channel is output from the headphones.)

English

Select a track using h and g, and press

37

ENTER to start playback.