PLAYABLE DISCS AND FILE FORMAT

■Playable discs

Use compact discs bearing the marks below.

.... Compact discs (digital audio)
.... CD-R,CD-RW digital audio discs

• CD-R or CD-RW discs bearing one of the following phrases.

FOR CONSUMER FOR CONSUMER USE FOR MUSIC USE ONLY

• Finalized CD-R or CD-RW discs

Note

This compact disc player may not be able to play some CD-R/CD-RW discs or discs on which recording was not made correctly.

.... CD-TEXT discs
To play back an 8-cm (3 in) CD

Place it in the inner recessed area of the disc tray. Do not put a normal (12-cm) CD on top of an 8-cm (3 in) CD.

To prevent a malfunction of this unit:

•Do not use any nonstandard shaped disc (heart, etc.) available on the

market because it might damage the unit.

•Do not use a disc with tape, stickers, or paste on it. If you use such a disc, the disc may get stuck in the unit, or damage to the unit may result.

Note: Do not use any lens cleaners as they may be a cause of malfunction.

■Playable MP3 and WMA files
MP3

 

 

Bitrate
Sampling
Format

 

frequency

 

(kbps)

 

 

(kHz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3

 

32-320*1

32/44.1/48

MPEG 2 Audio Layer-3, 2

 

8-160*1

16/22.05/24

*1 Variable bitrate is supported.

 

 

WMA

 

 

•Version 8

•Version 9 (Standard and variable bitrates are supported. Professional and Lossless are not supported.)

 

Bitrate

Sampling

Profile

frequency

(kbps)

 

(kHz)

 

 

 

 

 

High Profile

32-320*2

32/44.1/48

Mid Profile

16-32

22.05

 

 

 

*2 Both constant and variable bitrates are supported.

Notes

•Playback for Data Disc starts in alphanumeric order of files.

•Playback for USB starts in order by date and time of creation.

•Copyright-protected WMA (DRM) files cannot be played back by this unit.

•The disc must be ISO 9660 compatible.

•The maximum file and folder numbers are as follows.

 

Data Disc
USB

 

 

 

Maximum total number of file

512

9,999

and folder*3

 

 

Maximum folder number*3

255

255

Maximum file number per

511

255

folder

 

 

 

 

 

*3 The root is counted as one of the folders.

 

PREPARATION

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