Notes on MP3/WMA
Note: MP3/WMA encoding and writing software is not sup-
plied with this unit.
Points to remember when making MP3/WMA files
Common
¡ High bit rate and high sampling frequency are recom-
mended for high quality sounds.
¡ Selecting VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is not recommended
because playing time is not displayed properly and sound
may be skipped.
¡ The playback sound quality differs depending on the
encoding circumstances. For details, refer to the user
manual of your own encoding software and writing soft-
ware.
MP3
¡ It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or
more” and “fixed”.
WMA
¡ It is recommended to set the bit rate to “64 kbps or
more” and “fixed”.
¡ Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA file to
enable this unit to play back.
Display Information
Displayed items
Displayable characters
¡ Name files and folders in accordance with the standard of
each file system. Refer to the instructions of writing soft-
ware for details.
¡ ASCII character set and special characters in each lan-
guage can be displayed.
Notes:
¡ With some software in which MP3/WMA format files
have been encoded, the character information may not be
displayed properly.
¡ Undisplayable characters and symbols will be converted
into an asterisk ( ).
Folder selection order/file playback order
Maximum number of files/folders
¡ Maximum number of files: 999
¡ Maximum number of files in one folder: 255
¡ Maximum depth of trees: 8
¡ Maximum number of folders: 255 (Root folder is includ-
ed.)
Notes:
¡ This unit counts the number of folders irrespective of the
presence or absence of MP3/WMA file.
¡ If the selected folder does not contain any MP3/WMA
files, the nearest MP3/WMA files in the order of playback
will be played.
¡ Playback order may be different from other MP3/WMA
players even if the same disc is used.
¡ “ROOT” appears when displaying the root folder name.
Root Folder
(Root Directory)
Folder Selection
File Selection
Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree 8
(Max.)
2
1
3
4
q
q
w
e
r
t
y
y
5
6
8
18
7
–In the order
–In the order
Caution
Never assign the “.mp3”, or “.wma” file name
extension to a file that is not in the MP3/WMA
format. This may not only produce noise from
the speaker damage, but also damage your
hearing.
¡ CD-TEXT
Disc title
Track title
¡ MP3/WMA
Folder name
File name
¡ MP3 (ID3 tag)
Album name
Title name/Artist name
¡ WMA (WMA tag)
Album name
Title name/Artist name
Copyright
It is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute and
deliver copyrighted materials such as music without the
approval of copyright holder except enjoying yourself per-
sonally.
No warranty
Above description complies with our investigations as of
December 2004. It has no warranty for reproducibility and
displayability of MP3/WMA.
Windows Media, and the Windows logo
are trademarks, or registered trade-
marks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
Notes on MP3/WMA
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