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Inthismanual,werefertowhatarecalled
"MP3le"and "folder"inPCterminology
as"Track"and"Album",respectively.
Maximumnumberof directorylevel is8,
including the root directory. Maximum
numberoflesandfoldersperdiscis256.
The unit may not play tracks in the order
of track numbers.
The unit plays only the audio tracks if a
disc contains both audio tracks and MP3
les.
Whenplayingadiscof8kbpsorVBR*,the
elapsed playing time in the display window
will not be correct and also the intro play
may not function properly.
*VBR: Variable Bit Rate.
Note on creating your own CD-Rs
or CD-RWs containing MP3 les
T o e n j o y h i g h q u a l i t y s o u n d , w e
recommend converting to MP3 files with
asamplingfrequencyof44.1kHzanda
xedbitrateof128kbps.
DO NOT store more than 256 MP3 files
per disc.
F o r I S O 9 6 6 0 - c o m p l i a n t f o r m a t ,
t h e m a x i m u m al l o w a b l e d e p t h of
nested folders is 8, including the root
directory(folder).
When CD-R disc is used, playback is
possible only for discs which have been
nalized.
• Rotatethe VOLknobtoselect thesong/
file. Press MENU button to play the
selectedsong/le.
MP3 Character Search
• Press AMSbutton three times to select
the "CHAR SCH" mode.
• PressMENUbuttonand"A"display.
• If yo u w ant to sele ct a tra ck name
beginningwithadifferentletter,rotatethe
knobtoselectaletter, then press MENU
buttontoconrm.Then"A"ashesatthe
nextplace,select2ndandothercharacter
of the desired track name as steps above.
• PressMENUbuttonmorethan2seconds
to play your desired track.
Random (RDM)
• PresstheRDMbuttononcetoselectRDM
ON and randomly play all files on the
source.
• Press RDM again to select RDM FOLD
and randomly play all files in the current
folder.
• To turn off random play, press the RDM
button again.
MP3 Track Search
• Press AMS button to select the "TRK
SCH" mode.
• PressMENUbuttonandLCDdisplaywill
show "TRK 001".
• Rotate the VOL knob to select the first
digitandpressMENUbuttontoconrm.
• RotatetheVOLknob to selectthetenth
digit and press the MENU button to
conrm.
• Rot ate th e V OL knob to se lec t the
hundredth digit and press the MENU
buttontoconrmandplaythetrack.
MP3 File Search
• Press AMS button twice to select the
"FILE SCH" mode.
• PressMENUbuttontoenter.
• RotatetheVOLknobtoselectthedesired
directory/song.
• PressMENUbuttontoviewthelesinside
the selected directory.
MP3/WMA Playback
MP3 Overview
MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3 and
refers to an audio compression technology
standard.
ThisproductallowsplaybackofMP3les
on CD-R or CD-RW discs.
TheunitcanreadMP3leswritteninthe
format compliant with ISO 9660. However
it does not support the MP3 data written
by the method of packet write.
TheunitcannotreadanMP3lethathas
aleextensionotherthan".mp3".
If you play a non-MP3 file that has the
".mp3" extension, you may hear some
noise.