Operation Manual
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SOURCE
The MP3 format, an abbreviation of MPEG 1.2 & 2.5 Audio La
y
er 3,
is an audio compression standard which permits the recordin
g
o
f
s
everal tens o
f
music
fi
les on a sin
g
le disc.
In order to be able to play a recorded
C
DR or
C
DRW, when
r
ecordin
g
, the I
SO
9660 level 1.2 or Joliet
fi
le
f
ormat is
reco
mm
e
n
ded
.
If the disc is recorded in another format, it ma
y
not be pla
y
ed
c
orrectl
y
.
It is recommended that the same recordin
g
format is alwa
y
s used
f
or an individual disc, with as low a speed as possible
(
4x maximum
)
f
or optimum sound qualit
y
.
In the particular case o
f
a multi-session
C
D, the Joliet
f
ormat is
reco
mm
e
n
ded
.
The audio s
y
stem will onl
y
pla
y
fi les with the extension ".mp3" with
a samplin
g
rate o
f
22.05 KHz or 44.1 KHz. No other t
y
pe o
f
fi
le
(
.wma, .mp4, .m3u...
)
can be pla
y
ed.
It is advisable to restrict fi le names to 20 characters without usin
g
s
pecial characters
(
e.
g
. " ? ; ù
)
to avoid an
y
pla
y
in
g
or displa
y
in
g
p
roblems.
MP3 CD
INFORMATION AND ADVICE
AUDIO
Empt
y
CDs are not reco
g
nised and ma
y
dama
g
e the s
y
stem.
Insert an MP3 compilation in the pla
y
er.
The audio equipment searches
f
or all o
f
the music tracks, which
ma
y
take an
y
thin
g
between a
f
ew seconds and several tens o
f
s
econds, be
f
ore pla
y
be
g
ins.
MP3 CD
PLAYING AN MP3 COMPILATION
O
n a sin
g
le disc, the
C
D pla
y
er can read up to 255 MP3
fi
les spread
over 8
f
older levels. However, it is advisable to keep to a limit o
f
two
l
evels to reduce the access time be
f
ore the
C
D is played.
While the
C
D is bein
g
pla
y
ed, the
f
older structure is not
f
ollowed.
A
ll of the fi les are displa
y
ed on a sin
g
le level.
T
o p
l
a
y
a
di
sc w
hi
c
h
h
as a
l
rea
dy
been inserted, press the
SO
UR
C
E
bu
tt
o
n
se
v
e
r
a
l tim
es
in
success
i
o
n
a
n
d
se
l
ec
t
C
D.
Pr
ess
o
n
e
o
f th
e
bu
tt
o
n
s
t
o
se
l
ec
t
a
track on the
C
D.
Press the LI
S
T REFRE
S
H button to displa
y
the list o
f
directories o
f
the MP3 com
p
ilation.
Pr
ess
a
n
d
h
o
l
d
o
n
e
of
th
e
bu
tt
o
n
s
fo
r
f
ast
f
orward or backward pla
y
.