Operation Manual

MP3 mode

General instructions for MP3

The music that can be played when your unit is in MP3 mode

is generally copyright-protected under applicable internation-

al and national laws. In several countries, the reproduction of

copyrighted material is not permitted, even if only for person-

al use, without the express prior consent of the copyright

holder. Please check the current copyright laws for your coun-

try and comply with them. These restrictions naturally do not

apply to your own compositions and recordings, or for record-

ings for which authorisation has been obtained from the

Creating an MP3 storage medium

• The maximum number of files per medium is 400.

• Only MP3 music files stored on a CD in compliance with

ISO 9660 can be played.

• If the artist’s name and track title are to be displayed, an

ID3 tag must be added to the MP3 file. This unit supports

versions ID3v1 and ID3v2 with a maximum acceptable

tag length of 4 KB.

• The display of artist’s name and track title is restricted to

a total maximum length of 50 characters.

• The MP3 formats MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG2.5

Layer3 are supported by the unit.

Fixed and variable bit rates of 8 -280 kbit/s and scan rates

of 8-48 kHz are supported.

• We recommend a bit rate of at least 160 kbit/s for com-

pressing MP3 files. It should be noted that with MP3 files

having a variable bit rate, the display of the elapsed play-

ing time may deviate from real time.

• If both MP3 data and conventional audio tracks are in-

cluded on the CD it is usually referred to as a mixed-mode

CD. On this kind of CD the audio tracks are generally lo-

cated in the first directory on the CD.

For further information about creating MP3 files and ID3

tags, please consult your dealer or check on the Internet.

Note: Due to the abundance of different kinds of CD

burning software and their associated settings we

cannot guarantee the playback quality of MP3

CDs.