User manual

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MP3 INFORMATION
Acceptable Media
The Visteon MACH
®
MP3 Music System is designed for use with CD-DA (regular
audio discs), CD-R, and CD-RW discs. Discs must comply with ISO 9660 and
Joliet standards.
Disc Playback Quality Factors
Several factors can affect the quality of playback for MP3 discs:
• Disc capacity. Each disc contains about 650 MB of storage capacity. We
do not recommend using high capacity discs containing 700 MB of storage.
• Disc type. Some CD-RW discs may operate inconsistently and may cause
an error message to appear. We recommend burning MP3 files onto CD-R
discs.
• Disc finalization. The disc may be left open for the purpose of adding
sessions to it at a later time, but be sure to close each session or the disc
will not play.
• Bit rate. The player supports bit rates from 56-320 kbps, as well as
variable bit rate MP3 files, but lower bit rates will have a noticeable effect
on sound quality and are recommended only for speech or low fidelity
music material. We recommend that you encode MP3 files at 128 kbps or
higher for high quality music playback.
• Encoder quality. For best results, generate your own MP3 files using a high
quality encoder.
• PC configuration. Encoding MP3 files requires intensive use of your
computer’s resources. Follow the PC configuration recommendations of
the encoder software vendor. We recommend that you avoid running
other software applications on your PC during MP3 encoding to avoid
undesirable noise and distortion.
Please see www.eVisteon.com for more information about burning MP3 discs.