Operation Manual
Appendix
109
■ Use of DualDisc
When playing a “DualDisc” on this unit, the surface of the disc that is not played may be scratched while the disc is
inserted or ejected. Since the music CD surface does not conform to the CD standard, playback may be impossible.
(A “DualDisc” is a disc with one surface containing DVD standard signals and the other surface containing music CD
signals.)
■ About disc format
The disc format should be the one of the following.
• ISO 9660 Level 1/2
• Joliet
• Romeo
• Long file name
About files
The following audio, video, and picture files are supported.
■ Playable Audio files
Bit rate Sampling frequency Bit count
AAC-LC (.m4a) 8 – 320kbps, VBR 16 – 48 kHz 16 bit
MP3 (.mp3) 8 – 320kbps, VBR 16 – 48 kHz 16 bit
WMA (.wma) 8 – 320kbps 16 – 48 kHz 16 bit
Linear PCM (WAVE) (.wav)
–
16 – 48 kHz (Disc),
16 – 192 kHz (USB/ SD)
16/ 24 bit
FLAC (.flac)
–
16 – 48 kHz (Disc),
16 – 192 kHz (USB/ SD)
16/ 24 bit
Vorbis (.ogg) VBR 16 – 48 kHz 16 bit
NOTE
• If music of normal CD and other playback systems are recorded in the same disc, only the playback system
recorded at the first setout is played.
• WMA and AAC of which is covered with DRM cannot be played.
• Although the audio files are complied with the standards listed above, the play may be impossible depending on
the types or conditions of media or device.
• An online manual about audio files is put on the site, www.kenwood.com/cs/ce/audiofile/.
On this online manual, detailed information and notes which are not written in this manual are provided. Make
sure to read through the online manual as well.
■ Acceptable Video files
Profile Max. Picture size Max. bit rate Audio format
MPEG-1 (.mpg,
.mpeg)
– 352 × 240, 352 × 288 1.5 Mbps MPEG Audio Layer 2
MPEG-2 (.mpg,
.mpeg)
MP@ML 720 × 480, 720 × 576 8M bps MPEG Audio Layer 2
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
(.mp4, .m4v, .avi,
.flv, .f4v)
Baseline Profile,
Main Profile
1280 × 720 (30 fps) 8M bps MP3, AAC
MPEG-4 (.mp4, .avi) Advanced Simple
Profile
1920 × 1080 (30 fps) 8M bps MP3, AAC
WMV (.wmv) Main Profile 1920 × 1080 (30 fps) 8M bps WMA
MKV (.mkv)
Video Format follows H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4, WMV
MP3, AAC, WMA, Vorbis,
FLAC