DVD Recorder Operating Instructions DMR-ES25
RQT8327
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Using menus to play MP3
• You can play CD-R, CD-RW discs which contain MP3 files that
have been recorded on a computer.
• You may not be able to playback MP3 files which contain still
pictures.
Preparation
• Press [DRIVE SELECT] to select the DVD drive.
• Insert a disc (Ô page 20).
1 Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
• Files are treated as tracks and folders are treated as groups.
2 Press [e,r] to select the track and
press [ENTER].
Play starts on the selected track.
• “ ” indicates the track currently playing.
• You can also select the track with the numbered buttons.
To show other pages
Press [u] (Previous) or [i] (Next).
n Using the tree screen to find a group
1Press [q] while a track is highlighted to
display the tree screen.
2Press [e,r] to select a group and press
[ENTER].
The file list for the group appears.
To stop playing
Press [g].
To return to the previous screen
Press [RETURN].
To switch to Pictures menu
(Ô page 26, “To select Pictures Menu”)
To exit the screen
Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
Regarding MP3
• Compatible formats: ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended
formats) and Joliet
• File format: MP3
Files must have the extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”.
• Maximum number of files (tracks) and folders (groups)
recognizable: 999 files* (tracks) and 99 (including the root folder)
folders (groups)
* Total number for all the MP3, JPEG and other type of files
• Bit rates: 32 kbps to 320 kbps
• Sampling frequency: 16 kHz/22.05 kHz/24 kHz/32 kHz/44.1 kHz/
48 kHz
• This unit is compatible with multi-session but reading or play of
the disc may take time if there are a lot of sessions.
• Operation may take time to complete when there are many files
(tracks) and/or folders (groups) and some may not display or be
playable.
• English alphabet and Arabic numerals are displayed correctly.
Other characters may not be displayed correctly.
• The display order on this unit may differ from how the order is
displayed on a computer.
• Depending on how you create the disc (writing software), files
(tracks) and folders (groups) may not play in the order you
numbered them.
• This unit is not compatible with packet-write format.
• Depending on the recording, some items may not be playable.
• This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags.
• If there is a large amount of still picture data etc. within an MP3
file, play may not be possible.
• You can play MP3 on this unit by making folders as shown below.
However, depending on how you create the disc (writing
software), play may not be in the order you numbered the folders.
Structure of MP3 folders
Prefix with 3-digit numbers in the
order you want to play them.
Numbered
buttons
e,r,w,q
ENTER
u,i
DIRECT
NAVIGATOR
DRIVE
SELECT
DISPLAY
RETURN
g
002
Group
001
001
Group
001
track.mp3
002
track.mp3
003
track.mp3
001
track.mp3
002
track.mp3
003
track.mp3
003
Group
001
track.mp3
002
track.mp3
003
track.mp3
004
track.mp3
Root
Order of
play
The screen shown at right is
displayed when you insert a disc
containing MP3 files and still pictures
(JPEG/TIFF).
Press [ENTER], and follow the steps
below.
e.g., 5: [0] Ô [0] Ô [5]
15: [0] Ô [1] Ô [5]
CD
Playback mode is set to MP3.
To display pictures,
please select Pictures Menu from FUNCTIONS.
ENTER
TreeTrackTotal
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
GroupNo.
Menu
Page 001/002
G1
T1
Total
1/ 111
No.
--
0 9
Next
Prev.
ENTER
1 : 101
001-Baby
002-Simple
003-Aganju
004-Around
005-River
006-Every
007-Cada
008-O
009-Winter
010-Distante
Selected group
G: Group no.
T: Track no. in the group
Total: Track no./Total track
no. in all groups
Next
Prev.
TreeTrackTotal
001-Baby1
1 : 101
002-Simple2
003-Aganju3
004-Around4
005-River5
006-Every6
007-Cada7
008-O8
009-Winter9
010-Distante10
GroupNo.
Menu
Page 001/019
G8
T14
Total
40/111
ENTER
No.
--
0 9
MP3 music
111
G 7/25
Tree
001
102
101
211
202
201
104
103
106
105
108
107
109
G: Selected group no. /Total group
If the group has no track, “– –” is displayed
as group number.
Groups that contain
no compatible files