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MP3-CD/ CD Playback
English
Important SpeciŢcationsWhen burning the MP3-CD
Y To avoid problems with playback or missing
Supported formats:
Ţles, make sure the Ţle names are typed in
Y Disc format ISO9660, Joliet and multi-
English text characters and that the
session CDs. Use ISO9660 disc format
MP3 Ţles end with .mp3
when burning CD-ROM.
Y Use a writing software capable of recording
Y MP3 music formats.
MP3 track titles (Å¢les) in numerical and
Y MP3 bit rate (data rate): 32-320 Kbps andalphabetical order. For details on using the
variable bit rate.software, refer to the operating instructions
of the software.
Y 650Mb and 700Mb CD-R and CD-RWs.
Y When recording on a CD-RW, make sure
Y Directory nesting up to a maximum of
that you close (Å¢nalize) all sessions in order
8 levels (max. 64 characters).
for the set to read and play your tracks.
General information
How to organize MP3 Ţles
The music compression technology MP3
You can store up to a maximum number of
(MPEG Audio Layer 3) reduces the original
35 albums and 350 titles on one MP3-CD.
digital audio data by a factor up to
10 without losing signiŢcant sound quality.Albums and titles are alphabetically sorted.
This allows you to record up to 10 hours of
Y There may be an album 00 which will be
CD-like quality music on a single CD-ROM.
played before all other albums.Album 00
How to get MP3 musiccontains all the tracks which you did not
Either download legal MP3 music from theput into an album.
internet or convert your audio CD into MP3
Y MP3-CD/ CD albums and titles are shown
format with any MP3 encoder software, and
as numbers in the display.
then record onto a CD-R(W).
IMPORTANT
Y To achieve a good sound quality a bit rate
This set does not play/support the
of 128kbps is recommended for MP3 Ţles.
following:
Some encoder software offers an option toY UDF disc format.
protect music Ţles, i.e. the Ţles can only be
Y Mixed format CD recordings e.g. CD audio
played on the computer which created
and MP3 tracks combined within a disc, as
them. If you burn such Ţles on a CD-ROM,
you will only be able to playback the CD
you cannot play them on this set. Make sure
audio tracks.
to deactivate the protection option in the
encoder software before creating the musicY Empty albums: an empty album is an album
Ţles. In this case you are responsible for thethat does not contain MP3 Ţles, and will not
adherence to all local or internationalbe shown in the display.
copyrights.
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