MP3/WMA Player
What is MP3/WMA?Display InformationRecording MP3/WMA files on a CD-media
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MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) and WMA (Windows Media!You are recommended to minimize the chances of!You may encounter trouble in playing MP3/WMA files
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Audio) are the compression formats of digital audio. Themaking a disc that contains both CD-DA files andor displaying the information of MP3/WMA files
!CD-TEXT!MP3 (ID3 tag)
former is developed by MPEG (Motion Picture ExpertsMP3/WMA files.recorded with certain writing software or CD
Disc title Album name
Group), and the latter is developed by Microsoft!If CD-DA files are on the same disc as MP3 or WMArecorders.
Title name/Artist nameTrack title
Corporation. Using these compression formats, you canfiles, the songs may not play in the intended order,!This unit does not have the play list function.English
record the contents of about 10 music CDs on a single!MP3/WMA!WMA (WMA tag)or some songs may not play at all.!Although Multi-session recording is supported, the
CD media (This figures refer to data recorded on aFolder nameAlbum name!When storing MP3 data and WMA data on the sameuse of Disc-at-Once is recommended.
650MB CD-R or CD-RW at a fixed bit rate of 128 kbpsFile nameTitle name/Artist namedisc, use different folders for each data.
Supported file systems
and a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz).!Do not record files other than MP3/WMA files and
ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2, Apple Extension to ISO 9660,
unnecessary folder on a disc.
Displayable charactersJoliet, Romeo
!The name of MP3/WMA file should be added by rules
Notes:!Displayable length of file name/folder name: within 64
as shown in the following descriptions and also com-Note: Apple HFS, UDF 1.50, MIX mode CD, CD Extra are
!MP3/WMA encoding and CD writing software pro-characters.
ply with the rules of each file system.not supported.
grams are not supplied with this unit.!Name files and folders in accordance with the stan-
!The file extension O.mp3� or O.wma� should be
!CD writing software is not supplied with this unit.dard of each file system. Refer to the instructions of
assigned to each file depending on the file format.
writing software for details.
!ASCII character set and special characters in each lan-Compression formats
Points to remember when making MP3/WMA files
guage can be displayed.(Recommendation: OPoints to remember when making MP3/WMA files� on the previous page)
Common
Compression methodBit rateVBRSampling frequency
!High bit rate and high sampling frequency are recom-
ASCII character set
mended for high quality sound.MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3)32 k-320 kbpsYes32, 44.1, 48 kHz
A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, and the following sym-
!Selecting VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is not recommended
bols:MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3)8 k-160 kbpsYes16, 22.05, 24 kHz
because playing time is not displayed properly and
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sound may be skipped.Windows Media Audio Ver. 2, 864 k-192 kbpsNo32, 44.1, 48 kHz
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!The playback sound quality differs depending on the
encoding circumstances. For details, refer to the userFolder selection order/file playback order
manual of your own encoding software and writing
Maximum number of files/folders
Root Folder
software.1
Notes:!Maximum number of files: 999(Root Directory)
MP3!With some software in which MP3/WMA format files!Maximum number of files in one folder: 2552
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!It is recommended to set the bit rate to O128 kbps orhave been encoded, the character information may not!Maximum depth of trees: 8
Folder Selection
more� and Ofixed�.be displayed properly.!Maximum number of folders: 255 (Root folder is4
eIn the order1�8
!Undisplayable characters and symbols will be convert-included.)3
MP3/WMA Player
Notes on MP3/WMAWMAwFile Selection
ed into an asterisk ().
!It is recommended to set the bit rate to O64 kbps or*Notes:In the order�
!It is recommended that the length of the file name is5
more� and Ofixed�.qy
!This unit counts the number of folders irrespective of
less than 8 (excluding the file extension).
!Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA file6
Notes on MP3/WMA (continued)the presence or absence of MP3/WMA file. r
to enable this unit to play back.
!If the selected folder does not contain any MP3/WMA
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files, the nearest MP3/WMA files in the order of play-t
7back will be played.y
Tree 1 Tree 2Tree 3Tree 4Tree 8!Playback order may be different from other MP3/WMA
(Max.)
players even if the same disc is used.
Caution: Never assign the O.mp3�, or!OROOT� appears when displaying the root folder
name.
O.wma� file name extension to a file that is
not in the MP3/WMA format. This may not
only produce noise from the speaker dam-Copyright
It is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute and
age, but also damage your hearing.
deliver copyrighted materials such as music without the
Windows Media, andapproval of copyright holder except enjoying yourself
the Windows logo arepersonally.
trademarks, or regis-
tered trademarks of
No warranty
Microsoft Corporation
Above description complies with our investigations as of
in the United States
December 2004. It has no warranty for reproducibility
and/or other countries.
and displayability of MP3/WMA.
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