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CD/MP3 OR CDC
You can set the CD options after selecting the
CD source. Then by either a short or long press
on the ENTER key, you get two different CD
menus (see cover pages).
Note :
The CD Player uses 12 cm CD and can
read MP3 CD : in this case, you get the MP3
menus.
Warning: Do not load damaged ,
exotic or unusually shaped CD.
Loading CD in the CD Player
1- Press REL to open the front.
2- Insert the CD (label upwards) into the slot.
3- Close the front: the display shows CD Player
briefly, then the playback starts.
Warning: If you load a MP3 CD, it
may take one minute to read the
MP3 files before hearing music.
Note 1 :
If the CD is already inserted, use the
SOURCE key to select CD.
Note 2 :
During playback of Audio CD, the
screen shows manually entered name of the
disc (see Naming Audio CD paragraph), current
track number and elapsed time of the current
track
Note 3 :
TA and NEWS announcements may
interrupt CD playback.
Ejecting CD from the CD Player
1- Press REL to open the front.
2- Press the key.
3- Remove the CD.
4- Close the front.
Loading CD in the CD changer
If a CD changer is connected, you can use the
following function (for more information about
the CD changer, contact your dealer).
1- Check that the CD magazine is loaded.
2- Select CD CHANGER with the SOURCE key:
playback of the first CD begins.
3- Select the CD required with the keys: the
playback of the CD begins.
Note 1 :
The Information is displayed on screen
as for the CD Player.
- If the magazine is not in place, the screen
displays "Insert magazin".
- If the magazine is empty, the screen displays
"Load discs into magazin".
Note 2 :
TA and NEWS announcements may
interrupt CD playback.
Note 3 :
At the end of the disc, the next disc is
automatically played : any disc missing from
the magazine is automatically disregarded.
Note 4 :
Some disks contain text data (song
titles, singer's name, etc.) which are displayed
on screen during CDC playback.
MP3 files playback
You are able to listen to MP3 files that conform
to MPEG1-Layer 3 file-coding scheme burned
on a CD-R or CD-RW disc in ISO9660 format
Notes on MP3
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The unit cannot read an MP3 file that has a
file extension other than “MP3”.
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The unit can play up to maximum 300 tracks
and support maximum 50 directories per
disc.
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The unit may not play the first track in the
order of track number or in the order that
you wrote them to the disc.
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The unit plays only the first session if the
disc contains both CD audio tracks and MP3
files.
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When playing a disc of 8k bps or Variable
Bit Rate (VBR), the elapsed playing time in
the display window may not be correct.
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To display up to 30 characters for a track
name or artist’s name, ID3TAG version 1.1
is required. Characters other than
uppercase/lowercase letters (“Aa to Zz”)
and underscore (“_”) may not be displayed.
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To enjoy high quality sound, we recommend
converting to MP3 files with a sampling
frequency of 44.1kHz and a fixed bit rate
of 128kbps.
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AN2001-2L-Eng.pm7
11/20/02, 3:32 PM
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