Using An Mp3 - Buick Lucerne 2007 Owner's Manual

Using an MP3

MP3 CD-R or CD-RW Disc
Your radio may have MP3 capability. With this
feature, the radio plays MP3 files that were
recorded on a CD-R or CD-RW disc. Song title,
artist name, and album can display when files are
recorded using ID3 tags version 1 and 2.
Compressed Audio
Your radio may also play discs that contain both
uncompressed CD audio (.CDA files) and
MP3 files. By default the radio reads only the
uncompressed audio and ignores the MP3 files.
Pressing the CAT (category) button toggles
between compressed and uncompressed
audio format.
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MP3 Format
If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal
computer:
•
Make sure the MP3 files are recorded on a
CD-R or CD-RW disc.
•
Avoid mixing standard audio and MP3 files on
one disc.
•
Make sure the CD does not have more than
50 folders, 50 playlists, and 255 files to read
and play.
•
Create a folder structure that makes it easy
to find songs while driving. Organize songs
by albums using one folder for each album.
Each folder or album should contain 18 songs
or less.
•
Avoid subfolders. The system can support up to
8 subfolders deep, however, keep the total
number of folders to a minimum in order to
reduce the complexity and confusion in trying to
locate a particular folder during playback.
•
Make sure playlists have a .mp3 or .wpl
extension (other file extensions might
not work).