Philips - MX3600 User Manual page 24

24 Playback Control, MP3 Features
Playback Control (Video CD only)
Playback Control (PBC) is available on some Video CDs and provides
interactive menus through which you can activate features or playback
options. To access the PBC menus (only if available on the Video CD), fol-
low these steps.
Press SYSTEM MENU.
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Press ; or : to select
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Press 9 to select PBC ON or PBC OFF.
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G
Select PBC OFF-and Video CDs will start playback automatically
without the Playback Control interactive menus.
G
Select PBC ON, and the PBC menu (if available) will appear on
the TV screen. Use the Number buttons (0-9) or follow the
directions in the PBC menu to start playback or select features.
Press SYSTEM MENU to remove the Menu Bar.
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MP3 Features
MP3 is a compression method that makes digital music files up to 10 times
smaller without losing significant sound quality. MP3 is common on the
Internet, letting you transfer Tracks to your computer and onto a CD
Recordable or CD Rewritable.
The DVD Receiver supports these MP3 characteristics. Keep these in mind
when you make Discs you plan to play on the DVD Receiver.
G
Names of Albums, Artists, etc., with a maximum of 12 characters
G
Maximum nested directory of seven levels
G
Maximum of 32 Albums
G
Sampling frequencies: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
G
Bit-rates (recording speeds): 32, 64, 96, 128, 192, and 256 kbps
and supported VBR bit rate.
After you insert a Disc with MP3 files, press DISC MENU.
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The Album menu or list will appear on the TV screen. It may take
the DVD Receiver up to 30 seconds to recognize the Disc due to
the amount of songs on the Disc.
Press 9 9 8 8 ; ; : : to select an Album or Track for playback.
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You also can use the Number buttons to select a Track directly.
Press PLAY/PAUSE Bk or OK to confirm your selection
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and begin playback.
Or, if an MP3 menu or file list does not appear, you can
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play the currently selected Track or Album by pressing
PLAY/PAUSE Bk.
Press H or G to select the previous or next Track during play-
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back. The current Track number will appear on the DVD Receiver's
display panel.
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Helpful Hints
• Time Search and Repeat are
not available when PBC is ON.
• You can only play, pause, or
repeat MP3 files (Title, Album,
or Disc).
• Albums may be referred to as
Folders.
• You can play JPEG files on the
DVD Receiver. For example, you
may have film developed by a
photographer who places the
pictures on a CD-R for you. If
the pictures are in JPEG format,
view the images by playing the
CD-R on the DVD Receiver.
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