Playing A Disc; Selecting A Different Track; About Mp3 - Philips AZ3830/55 User Manual

MP3-CD/ CD Player

About MP3

The music compression technology MP3
(MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) significantly reduce
the digital data of an audio CD while
maintaining CD quality sound.
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Getting MP3 files:
legal music files from the internet to your
computer hard disc, or create such files by
converting audio CD files in your computer
through appropriate encoder software.
(128kbps bit rate or higher is recommended
for MP3 files.)
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Creating a MP3 CD:
from your computer hard disc on a CDR or
CDRW using your CD burner.
Helpful hints:
– Make sure that the file names of the MP3 files
end with .mp3 or .wma.
– Number of albums: maximum 100.
– Number of tracks: maximum 999.
– The length of file names affects the number of
tracks for playback. With shorter file names,
more files can be burned on a disc.

Playing a disc

This player plays Audio Discs including CD-R/
CD-RW, MP3 CD and WMA. Do not try to
play a CD-ROM, CD-I, CDV,VCD, DVD or
computer CD.
IMPORTANT!
CDs encoded with copyright protection
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technologies by some record companies may
be unplayable by this product.
DRM-protected WMA disc is not supported.
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1 Press repeatedly SOURCE (CD on the
remote control) to select CD source.
Display shows flashing "READ" if CD
source is selected (see 3).
you can either download
burn the music files
" NO CD" will be displayed if CD is not
loaded.
3 Press / to open the disc door.
4 Insert a disc with the printed side facing up
and press the disc door gently to close.
The disc scanning of MP3-CD may run
longer than audio CD.
Display:The total number of tracks
appears (and album number for MP3/WMA)
(see 4).
5 Press 2; to start playback.
First the song title of the track scrolls
across the display, then the track number
and the elapsed playing time are displayed.
For MP3-CD/ WMA only:
The current track number (TRK) and
album number (ALB) will be displayed
interchangeably.
6 To pause playback press 2;.
Display: 2 and the elapsed playing time
flash.
7 Press 2; again to resume playback.
8 To stop playback, press 9.
Helpful hints:
The disc playback will also stop when:
– you open the disc compartment door;
– you select FM, MW or AUX;
– the disc has reached the end of the playback.

Selecting a different track

• Press ∞ or § once or repeatedly until the
desired track number appears in the display.
For MP3-CD/WMA: First press
ALBUM/PRESET +/- ( ALBUM/PRE-
SET 3, 4 on the remote control ) once or
more to find your album.
• In the pause/stop position, press 2; to start
playback.