Using Menus To Play Mp3 - Panasonic DMR-ES25 Operating Instructions Manual

Using menus to play MP3

DRIVE
SELECT
Numbered
buttons
u,i
g
DIRECT
NAVIGATOR
DISPLAY
Regarding MP3
• Compatible formats: ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended
formats) and Joliet
• File format: MP3
Files must have the extension ".mp3" or ".MP3".
• Maximum number of files (tracks) and folders (groups)
recognizable: 999 files* (tracks) and 99 (including the root folder)
folders (groups)
* Total number for all the MP3, JPEG and other type of files
• Bit rates: 32 kbps to 320 kbps
• Sampling frequency: 16 kHz/22.05 kHz/24 kHz/32 kHz/44.1 kHz/
48 kHz
• This unit is compatible with multi-session but reading or play of
the disc may take time if there are a lot of sessions.
• Operation may take time to complete when there are many files
(tracks) and/or folders (groups) and some may not display or be
playable.
• English alphabet and Arabic numerals are displayed correctly.
Other characters may not be displayed correctly.
• The display order on this unit may differ from how the order is
displayed on a computer.
• Depending on how you create the disc (writing software), files
(tracks) and folders (groups) may not play in the order you
numbered them.
• This unit is not compatible with packet-write format.
• Depending on the recording, some items may not be playable.
• This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags.
• If there is a large amount of still picture data etc. within an MP3
file, play may not be possible.
• You can play MP3 on this unit by making folders as shown below.
However, depending on how you create the disc (writing
software), play may not be in the order you numbered the folders.
Structure of MP3 folders
Prefix with 3-digit numbers in the
order you want to play them.
RQT8327
28
e,r,w,q
ENTER
RETURN
Root
001 Group
001
Order of 001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
play
002 Group
003 Group
001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
004 track.mp3
001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
CD
• You can play CD-R, CD-RW discs which contain MP3 files that
have been recorded on a computer.
• You may not be able to playback MP3 files which contain still
pictures.
Preparation
• Press [DRIVE SELECT] to select the DVD drive.
• Insert a disc (Ô page 20).
The screen shown at right is
displayed when you insert a disc
containing MP3 files and still pictures
(JPEG/TIFF).
Press [ENTER], and follow the steps
below.
1
Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
G: Group no.
T: Track no. in the group
Total: Track no./Total track
no. in all groups
• Files are treated as tracks and folders are treated as groups.
2
Press [e,r] to select the track and
press [ENTER].
Play starts on the selected track.
• " " indicates the track currently playing.
• You can also select the track with the numbered buttons.
e.g., 5: [0] Ô [0] Ô [5]
15: [0] Ô [1] Ô [5]
To show other pages
Press [u] (Previous) or [i] (Next).
n Using the tree screen to find a group
1 Press [q] while a track is highlighted to
display the tree screen.
G: Selected group no. /Total group
If the group has no track, "– –" is displayed
as group number.
No. Group
Tree
Menu
1 : 101
G 8
Total MP3 music Track
T 14
1 111 001-Baby
Total
101
40/111 2 002-Simple
102
3 003-Aganju
103
4 004-Around
104
No.
105
5 005-River
0 -- 9
106
6 006-Every
Prev. 107
7 108 007-Cada
Next
109
8 008-O
001
9 009-Winter
211
10 010-Distante
201
ENTER
202
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2 Press [e,r] to select a group and press
[ENTER].
The file list for the group appears.
To stop playing
Press [g].
To return to the previous screen
Press [RETURN].
To switch to Pictures menu
(Ô page 26, "To select Pictures Menu")
To exit the screen
Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
Playback mode is set to MP3.
To display pictures,
please select Pictures Menu from FUNCTIONS.
ENTER
Selected group
No. Group
Menu
1 : 101
G 1
Total Track Tree
T 1
1 001-Baby
Total
1/ 111 2 002-Simple
3 003-Aganju
4 004-Around
No.
5 005-River
--
0 9
6 006-Every
Prev.
7 007-Cada
Next
8 008-O
9 009-Winter
10 010-Distante
ENTER
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G 7/25
Tree
Groups that contain
no compatible files