Search Position Memory; About Mp3/Wma - Alfa Romeo 4C Alpine Radio 2018 Manual

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• When File Name Search is made during M.I.X. play,
the M.I.X. play mode will be canceled.
• If any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) is pressed
in the search mode, a search can be made quickly by
skipping to the specified location. For details, refer to
"Direct Search Function" on page 105.

Search Position Memory

During playback, you can quickly return to the last-
selected hierarchy level in the search mode.
Press .
The hierarchy you selected last in the search mode is
displayed.

About MP3/WMA

CAUTION!
Except for private use, duplicating audio data
(including MP3/ WMA/AAC data) or distributing,
transferring, or copying it, whether for free or for
a fee, without permission of the copyright holder
is strictly prohibited by the Copyright Act and by
international treaty.
What is MP3?
MP3, whose official name is "MPEG Audio Layer 3," is
a compression standard prescribed by the ISO, the
International Standardization Organization and MPEG
which is a joint activity institution of the IEC. MP3 files
contain compressed audio data. MP3 encoding is ca-
pable of compressing audio data at extremely high
ratios, reducing the size of music files to as much as
one-tenth their original size. This is achieved while still
maintaining near CD quality. The MP3 format realizes
such high compression ratios by eliminating the
sounds that are either inaudible to the human ear or
masked by other sounds.
What is WMA?
WMA, or "Windows Media Audio," is compressed
audio data. WMA is similar to MP3 audio data.
Method for creating MP3/WMA files
Audio data is compressed using software with MP3/
WMA codecs. For details on creating MP3/WMA/
AAC files, refer to the user's manual for that software.
MP3/WMA/AAC files that are playable on this device
have the file extensions "mp3"/"wma"/"m4a". Files with
no extension cannot be played back (WMA ver. 7, 8 and 9
are supported). Protected files are not supported. Confirm