Digital Audio Characteristics; Mp3 Compatibility Information - Marantz DV9600 Service Manual

DVD-RW compatibility:
This unit can play DVD-RW discs. Please note the
following points when using these discs:
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• This unit can play DVD-RW discs recorded as
DVD-Video format.
• DVD-RW discs that were recorded with copy-
once only permission cannot be played.
Audio CD compatibility:
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• 12cm (5in.) or 8cm (3in.) discs
• Linear PCM digital audio
• Audio CD, CD-R* and CD-RW* formats
CDs are divided into tracks.
*This unit can play CD-R and CD-RW discs
recorded in Audio CD or Video CD format, or with
MP3 audio files.
*Some copy-controlled CDs may not conform to
official CD standards. They are special discs and
may not play on the DV9600.
*The audio side of dual discs does not conform to
CD standards and may not play on the DV9600.
Video CD compatibility:
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• 12cm (5in.) or 8cm (3in.) discs
• MPEG-1 digital audio
• MPEG-1 digital video
Video CDs are divided into tracks.
Super VCD compatibility:
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• 12cm (5in.) or 8cm (3in.) discs
• MPEG-1 digital audio
• MPEG-2 digital video
Super VCDs are divided into tracks.
Super Audio CD compatibility:
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• Single layer, dual layer or Hyblid layer
• 12cm (5in.) or 8cm (3in.) discs
• Digital audio (DSD)
Super Audio CDs are divided into tracks.
DVD-Video regions
All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on
the case somewhere that indicates which
region(s) of the world the disc is compatible
with. Your DVD player also has a region
mark, which you can find on the rear panel.
Discs from incompatible regions will not play
in this player. Discs marked ALL will play in
any player.

MP3 compatibility information

• The CD-ROM must be ISO 9660 compatible.
• Files should be MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 format,
44.1kHz or 48kHz. Incompatible files will not
play.
• This player is not compatible with MP3 PRO,
ID3-Tag and packet write.
• When using a variable bit rate, files may be
played back at speeds between 32Kbps and
320Kbps.
• This player cannot play DVD-R/RW discs with
recorded MP3 music data.
• VBR files may not show play times correctly.
• This player only plays tracks that are named
with the file extension ".mp3" or ".MP3".
• This player is not compatible with multi-session
discs. If you try and play a multi-session disc,
only the first session will be played.
• Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your
MP3 files. The disc must be finalized in order to
play.
• Audio encoded at 128Kbps should sound close
to regular audio CD quality. Although this
player will play lower bit-rate MP3 tracks, the
sound quality becomes noticeably worse at
lower bit-rates.
• Only the first 8 characters of folder and track
names (excluding the ".mp3" extension) are
displayed.
• This player can recognize about total 600 files/
folder.
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