Playing Audio Cds; Playing Mp3 Cds - Bose Wave SoundTouch IV series Owner's Manual

Playing audio CDs

Insert the disc, label side up, into the CD slot below the display.
The disc player pulls the disc in and begins playing.
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Press if the CD source is not selected.
When an audio CD is playing, CD source information appears:
Selected source
Play
mode
Track number
• Press Play/Pause to pause a playing CD.
The elapsed time flashes while paused. Press
Play/Pause again to resume play.
• Press
track; Press
of the previous track.
• Press
• Press and hold Tune/MP3 < to scan backward
quickly through a track; Press Tune/MP3 > to
scan forward quickly through a track.
• Press Stop/Eject to stop a CD. Press Stop/
Eject again to eject a CD. If a CD is playing,
press-and-hold Stop/Eject to stop a CD and
eject it.
Notes:
• When you play a stopped CD it always resumes from the place it
was stopped.
• If you eject a CD but do not remove it from the CD player slot
within 10 seconds, the CD player pulls the CD back into the
player and reloads it.
CAUTION: DO NOT INSERT mini CDs or non-circular CDs into
the disc player. These discs may not play properly and
could interfere with the system's ability to eject them.
Clock time
Elapsed track
time
to skip to the beginning of the current
again to skip to the beginning
to skip to the next track.
Listening to Other Sources

Playing MP3 CDs

The system can play MP3 music files recorded on CD-R and
CD-RW discs.
You can easily navigate through your music files using the
Tune/MP3 and Seek/Track remote control buttons.
• Press Tune/MP3 < to skip to the previous
folder.
• Press Tune/MP3 > to skip to the next folder.
• Press
current track.
• Press
previous track.
• Press
When navigating an MP3 CD, folder number and track number are
displayed:
Selected source Clock time
Folder number Track number
Note: The Root level appears as folder number 00.
Once the track begins playing, artist name, song title, and elapsed
track time appears on display:
Selected source Clock time
Artist name and
song title
Notes:
• The system displays artist name and song title information when
available on music file CDs.
• The audio quality of MP3 CDs is dependent on factors such as
the encoded bit rate, the sampling rate, and the type of encoder
used. The system supports MP3 CDs encoded at bit rates of
64kbps or higher, and sampling rates of 32kHz or higher. It is
recommended that a bit rate of at least 128kbps and a sampling
rate of 44.1kHz or better be used.
• Playback quality of recorded CD-R and CD-RW discs is depen-
dent on the CD recording process and software used to record
the disc. An improperly recorded audio CD may cause the sys-
tem to exhibit unexpected behavior.
to skip to the beginning of the
again to skip to the beginning of the
to skip to the next track.
Elapsed track
time
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