Mp3, Wma And Jpeg Playback; Slide Shows - Harman Kardon HS 100 Owner's Manual

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MP3, WMA* and JPEG Playback

The HS 100 will recognize data from CD-ROM discs

recorded in the MP3, Windows Media

JPEG formats. In addition to playing discs with only

one of the formats, you may also play discs with more

than one of the three formats and even program the

player so that MP3 and JPEG files play at the

same time.

When an MP3, WMA or JPEG disc is loaded, the

names of the files on the disc will appear on your

video display. Use the

Navigation Buttons

to highlight any file and then press the Enter

Button

to play it. If the files have been organized

into directories, you may select a folder from the list by

using the

Navigation Buttons

a directory folder and press the Enter Button

to expand it. Use the

Navigation Buttons

again to select a file and press the Enter Button

to play it.

The Specific File Types That May Be Played on

the HS 100 Are:

• MP3 Files: MP3 is a popular audio compression

format that was developed by the Motion Picture

Experts Group as part of the MPEG-1 video com-

pression format. Depending on the specific MP3

encoder used, file size is greatly reduced so that you

store many more songs on one compact disc than

in the standard audio CD format. MP3 is also used

to download audio files to computers for home use.

Note, however, that in order to play an MP3 file on

the HS 100, the disc may not contain any encryp-

tion or coding that prevents playback. Always be

certain that you have, or have purchased, the proper

rights or authorization before creating a CD-ROM

with MP3 or any other codec format. The HS 100 is

also able to play MP3 files while displaying their file

names using its advanced graphic interface. Due to

variations in the different encoders and variations of

the MP3 codec and the different bit rates used to

record MP3 discs, the HS 100 may not be able to

play all discs with MP3 files. We cannot guarantee

complete compatibility with MP3 discs, even though

they may play on a computer. This is normal and

does not indicate a problem with the HS 100. Note,

also, that when a multisession disc with both stan-

dard CD audio and MP3 (or WMA) content is used,

the HS 100 will only play the CD audio sections of

the disc.

• WMA Files: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is

an audio compression format developed by the

Microsoft

Corporation for use with its Windows

9 (WMA) or

Media Player. WMA files may be created with

greater compression than MP3 without sacrificing

audio quality so that even more songs may be

recorded on a disc. Note that there have been a

number of versions of Windows Media, and the

HS 100 is compatible only with files that end in the

"wma" extension and that were recorded using the

Windows Media Series 9 or 10 encoding.

• JPEG Files: "JPEG" is the acronym used to identify

image files recorded according to specifications

established by Joint Photographic Experts Group for

compressing still images. Identified by the file exten-

to highlight

sion "jpg" when they are recorded on most comput-

ers, JPEG files may be created by a digital still cam-

era and then edited and "burned" to a disc in your

personal computer, recorded on a CD-ROM disc

from film images by a photo processor, or scanned

from printed photos into your personal computer

and then burned onto a CD-ROM. When playing a

disc with JPEG images, press the Picture Buttons

to step through the images one by one.

When a disc with only JPEG files is being played, you

may rotate the image by pressing the Angle Button

as needed to turn the image 90, 180 or 270

degrees so that it is properly positioned. You may also

use the Zoom Button

and the

reposition the image when it is zoomed-in. Note that

these functions are not available when a disc contains

both JPEG still image files and MP3 or Windows

Media files.

Slide Shows

The HS 100 is unique in its capability to create a

"slide show" when you play JPEG images on a disc

that also contains MP3 audio files.

To program the player so that the JPEG images will

each play in order for a set time period before switch-

ing to the next image while playing an MP3 audio file

at the same time, first call up the Player Menu by

pressing the OSD Button

Picture icons will be active. This will play an audio

and JPEG file at the same time. To view the images

without hearing the audio files, press the

Navigation Buttons

Audio icon and press the Enter Button

tivate it. To play the audio files without viewing the

images, move the cursor to the Picture icon and press

the Enter Button

always be active.