Philips AZ2048 Manual page 9

MP3-CD/CD PLAYER
MP3-CD/CD player
Important Specifications
Supported formats:
• Disc format ISO9660, Joliet and multi-session CDs.
Use ISO9660 disc format when burning CD-ROM.
• MP3 music formats.
• MP3 bit rate (data rate): 32-320 Kbps and variable
bit rate.
• 650Mb and 700Mb CD-R and CD-RWs.
• Directory nesting up to a maximum of
8 levels (max. 64 characters).
General information
The music compression technology MP3 (MPEG Audio
Layer 3) reduces the original digital audio data by a
factor up to 10 without losing significant sound
quality. This allows you to record up to 10 hours of
CD-like quality music on a single CD-ROM.
How to get MP3 music
Either download legal MP3 music from the internet or
convert your audio CD into MP3 format with any MP3
encoder software, and then record onto a CD-R(W).
• To achieve a good sound quality a bit rate of
128 kbps is recommended for MP3 files.
• Some encoder software offers an option to protect
music files, i.e. the files can only be played on the
computer which created them. If you burn such
files on a CD-ROM, you cannot play them on this
set. Make sure to deactivate the protection option
in the encoder software before creating the music
files. In this case you are responsible for the
adherence to all local or international copyrights.
When burning the MP3-CD
• To avoid problems with playback or missing files,
make sure the file names are typed in English text
characters and that the MP3 files end with .mp3
• Use a writing software capable of recording MP3
track titles (files) in numerical and alphabetical
order. For details on using the software, refer to
the operating instructions of the software.
• When recording on a CD-RW, make sure that you
close (finalize) all sessions in order for the set to
read and play your tracks.
How to organize MP3 files
You can store up to a maximum number of 35 albums
and 400 titles on one MP3-CD, depending on the song
file sizes.
Albums and titles are alphabetically sorted.
• MP3-CD/ CD albums and titles are shown as
numbers in the display.
IMPORTANT
This set does not play/support the following:
• Empty albums: an empty album is an album that
does not contain MP3 files, and will not be shown
in the display.
• Non-supported file formats are skipped. This
means that e.g.: Word documents .doc or MP3 files
with extension .dlf are ignored and will not be
played.
• Playlist Files e.g. .m3u, .pls of WMA, AAC,
Winamp, Sonic, RealJukebox,
MS Mediaplayer 7.0, MusicMatch.
• Recordings created on e.g. PacketWriting and
Package Writing.