Playback; Playable Media And Files; Folders And Tracks On Data Cds; Sd Cards And Usb Flash Drives - Tascam CD-200SB Owner's Manual

4 – Playback
In this chapter, we explain playback functions that can be used
with tracks on audio CDs and audio files on data CDs, SD cards
and USB flash drives.
The following explanations assume that a CD, SD card or USB
flash drive that contains audio files/tracks has been loaded
in this unit, the power is ON and the current media has been
selected appropriately. (See "Selecting the playback media" on
page 19.)

Playable media and files

This unit can play back the following types of media and files.
CD-DA (audio CD) format discs
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Music CDs that are commercially available and CD-R and CD-RW
discs that have been recorded as audio CD format can be played.
In this manual, these types of discs are called "audio CDs. "
Data CDs
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This unit can play back CD-ROM/R/RW discs with MP3, MP2 and
WAV files in ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2 and Joliet formats. In this
manual, these types of discs are called, "data CDs. "
NOTE
This unit cannot read CD-R discs that have not been finalized.

SD cards and USB flash drives

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In addition to files (WAV, MP3) dubbed using this unit, this unit
can also play back audio files that have been recorded by other
devices or written using a computer or another audio device if
they are in the following formats.
Playable file types and their file extensions
AAC .3gp .m4a .mp4
MP2 .mp2
MP3 .mp3
WAV .wav
WMA .asf .wma
NOTE
• For details about playable sampling frequencies and bit
rates, see "Playback file formats" on page 46.
• The sampling frequency of this unit's digital output is always
44.1 kHz regardless of the playback media/file sampling
frequency. Digital output is possible when pitch control is
ON, but the sampling frequency is altered in proportion to
the pitch control value. When the pitch control function is
ON, therefore, some equipment might not be able to receive
the digital output of this unit.
• This unit's display can only show single-byte characters
(alphabet and numbers). File with names that use Japanese,
Chinese or other double-byte characters can be played back,
but those characters will be shown as
• This unit identifies MP3 and MP2 files by their ".mp3" and
".mp2" file extensions. This unit cannot play MP3/MP2
files that do not have the correct ".mp3" and ".mp2" file
extension, so always include these file extensions at the
ends of MP3/MP2 file names. This unit cannot play files that
are not in the MP3/MP2 data format even if they have an
".mp3" and ".mp2" file extension.
• The unit identifies WAV files with the ".wav" file extension.
This unit cannot play WAV files that do not have the ".wav"
file extension, so always include the ".wav" file extension at
the end of the name of an WAV file. The unit cannot play files
that are not in the WAV data format even if they have the
".wav" file extension.
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This unit treats all the audio files on data CDs, SD cards and USB
flash drives as "tracks". Some data CDs store files inside folders in
the same way that computers usually do. In addition, multiple
folders can be stored inside another folder creating a multilevel
structure. (The maximum number of folder levels is 16.)
You can use this unit's folder search function to look for audio
files among multiple folders. Searching starts from high-level
folders and then moves to lower-level subfolders.
If there are audio files in the root directory of a data CD, this root
directory is also treated as a folder.
Folders that do not directly contain audio files will be ignored
when searching folders. For example, folders C and D in the
illustration below would be ignored when searching folders.
on the display.
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• Data CDs with more than 999 files or 513 folders might not
play correctly.
• Depending on disc conditions, this unit might not be able to
play some discs, or skips in the sound might occur.
Folders and tracks on data CDs, SD
cards and USB flash drives
ROOT
(Folder 01)
A (Folder 02)
B
C
aa001.mp3(Track 001)
(No folder number)
D
E
00001.mp3(Track 001)
00002.mp3(Track 002)
Example of a folder and file structure
of a data CD, SD card or USB flash drive
(Folder 03)
bb001.mp3(Track 001)
bb002.mp3(Track 002)
(No folder number)
cc001.txt(File other than audio)
(Folder 04)
ee001.mp3(Track 001)