TomTom NAVIGATION SYSTEM Owner's Manual page 112

• Converting music CDs into MP3 files
A personal computer and commercially available MP3 encoding (conversion) software
(Freely distributed software on the Internet is available) is required. By converting a music
CD into an MP3 format using encoding software, a 12 cm music CD (74 minutes of
maximum recordable time/650 MB of data capacity) is compressed into about 65 MB of
data (approx. 1/10 of the original data capacity).
(Refer to the instruction manual for the encoding software)
• Writing to CD-R/CD-RW
You can write MP3 files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc via a CD-R/CD-RW drive connected to
your PC. You can set the writing format supported by this navigation device in the writing
software.
NOTE
• Some CD-R and CD-RW cannot be read depending on the characteristics of the disc.
• There are a lot of MP3 encoder software products on the market including freeware,
however, the sound quality of some files may be deteriorate, noise may be generated at
the start of playback, or they may not playback depending on the conditions of the
encoder or the file format.
• If files other than MP3 files are recorded on a disc, the system may take longer to
recognize a disc, or the disc may not playback.
• Regarding details on producing MP3 files, refer to the instruction manual for the encoder
software and the audio device being used.
• Depending on the software used to create MP3 files, the text editing software, the writing
software, and the settings for the software, irregularly formatted files and/or discs may be
created, text information may not display, or a disc may not playback. Discs that have not
been finalized or had their sessions closed cannot be played.
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