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When an MP3 CD is playing, options
include REPEAT for the track, or to repeat
all the tracks in the folder. Repeat presses
of function button 1 will toggle these
options.
COMPACT DISC TRACK
SCANNING
The SCAN function allows you to preview
each track for approximately 5 seconds.
Type 1
Various scan modes are possible,
according to the type of CD currently
playing.
1. Press the MENU button and select CD
MODE.
2. Select SCAN, which then enables the
function to be selected on or off.
Note: When an MP3 CD is playing,
options include SCAN for the CD, or just
the tracks in the folder.
3. Press the OK button to stop the scan
mode.
Type 2 and 3
1. Press function button 3.
Note: When an MP3 CD is playing,
options include SCAN for the CD, or just
the tracks in the folder. Repeat presses
of function button 3 will toggle these
options.
2. Press function button 3 again to stop
the scan mode.
MP3 FILE PLAYBACK
MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3) is a
standard technology and format for
compressing audio data. This allows a
more efficient use of the media.
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You can play MP3 files recorded on
CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs. The disc
must be in the ISO 9660 level 1 or level 2
format, or Joliet or Romeo in the
expansion format. You can also use a disc
recorded in Multi Session.
ISO 9660 format
This is the most common international
standard for the logical format of files and
folders on a CD-ROM.
There are several specification levels. In
Level 1, file names must be in the 8.3
format (no more than 8 characters in the
name, no more than 3 characters in the
extension ".MP3") and in capital letters.
Folder names can be no longer than 8
characters. There can be no more than
8 folder levels (trees). Level 2
specifications allow file names up to 31
characters long.
Each folder can have up to 8 trees.
For Joliet or Romeo in the expansion
format, please consider these restrictions
when configuring your CD writing
software.
Multi session
This is a recording method that enables
adding of data using the Track-At-Once
method.
Conventional CDs begin at a CD control
area called the Lead-in and end at an area
called Lead-out. A Multi Session CD is a
CD having multiple sessions, with each
segment from Lead-in to Lead-out
regarded as a single session.
•
CD-Extra: The format that records
audio (audio CD data) as tracks on
session 1, and records data as tracks
on session 2.
•
Mixed CD: In this format, data is
recorded as track 1, and audio (audio
CD data) is recorded as track 2.
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