Compressed Audio Compatibility Lll~.~Lllll.l; Titles, Chapters And Tracks; Dvd-Video Regions - Pioneer DV-C505 Operating Instructions Manual

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Compressed Audio Compatibility
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Thus unit WIII play CD-ROM drscs
containrrlg frles saved in the MPEG-1
Audio Layer 3 format (MP3) wrth a
smapling rate of 32. 44.1 or48kHz.
Incompatible files WIII not play alid
"UNPLAYABLE"
WI/I be cllsplayed on the
ulllt.
0 Fixed brt-rate files at-e trecommended.
Variable bit-rate (VBR) files are playable,
but playing titne tmay rnot be show11
correctly.
0 The CD-ROM Lrsed to cotmt)rle your MP3
files must be IS0 9660 Level 2
complrant.
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CD pllyslcal format: Model. Mode2 XA
Forml,
* Thus player 011ly plays tracks that are
tnamed wrtli the file extetision ".mp3" 01
".MP3".
* This playet
IS
tnot cotnpatrble wrtll multr-
sesslorl discs. If you try and play a multi-
sessloll disc, only the fltst session will
be played.
* Use CD-R OI- CD-RW tnedia fot-
recordrng your MP3 frles. The disc must
be finalized
IIT
order to play In this unit.
* This player can trecognize a combined
total of up to 250 tracks and folders. If a
disc containing over 250 tracks/folders
is loaded, only the first 250 tracks/
folders recorded on the disc will be
playable,
* Folder and track names (excluding the
",mp3"
extensron) are drsplayed.
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There are tnany different recording bit-
rates available to encode your MP3 files,
Tills
unit was designed to be compatible
with all of them. Audio encoded at
128Kbps should sourid close to regular
CD Audio qualrty. Tllis player will play
lower bit-rate MP3 tracks, but please
note that the sound quality becomes
noticeably worse at lower bit-rates.
Titles, chapters and tracks
DVD discs are generally divided into one or
more titles. Titles may be further subdivided
into chapters.
Title 2 Title 3
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Chapiet 1 Chapier 2 Chapter3 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter2
CDs and Video CDs are divided into tracks.
I 1 I I I I
.
Track 1 Track 2 Track3 Track4 Track5 Track6
CD-ROMs containing MP3 files are divided
into folders and tracks, Folders may also
contain further subfolders.
Foldei n
Folder B Folder C
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T,a:,, TIdCk'
Ttack 3 T,ack 1 T,ack 1 Track 2
DVD-Video regions
All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on
the case somewhere that indicates which
region(s) of the world the disc is compatible
with. Your DVD player also has a region
mark, which you can find on the rear panel.
Discs from Incompatible regions will not play
In this player, Discs marked
ALL
will play in
any player.
The diagram below shows the various DVD
regions of the world.