Audio Tracks - Sony HCD-FL5D Service Manual

This system can play the
following discs
Format of discs Disc logo
DVD VIDEO*
VIDEO CD
Music CD
* The "DVD VIDEO" logo is a trademark.
Discs that this system
cannot play
• CD-ROMs (PHOTO CDs included)
• All CD-Rs other than music and VCD format
CD-Rs
• Data part of CD-Extras
• DVD-ROMs
• DVD Audio discs
Note
Some CD-Rs/CD-RWs or DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs
cannot be played on this system depending upon the
format or the recording quality or physical condition
of the disc, or the characteristics of the recording
device.
Furthermore, the disc will not play if it has not been
correctly finalized. For more information, see the
operating instructions for the recording device.
Playing a disc with MP3

audio tracks

About MP3
MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3) is a standard
technology and format for compressing a sound
sequence. The track is compressed to about
1/10 of its original size. Sounds outside the
range of human hearing are compressed while
the sounds we can hear are not compressed.
Notes on discs
You can play MP3 audio tracks recorded on CD-
ROMs, CD-Rs (recordable CDs), or CD-RWs
(rewritable CDs).
The disc must be in the ISO 9660* level 1, level 2 or
Joliet format.
*ISO 9660 Format
The most common international standard for the
logical format of tracks and albums on a CD-ROM.
There are several specification levels. In Level 1,
track names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than
eight characters in the name, no more than three
characters in the extension ".MP3") and in capital
letters. Album names can be no longer than eight
characters. There can be no more than eight nested
album levels. Level 2 specifications allow album
names and track names up to 31 characters long.
HCD-FL5D
Notes
• With formats other than ISO 9660 level 1, 2 and
Joliet, album names or track names may not be
displayed correctly.
• When naming, be sure to add the extension ".MP3"
to the track name.
• If you use the extension ".MP3" to a track other
than MP3, the player cannot recognize the track
properly and will generate random noise that could
damage your speakers.
• A disc recorded with complicated tree structure
takes a longer time to start playback.
• When the disc is inserted, the player reads all the
tracks on that disc. If there are many albums or non-
MP3 files on the disc, it may take a long time for
player to begin or for the next MP3 audio tracks to
start play.
• We recommend that you do not save other types of
tracks or unnecessary albums than MP3 audio
tracks in the disc to be used for MP3 listening.
• An album that does not include an MP3 audio track
is skipped.
• Maximum album number in a disc: 99
(The maximum number of MP3 audio tracks that
can be contained on a album is 250.)
• Tracks and albums are played in the order they are
recorded on the disc.
• Only the letters in the alphabet and numbers can be
used for album or track names. Anything else is
displayed as a space.
• ID3 tags cannot be displayed in stop mode.
• The player cannot play audio tracks in MP3PRO
format.
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