Playing An Mp3 Audio Track - Sony SLV-D350P Service Manual

Playing an MP3 audio track

You can play back DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/
CD-Rs/CD-RWs) recorded in MP3 (MPEG1
Audio Layer 3) format.
Press Z and place a DATA CD on the disc tray,
1
then press Z to close the tray.
When you load a DATA CD which contains
MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files,
"Select a Media Type" menu appears.
If you load a DATA CD which contains only
MP3 audio files, the MP3 display appears.
Then you can skip step 2.
Notes
• Only the letters in the alphabet and numbers can be used for album or track names. Anything
else is displayed as an asterisk.
• Up to 12 alphanumeric characters can be displayed for album or track names.
• ID3 tags cannot be displayed.
About MP3 audio tracks
You can play MP3 audio tracks on CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. However, the
discs must be recorded according to ISO9660 level 1 or level 2 format for the player
to recognize the tracks.
You can also play discs recorded in Multi Session.
See the instructions of the CD-R/RW device or recording software (not supplied) for
details on the recording format.
To play a Multi Session CD
This player can play Multi Session CDs when an MP3 audio track is located in the
first session. Any subsequent MP3 audio tracks, recorded in the later sessions, can
also be played back. When audio tracks and images in music CD format or video CD
format are recorded in the first session, only the first session will be played back.
Notes
• If you put the extension ".MP3" to data not in MP3 format, the player cannot recognize the
data properly and will generate a loud noise which could damage your speaker system.
• The player cannot play audio tracks in MP3PRO format.
• This player supports MP3 audio tracks recorded with a bit rate of 128 kbps and a sampling
frequency of 44.1 kHz. Attempting to play MP3 audio tracks recorded with different
specifications may result in loud noise, sound skipping or speaker damage.
• Depending on the disc contents, playback may take some time to start.
Z
REPEAT
H PLAY
x STOP
V/v/B/b
ENTER
O RETURN
TOP MENU
Select a Media Type
1 MP3
2 JPEG
V v
ENTER
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2 Press V/v to select "MP3", then press
ENTER.
The first track starts playing. Press x STOP if
necessary.
Press O RETURN, then press V/v to select
3
the desired directory in the left column, then
press ENTER.
4 Press V/v to select the desired track in the
right column, then press ENTER.
The selected track starts playing.
When a track or album is being played, the title
is shown in a box. The playing track number
appears on the display window.
To stop play
Press x STOP.
To repeat play
Press REPEAT repeatedly during playback to change the repeat mode.
• FILE: repeats the current track (file).
• DIR: repeats the current album (directory).
• DISC: repeats the current disc.
To go to the next or previous page
Press b or B.
To return to the previous display
Press O RETURN.
To return to the "Select a Media Type" menu
Press x STOP twice, then press TOP MENU.
To turn off the display
Press x STOP twice, then press O RETURN repeatedly.
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The Playback order of MP3 audio tracks
The playback order of albums and tracks recorded on a DATA CD is as follows.
• Structure of disc contents
Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4
When you insert a DATA CD and press H PLAY, the numbered tracks are played
1 7
sequentially, from through . Any sub-albums/tracks contained within a currently
selected album does not take priority over the next album in the same tree. (Example:
E contains G but 6 is played before
When you press O RETURN and the list of MP3 albums appears (page 90), the
albums are arranged in the following order: A t B t C t D t F t G.
Albums that do not contain tracks (such as album C) do not appear in the list.
Tips
• If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the track file names, the tracks will be
played in that order.
• A disc with many trees takes longer to start playback. Some discs with many trees cannot be
played back.
Notes
• Depending on the software you use to create the DATA CD, the playback order may differ
from the illustration above.
• The playback order above may not be applicable if there are more than a total of 1000 albums
and tracks in the DATA CD.
• A total of up to 999 files can be recognized for discs that contain both MP3 and JPEG files.
Files are recognized in the order that they were recorded. For example, if 990 JPEG files are
recorded then 100 MP3 files are recorded, the 990 JPEG files recorded first and only the first
9 MP3 files can be recognized.
• Depending on the disc contents, playback may take some time to start.
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Repeat mode
Elapsed playing time
MP3 STOP
track 1 00:00 OFF
DIRECTORY:007 FILES:014
album 1 mp track 1
3
album 2 mp 3 track 2
album 3 mp track 3
3
album 4
mp 3 track 4
album 5 mp track 5
3
album 6
mp 3 track 6
album 7 mp track 7
3
mp 3 track 8
mp track 9
3
mp 3 track 10
V v B b ENTER RETURN SET UP
MP3 STOP
track 1 00:00 OFF
DIRECTORY:007 FILES:014
album 1
mp 3 track 1
album 2 mp track 2
3
album 3
mp 3 track 3
album 4 mp track 4
3
album 5
mp 3 track 5
album 6 mp track 6
3
album 7
mp 3 track 7
mp track 8
3
mp track 9
3
mp track 10
3
V v B b ENTER RETURN SET UP
MP3 PLAY
track 5 00:01 OFF
DIRECTORY:007 FILES:014
album 1 mp track 1
3
album 2 mp track 2
3
album 3 mp 3 track 3
album 4 mp track 4
3
album 5 mp 3 track 5
album 6 mp track 6
3
album 7
mp 3 track 7
mp track 8
3
mp 3 track 9
mp track 10
3
V v B b
ENTER RETURN
Tree 5
album
track
7
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