Akai ASB70I, Operator'S Manual

Page: 25 / 44

CDs that contain compressed MP3 or Windows Media formatted audio (WMA) files
can store
approximately 10 times as much music as a normal CDs. It is possible to record up 10 hours
of music in MP3/WMA format on a single disc.
Audio files may be downloaded from the Internet
onto your computer’s hard drive or ‘ripped’ from
normal CDs. They are then compressed into
MP3/WMA format files by
software on your computer and recorded or ‘burned’ onto blank
discs. Typically when making your own MP3/WMA CDs you will organise the song titles into
‘Directories’, also called ‘Albums’, by artist, or by type of music.
NOTE :
Because MP3/WMA CDs contain so much more information than normal CDs this
CD player will take longer to read all of the information on an MP3/WMA disc.
You may see the flashing “
READ
” indicator for a
minute or more before playback begins. This is normal
and note an indication if any problem with your player.
Most of the normal CD operations described in this manual also apply to MP3/WMA CDs.
However there are a few differences in MP3/WMA CD playback functions, and these are
described on the following pages.
MP3/WMA CD “Reading” Time And Display Information
As mentioned above, because MP3/WMA CDs contain much more information that normal
CDs it takes longer for the player to read an MP3/WMA disc and display the disc
information.
After you load an MP3/WMA CD in the player the player will read each of the ‘Directories’
(or ‘Albums’) on the disc, one at a time, and display the Directory Number and the
cumulative
number of tracks in the directories that have already been read.
For example if you insert an MP3/WMA CD containing 11 ‘Directories’ (or ‘Albums’) and a
total of 172 “files” or tracks, the display will show:
PLAYING MP3 & WINDOWS MEDIA FORMATTED AUDIO
GB
24