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WHAT IS MP3?
MP3 refers to a new format of music files available for playback over the internet. Because of the popularity to
download music from MP3 websites onto ones home computer, Apex Digital is the first company to offer in a
home DVD player, the ability to play back CD-R discs recorded with MP3 audio files.
WHAT IS VCD?
A VCD looks like an ordinary 5” CD with the same digital audio quality, plus good video capability. It is a new
video format that offers a better picture quality than VHS, with over an hour of playing time.
Note:
• When you playback a video CD, you must turn PBC OFF in order to stop the chapter/scene.
• The AD-3201 DVD player will only play “Comercially” made VCD and SVCD’s. Apex does not now of any
software that will produce VCD’s or SVCD on a PC or MAC.
WHAT IS HDCD?
This player is equipped with HDCD technology. HDCD
®
(High Definition Compatible Digital
®
) is a patented
process that enables the Compact Disc to deliver the full richness and detail of the original microphone feed.
When listening to HDCD encoded CDs, you hear more dynamic range, a focused 3-D soundstage, and
extremely natural musical timbre with 20-bit output.
What is MP3, VCD, and HDCD ?
WHEN CREATING MP3’S
When creaing MP3’s to play on your DVD player, be sure to change the Character Settings from
Joliett to ISO 9660 in your “CD Format” properties of you favorite CD-R burning software.
For those of you using Adaptec
®
Easy CD Creator
®
3.5 or higher, be sure to change the Mode Settings
from Mode 2 to Mode 1.
Note: The AD-3201 DVD player will not play MP3 files on a CD-RW.
