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DV89

Advanced MP3/WMA/JPEG and audio CD features

The DV89 DVD player has the ability to handle MP3, WMA and
JPEG files, when these are burned on to a CD-R or CD-RW disc.
Picture/Photo CDs are also playable. These file types may be
mixed together, if desired.
This section explains the more sophisticated CD-based
features, for audio CDs and for CD-ROM discs containing
MP3, WMA and JPEG files. The operation for audio-CDs and
other CD-ROMs is very similar, except that CD-ROMs can have
directories and sub-directories, while audio-CDs do not have a
directory structure.
In this section of the document, we use the term ‘CD-ROM’ to
refer to a CD-R or CD-RW disc containing MP3, WMA or JPEG
files, and including Picture/Photo CDs.
All of these advanced features use on-screen menus, so a TV
monitor is required.

Screen layout

When an audio-CD or CD-ROM is detected by the DVD player,
the disc navigator screen is displayed.

The screen shown above is the disc navigator screen, in this
example showing a CD-R containing MP3 files. The following
items can be identified:

The user command indicator.

The mode of the player. This is described in more detail

below.

The current track number and the total number of tracks

in this directory (for CD-ROMs), or on the whole disc (for
audio-CDs).

The playback time of the current track, and the total

playback time.

For CD-ROMs, this area shows the current directory.

‘Up’ – for CD-ROMs, selecting this button changes

directory to one level above the current one. This button
is not shown for audio-CDs, or if the current directory is
at the top level.

‘PAF’ – Play All Files on the disc. Starting from the first

valid file/track, all valid files/tracks on the disc are
played, in the order found.

‘PD’ – Play Directory. (CD-ROMs only). Starting from the

first valid file in the current directory, all the (valid) files in
the current directory are played.

The names of the tracks in this directory. For audio-CDs,

the text ‘Track 1’, etc., is shown here. For CD-ROMs, the
text shown here is based on the file name of the track.

When playing CD-ROMs, the full name of the file being

played is displayed here (subject to screen space).

When playing CD-ROMs, tag information from MP3 and

WMA files is displayed here, if present on the disc.

Helpful messages to the user are displayed here. When

the disc is loaded, the PAF button (

) is highlighted.

This means that loading the disc and pressing

PLAY

is enough to set the disc playing.

Player mode

When playing audio-CDs or CD-ROMs, the player can be in one
of three modes:

Browse mode:

the user is free to navigate around the disc

directory structure (while playback is stopped). Valid files/
tracks in each directory (audio-CD tracks or files that can be
played) are displayed on the screen. Pressing

PLAY

while the

cursor is on a valid file/track will start playback from that point,
continuing to the end of the disc. Alternatively, the ‘PD’ or ‘PAF’
buttons can be used to start playback.

Programme mode:

Press

PROG

on the remote control to

enter ‘Programme’ mode to choose the order in which the
files/tracks are played. Playback must be stopped first.
‘Programme’ mode operates differently for audio-CDs and MP3
discs, and is explained on page 17.

Playlist mode:

The player is in this mode when a programmed

sequence of files/tracks is being played. No navigation of the
disc may be performed in this mode; the player starts at the
beginning of the programmed playlist and plays through to the
end.

Browsing the disc (Browse mode)

By default, the disc navigator is in ‘Browse’ mode. In this mode,
the user can navigate around the disc (using the cursor pad
for direction and ‘OK’ to select an option). When a file/track
is highlighted, the tag information for that file (if available)
is displayed in the lower portion of the screen. Use the ‘Up’
button to move to a higher-level directory; to enter a lower-level
directory, press

when the directory name is highlighted.

At any time, press

PLAY

to begin playback from the

file/track highlighted currently. Navigation around the current
directory is possible during playback, but playback stops
automatically if you attempt to navigate out of the current
directory. Please note the following:

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Fast forward and fast rewind do not work with MP3 or
WMA playback.

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Skipping forward past the end of a directory with
CD-ROMs causes playback to continue from the next
directory containing valid files. Skip-back can be
performed only as far as the beginning of the current
directory.

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Directory trees may be up to 10 directories deep.

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Long file names, of up to 64 characters (Joliet standard),

are supported.

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Only sample rates of 44.1kHz and 48kHz are supported

for MP3 and WMA files.

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For MP3 playback, the following constant bit rates are

supported: 32, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 256
and 320 kilobits per second. Variable bit rate (VBR)
between 96kb/s and 320kb/s is also supported.

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