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Playing Back the Entire Disc—Normal Play
1
Press
)
OPEN on top of the unit.
The disc cover opens.
• You can insert a disc while listening to another source.
2
Place a disc correctly with its label side up.
3
Close the disc cover gently.
4
Press CD
6
.
The unit automatically turns on and the source
changes to the CD player.
After loading the disc, the first track of the disc
starts playing.
• The disc automatically stops when the last track has
finished playing.
While “READING” appears on the display
You cannot make any operation until the unit finishes reading the
disc.
While playing back an MP3 disc
ID3 Tag information (the name of the title, artist, and album up to 30
characters) will be shown on the display. When the name is too long
to be displayed at once, it is scrolled.
This unit supports ID3 Tag ver. 1.0.
To stop playing,
press
7
.
The total track (or group) number and total
playing time appear on the display.
• Total playing time does not appear when MP3 disc is
loaded.
Playing Back Discs
This unit has been designed to play back the following
discs—CD, CD-R, and CD-RW.
Only CDs bearing these marks can be used with this Systems.
You can play back the discs containing the tracks in music
CD format or MP3 files in ISO 9660 format.
• In this instruction, we call a disc recorded MP3 files “MP3
disc,” and “file” is also referred to as “track.”
When playing CD-Rs or CD-RWs
• Before playing CD-Rs or CD-RWs, read their instructions
or cautions carefully.
• User-edited CD-Rs (CD-Recordable) and CD-RWs (CD-
ReWritable) can be played only if they are already
“
finalized
.”
• This unit supports “multi-session” discs (up to 5 sessions).
• This unit cannot play “packet write” discs.
• Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs may not play on this unit because
of their disc characteristics, damage or stain on them, or if
the player’s lens is dirty.
• CD-RWs may require a longer readout time. This is
because the reflectance of CD-RWs is lower than for
regular discs.
Notes for MP3 files
• The player can only recognize files with “MP3” or “mp3”
as the extensions, which can be in any combination of
upper and lower case. The file name needs to be up to 20
characters.
• This unit recognizes files and folders on a disc in the
following conditions (including the root folder):
– up to 512 folders and files.
– up to 8th layers.
• It is recommended that you record your material at a 44.1
kHz sampling rate, using the 128 kbps data transfer rate.
• Some MP3 files or discs may not be played back because
of their characteristics or recording conditions.
• MP3 discs requires a longer readout time than normal discs
because of the complexity of the folder/file configuration.
• MP3i and MP3 Pro are not available.
General notes
In general, you will have the best performance by keeping
your discs and the mechanism clean.
• Store discs in their cases, and keep them in cabinets or on
shelves.
• Keep the unit’s disc cover closed when not in use.
• Continued use of irregular shape discs (heart-shape,
octagonal, etc.) can damage the unit.
Caution for DualDisc playback
The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does not comply with
the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” standard. Therefore, the
use of Non-DVD side of a DualDisc on this product may not
be recommended.
When playing
audio CD:
TOTAL
Total track
number
Total playing
time
Total track
number
When stop playing
MP3 disc:
When stop playing
audio CD:
MP3
TOTAL
Total group
number
Group folder indicator
Good
Not good
Elapsed
playing time
MP3 indicator
Elapsed
playing time
When playing MP3 disc:
Current track
number
MP3
CD
3
/
8
PRESET
GROUP
PRESET
GROUP
UP
DOWN
Current track
number
Continued
ReWritable
Recordable
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