PART 2. AUDIO FEATURES
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CD-R or CD-RW DISC burned with a
bulk CD without quality guarantees may
not be recognized by the device.
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Inserting an abnormal disc may result in
faulty operation.
2. Disc/content format and compatibility
Ordinary disc compatibility
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This system has been designed to be
compatible with software bearing the fol-
lowing logo marks.
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CD-R/RW discs (Audio CD and MP3 CD)
created with CD-writing devices or per-
sonal computers may not operate
properly.
Special formats or special features
regarding software
CD-R/RW Compatibility
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This system operates as a CD-ROM and
supports CD-R and CD-RW discs in CD
audio or MP3 CD format.
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CD-R/RW discs burned as audio CDs
which have not been finalized are not
supported by the device. However, some
information, such as play time, may still
be displayed.
PC-created DISC compatibility
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When burning a disc with a personal
computer, even discs compatible with the
formats described above may not oper-
ate properly due to software settings
within the burning application. In such
cases, contact the software developer.
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Additional information regarding compati-
bility can be found on the CD-R/RW soft-
ware disc box.
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DVD-R/RW discs are not supported by the device.
Compressed audio compatibility
This system plays audio files compressed
by MPEG-1 audio stream layer 3(MP3)
using 32, 44.1 and 48kHz fixed bit rates.
Incompatible files are not supported.
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Variable bit rate files may operate, but the
play time information may not be properly
displayed.
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Physical formats of CD: Model 1, Model 2
XA format 1.
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This system only supports tracks with file
extension of ".MP3" or ".WMA".
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This system does not support multises-
sion discs.
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This system supports a maximum of 256
folders and maximum 512 files. Folders
and files which exceed this limit will not
be supported.
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There are various bit rates which can be
encoded onto MP3 files. This system has
been designed to be compatible with vari-
ous bit rates. Audio which has been
encoded at 128kbps will sound similar to
CD audio sound quality. Although this
device supports low bit rate MP3 files, such
files may result in a low quality sound.
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For stable operation, the use of files in
95kbps~192kbps bit rate range and 44.1kHz
sampling frequency is recommended.
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For Mixed CDs (MP3+CD-DA), only
CD-DA files will be recognized and
supported.
