C.A.R. 4000 (English)
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When you insert a CD-ROM, it is first read completely and searched for usable material. That
means all files that have the following endings:
*.mp3
,
*.wav
or
*.wma
(upper and lower
case). Then the C.A.R. 4000 interprets the imported CD based on the folder structure—
ultimately in its factory setting the device assumes that the
filename.mp3
is the title, the
name of the next higher folder is the name of the album and the name of the folder on the
next higher level is that of the artist. Here's an example:
You can see the folder structure on the left side as would be shown for a CD in the Windows
Explorer, and the right side shows how this classification of directories is transferred exactly
to the C.A.R. 4000 browser. If you transferred all this (
Dean Martin, Godsmack, U2 ...
) into a
directory called
Compressed Audio
, in this case the C.A.R. 4000 would encrypt it somewhat
differently: in the artist level all folders would be listed separated by a backslash ( \ ), i.e.
Compressed Audio\ Dean Martin
etc. In this way you can always see exactly what subdirectory
you are in. In contrast, in the folder
Z Mix
a backslash ( \ ) is shown at the artist level because
the CD does not have a corresponding folder depth. Thus a backslash ( \ ) is also shown at the
compilation level if there were any audio files in the main directly or the CD.
Playback.
The procedure for playback and creation of selection lists is identical to that of the
hard disk. However, if you have imported titles from a CD into a playback list and then you
open the CD-drawer, this entry will be removed from the list and the playback will be stopped
or continued with the remaining titles on the list. Please don't forget that you can change the
media at any time during playback (CD or MMC)—unlike a standard CD player.
Get it on disk.
Basically all data is imported (i.e. copied to the disk and sorted into the data-
base) as displayed. In a higher user level you do have the option of influencing the Sorting
Order, but we will consider this later. Without a prior selection the import is always based on
the entire CD. If you want to import single titles or a compilation, you can create your own list,
as described above. To import all audio files or the selected titles to the disk, use the
MENU
button to open the main menu and select the CD-ROM item and then
Import as sorted
. You
will then see an overview of the status of the import.
Special formats: Mixed Mode and Enhanced CD.
As previously mentioned with reference to
audio-CDs, these special formats are a combination of data and audio tracks on one CD. In
the Mixed Mode CD the first track is the data track and in the Enhanced CD the last track is the
data track. Both formats are read, and you can open the audio section via CD-A and the data
section via CD-ROM with the soft key in the browser (
SOURCE
). However, with the Enhanced
CD one audio track more than is actually there is shown. This has the title
DATA
and cannot be
