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FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO
CD PLAYER
CD MP3
PLAYER
QUICK
GUIDE
INTRODUCTION
AUX
INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the variants re-
garding the operation of the CD MP3 play-
er: as far as the operation of the radio is
concerned, refer to the description in the
chapters “Radio” and “CD Player”.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding
technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS
and Thomson multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In addition to playing regular audio CDs,
the radio is also enabled to play CD-
ROMs on which compressed audio files
have been recorded in an MP3 format.
The radio will work according to the
modes described in chapter “CD Player”
when an ordinary audio CD is loaded.
To guarantee optimal reproduction it is
advisable to use good quality CDs burned
at the lowest speed possible.
The files on an MP3 CD are structured in
folders that create lists of all the folders
containing MP3 tracks (folders or sub-
folders are all on the same level); the fold-
ers that do not contain MP3 tracks cannot
be selected.
The specifications and operating condi-
tions for playing MP3 files are the follow-
ing:
❒
the CD-ROMs used should be burned
in accordance with ISO standard 9660;
❒
the music files should have extension
“.mp3”: files with a different extension
will not be reproduced;
❒
The sampling frequencies that can be
reproduced are: 44.1 kHz, stereo (from
96 to 320 kbit/s) – 22.05 kHz, mono or
stereo (from 32 to 80 kbit/s);
❒
tracks with a variable bit-rate can be re-
produced.
IMPORTANT The track names must not
include the following characters: spaces,
‘ (apostrophes), ( and ) (open and close
brackets). During the burning of a MP3
CD, make sure that the names of the files
do not contain these characters; if not, the
radio will not be able to play the tracks in-
volved.
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