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Media mode
MP3 mode
General notes on MP3
The music that can be played when your
unit is in MP3 mode is generally copy-
right-protected under applicable interna-
tional and national laws. In several
countries, the reproduction of copy-
righted material is not permitted, even if
only for personal use, without the
express prior consent of the copyright
holder. Please check the current copy-
right laws for your country and comply
with them. These restrictions naturally
do not apply to your own compositions
and recordings, or for recordings for
which authorisation has been obtained
from the copyright holder.
Creating an MP3 storage
medium
• A maximum of 63 folders, each of
which can contain up to 254 tracks, can
be stored on a storage medium. How-
ever, a maximum of 1000 tracks for
SD/MMC card and 2000 tracks per
CF-card/micro-drive are supported. If
a folder contains more than 254 tracks,
a second folder will be created automat-
ically which can also contain up to 254
tracks.
Only folder or track names with 254
characters or fewer can be displayed.
• Only MP3 tracks can be played if the
storage medium has been formatted
using the FAT 32 file system.
• If the artist’s name and track title are
to be displayed, an ID3 tag must be
added to the MP3 file. This unit sup-
ports versions ID3v1 and ID3v2.
• The display of artist’s name and track
title is restricted to a total maximum
length of 63 characters.
• The MP3 formats MPEG1 and MPEG2
Layer3 are supported by the unit.
Fixed and variable bit rates of 8 - 320
kbps and scan rates of 16-48 kHz are
supported (for files with variable bit
rate only with Xing header). We rec-
ommend the use of the Fraunhofer
MP3 Encoder when creating MP3 files.
• We recommend a bit rate of at least
160 kbps for compressing MP3 files.
It should be noted that with MP3 files
having a variable bit rate, the display
of the elapsed playing time may
deviate from real time.
• In the case of a mixed-mode medium
(partly conventional audio tracks and
partly data), only the audio tracks are
played back. The data part is not
played back, even if MP3 tracks are
included.