- MP3 (MPEG 2, LAYER 3) IS A DIGITAL FILE FORMAT FOR AUDIO (MUSIC).
- YOU CAN DOWNLOAD MP3 SONGS FROM MANY WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET
(PLEASE OBSERVE THE COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS OF YOUR COUNTRY).
- MP3 SONGS ARE MUCH SMALLER IS MEMORY SIZE COMPARED WITH NORMAL
CD-AUDIO FORMAT SONGS. THIS IS CALLED “COMPRESSION” & IT ALLOWS
MUCH MORE RECORDING TIME ON A STANDARD CD THAN THE NORMAL
74 MINUTES (FOR NORMAL CD-AUDIO).
- THE EXACT LENGTH OF RECORDING TIME DEPENDS ON THE
“COMPRESSION RATE” OF THE MP3 SONG YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED.
- COMPRESSION RATE IS SPECIFIED IN “KBPS” (KILOBITS PER SECOND). FOR
EXAMPLE : “128 KBPS”: THE HIGHER THIS NUMBER, THE BIGGER THE MP3 FILE
SIZE (THE BETTER THE SOUND QUALITY) AND THE LOWER THE RECORDING
TIME ON A CD-R. NORMALLY BASED ON 128 KBPS, YOU SHOULD HAVE
APPROX. 250-300 MINUTES OF RECORDING TIME ON A CD-R.
- MP3 SONGS CAN BE RECORDED WITH SOME “TEXT INFORMATION” AS PART
OF THE SAME FILE. IT CONSISTS OF (AMONG OTHER DETAILS:)
- FILE NAME (SONG NAME)
-
ARTIST NAME
- YOUR CD-MP3 PLAYER CAN LOCATE (“FIND”) A SONG ON AN MP3-CD DISC FROM
THE "FILE NAME", THEREFORE YOU SHOULD TRY TO NAME ALL YOUR MP3 FILES WITH
THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE SONG THAT IT CONTAINS.
- THERE ARE BASICALLY 2 WAYS TO MAKE AN MP3-CD WITH YOUR FAVORITE
SONGS :
- DOWNLOAD MP3 SONGS FROM INTERNET & BURN THEM ON A
CD-R DISC ON YOUR COMPUTER.
- CONVERT CD-AUDIO FILES (FROM A NORMAL MUSIC CD) ONTO
YOUR COMPUTER INTO MP3 FORMAT, USING A KIND
SOFTWARE CALLED “CD-RIPPER”.
(WHICH IS FREEWARE/SHAREWARE ON INTERNET).
WHAT IS MP3 ?
PROGRAMMING THE CD-PLAYER
- THE CD PLAYER CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO PLAY ANY SEQUENCE OF UPTO 64
TRACKS, AS DESIRED.
- ALWAYS PRESS THE BUTTON BEFORE STARTING THE PROGRAMMING.
- PRESS THE BUTTON ONCE, THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW THE “PROG”
SYMBOL TO INDICATE THAT THE SET IS NOW IN “MEMORY PROGRAMMING MODE”.
- PRESS THE OR TO SELECT THE TRACK (SONG)
NUMBER YOU WISH TO BE STORED IN THE CURRENT MEMORY (PROGRAM)
POSITION.
- PRESS THE BUTTON TO CONFIRM YOUR SELECTION.
- REPEAT THE PREVIOUS 2 STEPS, EACH TIME SELECTING ANY TRACK NUMBER
OF YOUR CHOICE TO BE STORED IN SUCCESSIVE (PROGRAM) POSITIONS.
- AFTER A MAXIMUM OF 64 SONGS (OR LESS) HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE, PRESS BUTTON, THE DISPLAY WILL NOW SHOW
(PROGRAM) TO INDICATE YOU HAVE SAVED A PROGRAM-MEMORY.
- PRESS BUTTON, THE CD-PLAYER WILL PLAYBACK THE
“SAVED SEQUENCE” IN THE PROGRAM MEMORY.
- TO CLEAR (CANCEL) THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WHICH IS STORED IN THE
MEMORY, SIMPLY PRESS BUTTON, THIS WILL RESET THE MEMORY &
CLEAR THE PROGRAM.
STOP
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
PLAY
STOP
NEXT
BACK
- PRESS BUTTON TO SWITCH ON THE UNIT.
- INSERT AN MP3 CD INTO THE PLAYER AND CLOSE THE CD DOOR.
- PRESS THE BUTTON.
- THE DISK WILL SPIN AND THEN PLAYBACK THE FIRST SONG (TRACK), THE
DISPLAY WILL INDICATE THE CURRENT TRACK NO. (“001” IF IT IS THE FIRST
TRACK) AS WELL AS THE PLAY TIME OF THAT TRACK IN MINUTES AND SECONDS.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS BUTTON TO PAUSE
OPERATION OF THE UNIT. PRESS BUTTON TO RESUME
OPERATION AT THE SAME TRACK & POSITION.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS AND RELEASE OR
TO SKIP FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS BY ONE TRACK.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS AND HOLD OR
TO REVIEW (FAST REWIND) OR CUE (FAST FORWARDS) THE CURRENT TRACK.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS AND HOLD BUTTON FOR 1
SECOND. THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW THE FILE NAME (SONG NAME) INFORMATION.
HOW TO PLAY MP3 DISCS
POWER
PLAY
PLAY
PLAY
FIND
FINDING (SEARCHING) MP3 SONGS BY SONG NAME
- AT STOP OR PLAY MODES, PRESS BUTTON ONCE.
- THE “FIND” SYMBOL WILL “FLASH” IN THE DISPLAY, AND THE LETTER “A” WILL BE
SHOWN.
THIS IS THE “
SEARCH ALPHABET
”.
- PRESS OR BUTTONS TO ADVANCE THE
“SEARCH ALPHABET” (A B C D...) TO SEARCH FOR THE DESIRED ALPHABET.
- AT EVERY SELECTED “SEARCH ALPHABET” THE LOWER PART OF THE DISPLAY
WILL SHOW THE NAME OF THE FIRST SONG BEGINNING WITH THAT SELECTED
ALPHABET, ON THE DISC.
FIND
A -- APPLE . . . . .
NAME OF SONG
(MP3 FILE)
SEARCH
ALPHABET
EXAMPLE:
PRESS ONCE
FIND SYMBOL
NEXT
BACK
NEXT
BACK
NEXT
BACK
NEXT
B -- BANANA . . .
NAME OF SONG
(MP3 FILE)
SEARCH
ALPHABET
FIND SYMBOL
PRESS ONCE
NEXT
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