User manual

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Selecting Folders (Concerning MP3/
WMA/AAC)
Touch [] or [] of Bottom banner to select the
folder.
Searching from CD Text
1 Touch [ (Search)] of Bottom banner during
playback.
The CD text search screen is displayed.
2 Touch the selected track name.
The selected track will be played back.
• For details on how to scroll through the list, refer to “Selecting an
Item in a List” (page 17).
File/Folder Name Search (Concerning
MP3/WMA/AAC)
1 Touch [ (Search)] of Bottom banner during
playback.
The folder name list screen is displayed.
Folder Name Search mode
2 Touch [] in the desired folder.
The first file in the selected folder is played back.
File Name Search mode
2 Touch the desired folder name.
The File name of the selected folder is displayed.
3 Touch the desired file name.
The selected file is played back.
• To return to the previous hierarchy, touch [].
• For details on how to scroll through the list, refer to “Selecting an
Item in a List” (page 17).
• After selecting a folder via a Folder name search, touch [] on the
main screen to display the folder search screen.
• After selecting a file via a File name search, touch [] on the
main screen to display the file search screen.
About MP3/WMA/AAC
What is MP3?
MP3, whose official name is “MPEG Audio Layer 3,” is a
compression standard prescribed by the ISO, the International
Standardization Organization and MPEG which is a joint activity
institution of the IEC.
MP3 files contain compressed audio data. MP3 encoding is
capable of compressing audio data at extremely high ratios,
reducing the size of music files to as much as one-tenth their
original size. This is achieved while still maintaining near CD
quality. The MP3 format realizes such high compression ratios
by eliminating the sounds that are either inaudible to the human
ear or masked by other sounds.
What is AAC?
AAC is the abbreviation for “Advanced Audio Coding,” and is a
basic format of audio compression used by MPEG2 or MPEG4.
What is WMA?
WMA, or “Windows Media™ Audio,” is compressed audio data.
WMA is similar to MP3 audio data.
Method for creating MP3/WMA/AAC files
Audio data is compressed using software with MP3/WMA/AAC
codecs. For details on creating MP3/WMA/AAC files, refer to the
user’s manual for that software.
MP3/WMA/AAC files that are playable on this device have the
file extensions.
MP3: “mp3”
WMA: “wma” (ver. 7.x, 8.x, 9.x are supported)
AAC: “m4a”
WMA is not supported for the following files, Windows Media
Audio Professional, Windows Media Audio 9 Voice or Windows
Media Audio 9 Pro Lossless (Disc Media Only).
There are many different versions of the AAC format. Confirm
that the software being used conforms to the acceptable
formats listed above. It’s possible that the format may be
unplayable even though the extension is valid.
Playback of AAC files encoded by iTunes is supported.
CAUTION
Except for private use, duplicating audio data (including MP3/
WMA/AAC data) or distributing, transferring, or copying it,
whether for free or for a fee, without permission of the copyright
holder is strictly prohibited by the Copyright Act and by
international treaty.