Owner's Manual

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Disc Notes
Supported
Discs
The CDC-3.4 supports the following discs.
Disc
Audio
CD
CD-R
CD-RW
CD
Extra
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Format
or
file
type
PCM
Audio
CD,
MP3
MP3
Audio
CD,
MP3
MP3
Audio
CD
(Session 1),
MP3 (Session 2)
•
Some audio
COs
use copy protection that doesn
't
con-
form to the official
CD
standard. Since these are non-
standard discs, they may not play properly in the
CDC-3.4.
•
The CDC-3.4 supports CD-R and CD-RW discs.
However, some CD-R and CD-RW
discs may not
work properly for any
of
the following reasons: disc
burner characteristics, disc characteristics, the disc is
damaged or dirty. See the manual supplied with your
disc burner for more information. Condensation
or
dirt
on the optical pickup lens can also affect playback.
•
The CDC-3.4 supports 8 em and 12 em discs.
•
The CDC-3.4 does not support disc types not listed.
•
Don
't use discs with an unusual shape, such as those
shown below, because you may damage the CDC-3.4.
•
Don't
use discs that have residue from adhesive tape,
rental discs with peeling labels, or discs with custom-
made labels or stickers. Doing so may damage the
CDC-3.4 and you may not be able to remove the disc
properly.
Discs
Made
on
Personal Computers
Discs made on personal computers, including those
of
a
compatible format, may not work properly in the
CDC-3.4 because
of
incorrect settings in the disc burn-
ing software. Check the manuals supplied with your disc
burning
sof
tware for additional compatibility informa-
tion.
MP3 Compatibility
• MP3
discs must be
ISO 9660
Level 1
or
Level
2,
Romeo
or
Joliet compliant. Supported formats:
Mode
1,
Mode 2 XA Form
1.
•
Folders can be up to eight levels deep.
• MP3
files must be
MPEG-1/MPEG-2
Audio Layer 3
format with a sampling rate
of
between 8 kHz and 48
kHz and a bit-rate
of
between 8 kbps and
320 kbps
(128 kbps recommended). Incompatible files cannot
be
played.
•
Fixed bit-rate
MP3 files are recommended, however,
variable bit-rate (VBR) MP3
files between 8 kbps and
320
kbps are supported.
(Playing
times may display
incorrectly.)
• MP3
files must have a
".mp3" or
".MP3"
file name
extension. MP3
files without the proper extension will
not be recognized.
To
prevent noise and malfunction,
do
not use these extensions for other types
of
files.
•
On
a single disc, the CDC-3.4 can recognize a total
of
499 files and folders, with 99 being the maximum
number
of
folders. Files and folders in excess
of
this
cannot be played. Note that
if
the file and folder struc-
ture is very complicated, the CDC-3.4 may not be able
to read
or
play all
of
the
MP3
files on the disc.
•
Disc, file and folder names may contain up to 32 char-
acters.
•
The
maximum time that can
be
displayed for a single
track is 99 minutes and 59 seconds.
•
The
remaining time cannot be displayed when playing
MP3
files.
• MP3
file and folder names (excluding the extension)
are shown on the display.
•
Multisession discs are supported, however, some mul-
tisession discs may take a long time to load and some
may not load at all. When burning
COs
we recom-
mend that you use a
single-session (disc-at -once), and
se
lect
"Disc Close."
•
Normally, the music in the audio session
of
a
CD
Extra
disc is played. However, you can s
et
the CDC-3.4 so
that it plays any
MP3
files in the data session
of
a
CO-RJRW
disc instead.
If
the data session contains no
MP3
tracks, the audio session will be played regard-
less. See
"MP3
&
APO
(Auto
Power
Down)
Prefer-
ences" on page 24 for more information.
•
The
following
103
tags are supported: versions
1.011.1
and 2.3/2.4. Versions 2.2/2.5 and later are not sup-
ported. Normally, version 2.3/2.4 tags
ha
ve priority
and will be displayed regardless
of
the
103
VER 1
preference on page 24.
•
For
103
version 2 tags, information in the first 2,048
bytes at the beginning
of
the file are recognized. We
recommend that you include only title, artist name,
and album name information in
103
tags. Com-
pressed, encrypted, and unsynchronized
103
tags can-
not be displayed.