Alpine CDE9852 Owners Manual - Page 11

File/Folder Name Search (concerning MP3/WMA) You can display and search the folder and file name while listening to the file currently being played back. 1 During MP3/WMA playback, press to activate the search mode. 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select Folder Name Search mode or File Name Search mode, then press . Folder Name Search mode 3 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired folder. 4 Press / to play back the first file in the selected folder. • Press and hold for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to cancel. Or, the search mode will be canceled when an operation has not been performed in 10 seconds. • While in Folder Name Search mode, press to switch to File Name Search mode. • While in Folder Name Search mode, press A.ME to return to the selecting search mode. • If a disc contains only the root folder, Folder Name Search cannot be made. • "NO FILE" is displayed for 2 seconds if the folder that is selected by the Folder Name Search mode contains no files. • "ROOT" is displayed for the root folder which does not have folder name. • Folder Name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play. File Name Search mode 3 Press or to select another Folder. 4 Select the desired file by turning the Rotary encoder. 5 Press MODE to playback the selected file. • Press and hold for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to cancel. Or, the search mode will be canceled when an operation has not been performed in 10 seconds. • Pressing A.ME will return to the previous mode. • File Name search cannot be made during M.I.X. play. Quick Search You can search for tracks (files). 1 Press and hold for at least 2 seconds in the CD/ MP3/WMA mode to activate Quick Search mode. 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired track (file). The selected track is played back immediately. • Press and hold for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to cancel. Or, the search mode will be canceled when an operation has not been performed in 10 seconds. 10-EN About MP3/WMA CAUTION Except for private use, duplicating audio data (including MP3/ WMA 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. What is MP3? MP3, whose official name is "MPEG-1 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 WMA? WMA, or "Windows Media™ Audio," is compressed audio data. WMA is similar to MP3 audio data and can achieve CD quality sound with small file sizes. Method for creating MP3/WMA files Audio data is compressed by using MP3/WMA specified software. For details on creating MP3/WMA files, refer to the user's manual for that software. MP3/WMA files that can be played back by this device have the file extension "mp3" / "wma". Files with no extension cannot be played back. (WMA ver. 7.1 and 8 are supported) Supported playback sampling rates and bit rates MP3 Sampling rates: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz, 24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 16 kHz, 12 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 8 kHz Bit rates: 8 - 320 kbps WMA Sampling rates: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz Bit rates: 48 - 192 kbps Note that for sampling rates, this device's frame display (Page 13) may not display correctly. This device may not play back correctly depending on sampling rates. ID3 tags/WMA tags This device supports ID3 tag v1 and v2, and WMA tag. If tag data is in an MP3/WMA file, this device can display the title (track title), artist name, and album name ID3 tag/WMA tag data. This device can only display single-byte alphanumeric characters (up to 30 for ID3 tags and up to 15 for WMA tags) and the underscore. For non-supported characters, "NO SUPPORT" is displayed. The tag information may not be correctly displayed, depending on the contents. Producing MP3/WMA discs MP3/WMA files are prepared, then written to a CD-R or CD-RW using CD-R writing software. A disc can hold up to 510 files/ folders (including Root Folders). However, the maximum number of folders is 255.