Panasonic CQD5501U CQD5501U User Guide - Page 14

E N G Notes on MP3 L I S H What is MP3 ? Display Information 25 MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) is the compression format of digital Displayed items audio. It is developed by MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group). Using this compression format, you can record the contents of ¡ CD-TEXT about 10 music CDs on a single CD (This figure refers to data Disc title recorded on a 650 MB CD-R or CD-RW at a fixed bit rate of 128 Track title ¡ MP3 (ID3 tag) Album name Title and Artist name kbps and a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz). ¡ MP3 Folder name Note: File name ¡ MP3 encoding and CD writing software programs are not supplied with this unit. Displayable characters ¡ Displayable length of file name/folder name: within 64 charac- ters. Points to remember when making MP3 files ¡ High bit rate and high sampling frequency are recommended for high quality sound. ¡ Selecting VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is not recommended ¡ Name files and folders in accordance with the standard of each file system. Refer to the instructions of writing software for details. ¡ ASCII character set can be displayed. because playing time is not displayed properly and sound may be skipped. ¡ The playback sound quality differs depending on the encoding circumstances. For details, refer to the instructions of your own encoding software and writing software. ASCII character set A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, and the following symbols: (space ¡ It is recommended to set the bit rate to "128 kbps or more" and "fixed". Note: ¡ With some software in which MP3 format files have been encoded, the character information may not be displayed properly. ¡ Undisplayable characters and symbols will be converted into an asterisk ( ). Caution ¡ Never assign the ".mp3" file name exten- ¡It is recommended that the length of the file name is less than 8 (excluding the file extension). sion to a file that is not in the MP3 format. This may not only produce noise from the speaker damage, but also damage your hearing. 26 CQ-D5501U E N G L I RecordingRMecPo3rdfiinlgeMs Po3n/WaMCADfi-lmeseodniaaCD-media S H ¡ You are recommended to minimize the chances of making a ¡ This unit does not have a play list function. 216 disc that contains both CD-DA files and MP3 files. ¡ Although Multi-session recording is supported, the use of ¡ If CD-DA files are on the same disc as MP3 files, the songs Disc-at-Once is recommended. may not play in the intended order, or some songs may not ¡ Packet writing software is not supported. play at all. ¡ Do not record files other than MP3 files and unnecessary folder on a disc. ¡ The name of an MP3 file should be added by rules as shown in the following descriptions and also comply with the rules of Supported file systems ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2, Apple Extension to ISO 9660, Joliet, Romeo each file system. ¡ The file extension ".mp3" should be assigned to each file depending on the file format. Note: ¡ Apple HFS, UDF 1.50, Mix CD and CD Extra are not supported. ¡ You may encounter trouble in playing MP3 files or displaying the information of MP3 files recorded with certain writing software or CD recorders. Compression formats (Recommendation: "Points to remember when making MP3 files" on the previous page) Compression method Bit rate VBR Sampling frequency MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3) 32 k - 320 kbps Yes 32, 44.1, 48 kHz MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3) 8 k - 160 kbps Yes 16, 22.05, 24 kHz Folder selection order/file playback order Maximum number of files/folders ¡ Maximum number of files: 999 ¡ Maximum number of files in one folder: 255 ¡ Maximum depth of trees: 8 ¡ Maximum number of folders: 255 (Root folder is included.) Note: ¡ This unit counts the number of folders irrespective of the presence or absence of an MP3 file. ¡ If the selected folder does not contain any MP3 files, the nearest MP3 files in the order of playback will be played. ¡ Playback order may be different from other MP3 players even if the same disc is used. ¡ "ROOT" appears when displaying the root folder name. 1 2 3 Tree 1 Root Folder (Root Directory) q 4 w 5 6 7 Tree 2 Folder Selection e In the order 1 - 8 File Selection In the order - qy r 8 Tree 3 t y Tree 4 Tree 8 (Max.) Copyright It is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute and deliver copyrighted materials such as music without the approval of copyright holder except enjoying yourself personally. No warranty Above description complies with our investigations as of December 2004. It has no warranty for reproducibility and displayability of MP3. 27 CQ-D5501U