Sony HCD-ZX8 Operating Instructions - Page 6

Discs that this system cannot play • A disc that has a non-standard shape (e.g., card, heart). • A disc that has the adhesive, cellophone tape, or a sticker still left on it. • Discs other than the following: - Audio CDs - CD-Rs/CD-RWs that recorded in the Audio CD format. - CD-Rs/CD-RWs and CD-ROMs that has MP3 audio tracks those format that conforms to ISO 9660*1 Level 1, Level 2, Joliet in expansion format or Multi Session*2. MP3 audio tracks must be in MPEG 1, 2, 2.5 Audio Layer 3 format. • Data part of CD-Extras*3. • Data part of Mixed CDs*4. • Audio side of a DualDisc. *1 ISO 9660 Format The most common international standard for the logical format of files and folders on a CD-ROM. There are several specification levels. In Level 1, file names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than eight characters in the name, no more than three characters in the extension ".MP3") and in capital letters. Folder names can be no longer than eight characters. There can be no more than eight nested folder levels. Level 2 specifications allow file names and folder names up to 31 characters long. Each folder can have up to 8 trees. For Joliet or Romeo in the expansion format, make sure of the contents of the writting software, etc. *2 Multi Session This is a recording method that enables adding of data using the Track-At-Once method. Conventional discs begin at a disc control area called the Lead-in and end at an area called Lead-out. A Multi Sessions disc is a disc having multiple sessions, with each segment from Lead-in to Leadout regarded as a single session. *3 CD-Extra This format records audio (audio CD data) on the tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks in session 2. *4 Mixed CD This format records data on the first track and audio (audio CD data) on the second and subsequent tracks of a session. Notes on discs • This system can play CD-R/CD-RW discs edited by the user. However, note that playback of some discs may not be possible depending on the recording device used for recording or the disc condition. • Discs recorded on CD-R/CD-RW drives may not be played back because of scratches, dirt, recording condition or the driver's characteristics. • CD-R and CD-RW discs that have not been finalized (processing to allow playback by a normal disc player) cannot be played back. • CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in Multi Session that have not ended by "closing the session" are not supported. • The system may be unable to playback MP3 format files that do not have the extension ".MP3". • Attempting to playback non-MP3 format files that have the extension ".MP3" may result in noise or malfunction. • With format other than ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet in expansion format, album titles or track titles may not be displayed correctly. • The following discs take a longer time to start playback. - a disc recorded with complicated tree structure. - a disc recorded in Multi Session. - a disc to which data can be added (nonfinalized disc). CD-RWs that recorded in packet write format cannot be played back. 6GB