About MP3 discs
Playing a disc containing MP3 files
This unit will play MP3 files recorded on CD-R and CD-RW discs.
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Turn on your television and select the channel assigned to this DVD player. Press the DVD open [OPEN/CLOSE] button, the disc tray opens. Press the DVD open [OPEN/CLOSE] button, the disc tray closes. Put a disc containing MP3 files on the disc tray with the label side up. The unit will take a short while to load the disc and display the directory structure. Press the [ ] navigation buttons of the remote control to select the folder, then press the [ENTER] button to confirm.
Press the [ ] navigation buttons of the remote control to select the file you want to listen to, then press the [ENTER] button and this selected file is located and played back. After starting playback, the track list is on-screen. You can move the highlight onto the folder name above the track list and change folder with the [PREV] button. Press the [SEARCH] button twice in stop mode to get back to folder tree view.
s Play and Pause Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to switch between play and pause. s Search for a track The [SEARCH] button works on MP3 discs as well as CD audio. Please see page 35. s To stop playback Press the [STOP ] button. s To skip to the next or previous file � Press the [ NEXT] button of the remote control briefly while playing, to skip ahead to the beginning of the next file. Each time you press the button consecutively, the beginning of the next file is located and played back. � Press the [ PREV (Previous)] button of the remote control briefly while playing, to skip back to the beginning of the previous file. Each time you press the button consecutively, the beginning of the previous file is located and played back.
The ability of this unit to read MP3 discs is dependent on the followings: � The Bit Rate must be within 64-256 kbps. � The total number of files on the disc should not exceed 200. � The maximum number of directories should not exceed 32. � The maximum depth level of directories should not exceed 4. � File names should be named using 8 or fewer letters and/or numbers, and must incorporate the �MP3� file extension. EXAMPLE: ********. MP3 where each * is a letter or number. � Use only letters and/ or numbers in file names. If you use special characters, the file and/ or folder names may not be displayed correctly on the on-screen display. � When recording on CD-R discs, use 74-minute (650M) discs. Do NOT use 80 -minute (700M) discs. � The CD-R or CD-RW discs should be written using the �disc at once� method.