• Some discs may not play back on this unit
because of their disc characteristics, and for
the following causes:
– Discs are dirty or scratched.
– Discs are kept in a place where temperature
becomes extremely high.
– Moisture condensation on the lens inside
the unit.
– The pickup lens inside the unit is dirty.
– Discs on which the files are written with
"Packet Write" method.
– There are improper recording conditions
(missing data, etc.) or media conditions
(stain, scratch, warp, etc.)
• Rewritable discs may require a longer readout
time since the reflectance of rewritable discs
is lower than that of regular DVD/CDs.
• Do not use following discs:
– Discs with stickers, labels, or protective
seal stuck to the surface.
– Discs on which labels can be directly
printed by an ink jet printer.
Using these discs under high temperatures or
high humidity may cause malfunctions or
damage to discs.
Notes on MP3 files
• This unit can play back MP3 files only with
the extension code <.mp3> (regardless of the
letter case—upper/lower).
• This unit cannot play back the files encoded
in the following formats—MP3i, MP3 PRO,
Layer 1, Layer 2 format.
• This unit can show the names of albums,
artists (performer), and tracks of ID3 Tag
(Version 1.0 and 1.1).
• This unit can show up to 64 characters on the
monitor screen.
• This unit can handle only one-byte
characters. Any other characters cannot be
correctly displayed.
• This unit can play back MP3 files meeting the
conditions below:
– Bit rate: 8 kbps – 320 kbps
– Sampling frequency:
48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz (for MPEG-1)
24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 16 kHz (for MPEG-2)
– Disc format:
ISO 9660 Level 1/ Level 2, Romeo, Joliet,
Windows long file name.
• The maximum number of characters for file/
folder names varies among the disc format
used (includes 4 extension characters—
<.mp3>).
– ISO 9660 Level 1: 12
– ISO 9660 Level 2: 31
– Romeo/Windows long file name: 128
– Joliet: 64
• This unit can recognize 99 folders and 150
files in each folder, which recorded in 10
hierarchies.
• This unit can play back the files recorded in
VBR (variable bit rate).
The files recorded in VBR have a discrepancy
in elapsed time display, and do not show the
actual elapsed time. Especially, after
performing the search function, this
difference becomes noticeable.
• Playlist is not available on this unit.
• The search function works but search speed is
not constant during search.
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