Alpine CDA-7998 CD Player User Manual


 
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Setting the Range of MP3 File Selection
You can set the range of MP3 file selection to “entire
disc contents” or “folder contents only.”
1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3
seconds.
2 Press the f UP or g DN button to select the
MP3 PLAY mode.
3 Press the BAND button to toggle the mode between
DISC ALL and FOLDER ONLY.
DISC ALL : plays all the files on one disc
FOLDER ONLY : plays files in the selected folder only.
NOTES
The initial setting at the factory is DISC ALL.
If a changer compatible with MP3 is used, the range of MP3
file selection applies to REPEAT, M.I.X. and SCAN modes only.
In normal mode, the unit plays all files on a disc even when you
set the range of MP3 selection to "folder contents only."
4 Press the SETUP button to set the selected mode.
Playing MP3 Data
You can select either playback only of CD data, or
playback of formatted CD data and MP3 files.
When a disc contains CD or the MP3 file data, playback
starts from the CD data portion of the disc.
Perform this setting before inserting a disc (or magazine
if your changer is compatible for MP3).
If a disc (or magazine) has been already inserted,
perform the setting after you take out a disc.
1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3 seconds.
2 Press the f UP or g DN button to select the
DISC PLAY mode.
3 Press the BAND button to toggle the mode between
CD-DA and CD-DA/MP3 (CD-DA&MP3).
CD-DA : Only CD data can be played back.
CD-DA/MP3: Both CD data and MP3 file tracks can
(CD-DA&MP3)
be played back.
MP3 Operation
SETUP f UP g DN
4 Press the SETUP button to return to normal mode.
NOTE
The initial setting at the factory is CD-DA.
About MP3
CAUTION
Except for personal enjoyment, duplicating audio data
(including MP3 data) or distributing, transferring, or copying
it, whether for free or for a fee, without the 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 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 the audio data at extremely high
ratios shrinking music files by 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.
Method for creating MP3 files
The software used to create MP3 files is widely sold or free
from various sources. For details on creating MP3 files,
refer to the user's manual for that software.
The MP3 files that can be played back by this device have
the file extension “mp3”. Files with no extension can not be
played back.
Supported playback sampling rates and bit rates
Sampling rates: 32 kHz - 44.1 kHz, bit rates: 32 - 320 kbps
Note that for sampling rates such as 22.05 kHz, this
device’s frame display (Page 15) may not display correctly.
ID3 tags
This device supports ID3 tag v1.
If ID3 tag data is in an MP3 file, this device can display the
title (track title), artist name, and album name ID3 tag data.
This device can only display single-byte alphanumeric
characters and the underscore. For non-supported
characters, “NO SUPPORT” is displayed.
Producing MP3 discs
MP3 files are prepared, then written to a CD-R or CD-RW
using CD-R writing software. A disc can hold up to 512
files/folders (including Root Folders).
Media supported
The media that this device can play back are CD-ROMs,
CD-Rs, and CD-RWs.
BAND