Emerson ES299 Stereo System User Manual


 
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Playing MP3 Discs
CDs that contain compressed MP3 audio files can store approximately 10 times
as much music as a normal CDs. It is possible to record up to 10 hours of music in
MP3 format on a single disc.
Audio files may be downloaded from the Internet onto your computers hard drive
or rippedfrom normal CDs. They are then compressed into MP3 format files by
software on your computer and recorded or burnedonto blank discs.
Typically when making your own MP3 CDs you will organize the song titles into
Directoriesor Folders, also called Albums, by artist, or by type of music.
Note: Because MP3 CDs contain so much more information than normal CDs
this CD player will take longer to Readall of the information on an MP3 disc.
You may see the flashing “READindicator for a
minute or more before playback begins. This is
normal and not an indication of any problem with
your player.
Most of the normal CD operations described in this manual also apply to MP3
CDs. However there are a few differences in MP3 CD playback functions, and
these are described on the following pages.
MP3 CD “Reading” Time And Display Information
As mentioned above, because MP3 CDs contain much more information than
normal CDs it takes longer for the player to Readan MP3 disc and display the
Table of Contents information.
After you load an MP3 CD in the player the player will read each of the Directories”
(or Albums) on the disc, one at a time, and display the Directory Number and the
cumulative number of tracks in the directories that have already been read.
For example if we insert an MP3 CD containing 11
Directories(or Albums) and a total of 172files”
or tracks, the display will show:
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