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Which discs can you play on this CD player?
Audio CDs:
CD-DA format CDs
CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording
standard used for Audio CDs.
ATRAC CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC format has
been recorded*
ATRAC is the general term used to refer to Sony Corporation audio codec technologies
ATRAC3,
ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless**. ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus,
with their high quality compression ratio, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless**, with its
no-data-loss compression, combine to provide a vast array of possibilities.
** This player is not compatible with ATRAC Advanced Lossless.
Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are:
Bit rates Sampling frequencies
ATRAC3 66/105/132 kbps 44.1 kHz
ATRAC3plus 48/64/256 kbps 44.1 kHz
Information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) of up to 62-characters can be
displayed on this CD player.
MP3 CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has
been recorded*
Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are shown below. Variable
Bit Rate (VBR) files can also be played.
Bit rates Sampling frequencies
MPEG-1 Layer3 32 - 320 kbps 32/44.1/48 kHz
MPEG-2 Layer3 8 - 160 kbps 16/22.05/24 kHz
MPEG-2.5 Layer3 8 - 160 kbps 8/11.025/12 kHz
This CD player conforms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 of the ID3 tag format. ID3 tag is a
format for adding certain information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) to MP3
files. Up to 64 characters of ID3 tag information can be displayed on this CD player.
CD-Extra and Mix-Mode CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data are
recorded together.*
If you cannot play your CD, change the “CD-EXTRA” setting (
page 28). Then
you may play your CD.
An ATRAC CD on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded using
software other than SonicStage can also be played.
With SonicStage, you cannot create a CD on which mixed format audio data is recorded.
* Only ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs can be played.
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