BAND: Press to listen to the radio when a portableaudio device is playing. The portable audio devicecontinues playing, so you might want to stop itor power it off.CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary): Press to play a CD when aportable audio device is playing. Press again andthe system begins playing audio from the connectedportable audio player. If a portable audio player isnot connected, “No Aux Input Device Found” displays.Using an MP3MP3/WMA CD-R or CD-RW DiscThe radio plays MP3 and WMA files that were recordedon a CD-R or CD-RW disc. The files can be recordedwith the following fixed bit rates: 32 kbps, 40 kbps,56 kbps, 64 kbps, 80 kbps, 96 kbps, 112 kbps,128 kbps, 160 kbps, 192 kbps, 224 kbps, 256 kbps,and 320 kbps or a variable bit rate. Song title, artistname, and album can display when files are recordedusing ID3 tags version 1 and 2.Compressed AudioThe radio also plays discs that contain bothuncompressed CD audio (.CDA files) and MP3/WMAfiles. By default the radio reads only the uncompressedaudio and ignores the MP3/WMA files. Pressing theCAT (category) button toggles between compressed anduncompressed audio format.MP3/WMA FormatIf you burn your own MP3/WMA disc on a personalcomputer:• Make sure the MP3/WMA files are recorded on aCD-R or CD-RW disc.• Do not mix standard audio and MP3/WMA files onone disc.• The CD player is able to read and play a maximumof 50 folders, 50 playlists, and 255 files.• Create a folder structure that makes it easy to findsongs while driving. Organize songs by albumsusing one folder for each album. Each folderor album should contain 18 songs or less.• Avoid subfolders. The system can support up to8 subfolders deep, however, keep the totalnumber of folders to a minimum in order to reducethe complexity and confusion in trying to locatea particular folder during playback.3-110
