What is MP3/WMA?MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) and WMA (WindowsMedia™Audio) are the compression formats of digitalaudio. The former is developed by MPEG (Motion PictureExperts Group), and the latter is developed by MicrosoftCorporation. Using these compression formats, you canrecord the contents of about 10 music CD on a single CDmedia (This fi gures refer to data recorded on a 650 MBCD-R or CD-RW at a fi xed bit rate of 128 kbps and asampling frequency of 44.1 kHz).Note: MP3/WMA encoding and writing software is notsupplied with this unit.Points to remember whenmaking MP3/WMA fi lesCommon High bit rate and high sampling frequency arerecommended for high quality sounds. Selecting VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is not recommendedbecause playing time is not displayed properly andsound may be skipped. The playback sound quality differs depending on theencoding circumstances. For details, refer to the usermanual of your own encoding software and writingsoftware.MP3* It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps ormore” and “fi xed”.* MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed fromFraunhofer IIS and Thomson.WMA It is recommended to set the bit rate to “64 kbps ormore” and “fi xed”. Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA fi leto enable this unit to play back.Notes on MP3/WMADisplay informationDisplayed items CD-TEXTDisc titleTrack title MP3 (ID3 tag)Album nameTitle name/artist name MP3/WMAFolder nameFile name WMA (WMA tag)Album nameTitle name/artist nameDisplayable characters Displayable length of fi le name/folder name: within64 characters. (Unicoded fi le and folder namesare reduced by half in the number of displayablecharacters.) Name fi les and folders in accordance with thestandard of each fi le system. Refer to the instructionsof writing software for details. ASCII character set and special characters in eachlanguage can be displayed.ASCII character setA to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, and the following symbols:(space) ! ” # $ % & ’ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ˆ_ ` { |} ~Note: With some software in which MP3/WMA format fileshave been encoded, the character information may notbe displayed properly. Undisplayable characters and symbols will beconverted into an middle dot.Caution:Never assign the “.mp3”, or “.wma” fi le nameextension to a fi le that is not in the MP3/WMAformat. This may not only produce noise from thespeaker damage, but also damage your hearing.Windows Media, and the Windowslogo are trademarks, or registeredtrademarks of Microsoft Corporationin the United States and/or othercountries/regions.CopyrightIt is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute anddeliver copyrighted materials such as music without theapproval of copyright holder except enjoying yourselfpersonally.No warrantyAbove description complies with our investigations asof February 2007. It has no warranty for reproducibilityand displayability of MP3/WMA.English108108