Sony ZX6 - Manual (Page 6)

6 GB
Discs that this system cannot
play
• A disc that has a non-standard shape (e.g.,
card, heart).
• A disc that has the adhesive, cellophone tape,
or a sticker still left on it.
• Discs other than the following:
– Audio CDs
– CD-Rs/CD-RWs that recorded in the Audio
CD format.
– CD-Rs/CD-RWs and CD-ROMs that has
MP3 audio tracks those format that
conforms to ISO 9660
*1 Level 1, Level 2,
Joliet in expansion format or Multi
Session
*2 . MP3 audio tracks must be in
MPEG 1, 2, 2.5 Audio Layer 3 format.
• Data part of CD-Extras *3 .
• Data part of Mixed CDs *4 .
• Audio side of a DualDisc.
*1 ISO 9660 Format
The most common international standard for the
logical format of files and folders on a CD-ROM.
There are several specification levels. In Level 1, file
names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than eight
characters in the name, no more than three characters
in the extension “.MP3”) and in capital letters.
Folder names can be no longer than eight characters.
There can be no more than eight nested folder levels.
Level 2 specifications allow file names and folder
names up to 31 characters long. Each folder can have
up to 8 trees.
For Joliet or Romeo in the expansion format, make
sure of the contents of the writting software, etc.
*2 Multi Session
This is a recording method that enables adding of
data using the Track-At-Once method.
Conventional discs begin at a disc control area called
the Lead-in and end at an area called Lead-out. A
Multi Sessions disc is a disc having multiple
sessions, with each segment from Lead-in to Lead-
out regarded as a single session.
*3 CD-Extra
This format records audio (audio CD data) on the
tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks in session 2.
*4
Mixed CD
This format records data on the first track and audio
(audio CD data) on the second and subsequent tracks
of a session.
Notes on discs
• This system can play CD-R/CD-RW discs
edited by the user. However, note that
playback of some discs may not be possible
depending on the recording device used for
recording or the disc condition.
• Discs recorded on CD-R/CD-RW drives may
not be played back because of scratches, dirt,
recording condition or the driver’s
characteristics.
• CD-R and CD-RW discs that have not been
finalized (processing to allow playback by a
normal disc player) cannot be played back.
• CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in Multi
Session that have not ended by “closing the
session” are not supported.
• The system may be unable to playback MP3
format files that do not have the extension
“.MP3”.
• Attempting to playback non-MP3 format files
that have the extension “.MP3” may result in
noise or malfunction.
• With format other than ISO 9660 Level 1,
Level 2 or Joliet in expansion format, album
titles or track titles may not be displayed
correctly.
• The following discs take a longer time to start
playback.
– a disc recorded with complicated tree
structure.
– a disc recorded in Multi Session.
– a disc to which data can be added (non-
finalized disc).
CD-RWs that recorded in packet write format
cannot be played back.