Panasonic DMR-ES15M - Manual (Page 24)

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Using menus to play MP3 and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF)
You can play CD-R, CD-RW discs which contain MP3 files that have
been recorded on a computer.
1
Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
• Files are treated as tracks and folders are treated as groups.
2
Press [e,r] to select the track and
press [ENTER].
Play starts on the selected track.
• “
” indicates the track currently playing.
• You can also select the track with the numbered buttons.
To show other pages
Press [u] (Previous) or [i] (Next).
n To select other group
1 Press [q].
2 Press [e,r] to select a group and press
[ENTER].
The file list for the group appears.
To stop playing
Press [g].
To return to the previous screen
Press [RETURN].
To switch to Pictures menu
(Ô page 25, “To select Pictures Menu”)
To exit the screen
Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
Regarding MP3 and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF)
• Compatible formats: ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended
formats) and Joliet
• Maximum number of files (tracks) and folders (groups)
recognizable: 999 files* (tracks) and 99 (including the root folder)
folders (groups)
* Total number for all the MP3, JPEG and other type of files
• This unit is compatible with multi-session but reading or play of
the disc may take time if there are a lot of sessions.
• Operation may take time to complete when there are many files
(tracks) and/or folders (groups) and some may not display or be
playable.
• The display order on this unit may differ from how the order is
displayed on a computer.
• Depending on how you create the disc (writing software), files
(tracks) and folders (groups) may not play in the order you
numbered them.
• This unit is not compatible with packet-writing format.
• Depending on the recording, some items may not be playable.
Regarding MP3
• File format: MP3
Files must have the extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”.
• Bit rates: 32 kbps to 320 kbps
• Sampling frequency: 16 kHz/22.05 kHz/24 kHz/32 kHz/44.1 kHz/
48 kHz
• This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags.
• If there is a large amount of still picture data etc. within an MP3
file, play may not be possible.
Regarding still pictures (JPEG/TIFF)
• File format: JPEG, TIFF (non-compressed RGB chunky format)
Files must have the extension “.jpg”, “.JPG”, “.tif” and “.TIF”.
• Number of pixels: between 34 x 34 and 6144 x 4096
(Sub sampling is 4:2:2 or 4:2:0)
• This unit cannot play images that have resolutions beyond the
range shown.
• Operation may take time to complete when playing TIFF format
still pictures.
• The unit is not compatible with MOTION JPEG.
• You can play MP3 and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) on this unit by
making folders as shown below. However, depending on how you
create the disc (writing software), play may not be in the order
you numbered the folders.
• When the highest level folders are “DCIM” folders, they are
displayed first on the tree.
Structure of MP3 folders
Prefix with 3-digit numbers in
the order you want to play
them. Structure of still pictures
(JPEG/TIFF)
Files inside a folder are
displayed in the order they
were updated or taken.
Numbered
buttons
e,r,w,q
ENTER
STATUS
u,i
FUNCTIONS
DIRECT
NAVIGATOR
SUB MENU
g
RETURN
002 Group
001
001 Group
001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
003 Group 001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
004 track.mp3
003 Folder
001
002 Folder
P0000003.jpg
P0000004.jpg
P0000001.jpg
tree tree
P0000002.jpg
P0000005.jpg
P0000010.jpg
P0000011.jpg
P0000012.jpg
004 Folder P0000006.jpg
P0000007.jpg
P0000008.jpg
P0000009.jpg
Order of
play Order of
play
Playing MP3
The screen shown at right is
displayed when you insert a disc
containing MP3 files and still pictures
(JPEG/TIFF).
Press [ENTER], and follow the steps
below.
e.g., 5: [0] Ф [0] Ф [5]
15: [0] Ф [1] Ф [5]
CD
Playback mode is set to MP3.
To display pictures,
please select Pictures Menu from FUNCTIONS.
ENTER
Tree Track Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Group No. Menu
Page 001/002
G 1
T 1
Total
1/ 111
No.
-- 0 9
Next
Prev.
ENTER
1 : 101
001-Baby
002-Simple
003-Aganju
004-Around
005-River
006-Every
007-Cada
008-O
009-Winter
010-Distante
Selected group
G: Group no.
T: Track no. in the group
Total: Track no./Total track
no. in all groups
Next
Prev.
Tree Track Total
001-Baby 1
1 : 101
002-Simple 2
003-Aganju 3
004-Around 4
005-River 5
006-Every 6
007-Cada 7
008-O 8
009-Winter 9
010-Distante 10
Group No. Menu
Page 001/019
G 8
T 14
Total
40/111
ENTER
No.
-- 0 9
MP3 music
111
G 7/25
Tree
001
102
101
211
202
201
104
103
106
105
108
107
109
G: Selected group no. /Total group no.
If the group has no track, “– –” is displayed
as group number.
Groups that
contain no
compatible files.