Mp3/wma/aac player, English, Caution – Panasonic CQ-C5305U User Manual

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CQ-C5405U/C5305U

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English

You are recommended to minimize the chances of

making a disc that contains both CD-DA fi les and
MP3/WMA/AAC fi les.

If CD-DA fi les are on the same disc as MP3, WMA

or AAC fi les, the songs may not play in the intended
order, or some songs may not play at all.

When storing MP3 data, WMA data and AAC data on

the same disc, use different folders for each data.

• Do not record fi les other than MP3/WMA/AAC fi les and

unnecessary folder on a disc.

• The name of an MP3/WMA/AAC fi le should be added

by rules as shown in the following descriptions and
also comply with the rules of each fi le system.

• The fi le extension “.mp3”, “.wma” or “.m4a” should be

assigned to each fi le depending on the fi le format.

• You may encounter trouble in playing MP3/WMA/AAC

fi les or displaying the information of MP3/WMA/AAC
fi les recorded with certain writing software or CD
recorders.

• This unit does not have a play list function.
• Although Multi-session recording is supported, the use

of Disc-at-Once is recommended.

Supported fi le systems

ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2, Apple Extension to ISO 9660,
Joliet, Romeo

Note: Apple HFS, UDF 1.50, Mix CD and CD Extra are
not supported.

Recording MP3/WMA/AAC fi les on a CD-media

Compression formats

(Recommendation: “Points to remember when making MP3/WMA/AAC fi les” on the previous page)

Compression method

Bit rate

VBR

Sampling frequency

MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3)

32 k – 320 kbps

Yes

32, 44.1, 48 kHz

MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3)

8 k – 160 kbps

Yes

16, 22.05, 24 kHz

MPEG 2.5 audio layer 3 (MP3)

8 k – 160 kbps

Yes

8, 11.205, 12 kHz

Windows Media Audio Ver. 2, 8, 9*

32 k – 192 kbps

Yes

32, 44.1, 48 kHz

MPEG 4 Advanced Audio Coding Low
Complexity (AAC LC)

24 k – 320 kbps

Yes

11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32,
44.1, 48 kHz

* WMA 9 Professional/LossLess/Voice are not supported.

Folder selection order/fi le playback order

Copyright

It is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute and
deliver copyrighted materials such as music without
the approval of copyright holder except enjoying
yourself personally.

No warranty

Above description complies with our investigations
as of September 2006. It has no warranty for
reproducibility and displayability of MP3/WMA/AAC.

Notes on MP3/WMA/AAC (continued)

MP3/WMA/AAC Player

MP3/WMA/AAC Player

What is MP3/WMA/AAC?

MP3* (MPEG Audio Layer-3) and WMA (Windows Media

TM

Audio) are the compression formats of digital audio.
The former is developed by MPEG (Motion Picture
Experts Group), and the latter is developed by Microsoft
Corporation. Using these compression formats, you
can record the contents of about 10 music CDs on a
single CD media (This fi gures refer to data recorded on
a 650 MB CD-R or CD-RW at a fi xed bit rate of 128 kbps
and a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz).

* MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from

Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

AAC is an abbreviation for “Advanced Audio Coding”.
It has been defi ned as a standard for audio compression
technology using MPEG 2 and MPEG 4.

Note: MP3/WMA/AAC encoding and writing software is
not supplied with this unit.

Points to remember when making
MP3/WMA/AAC fi les

Common

• High bit rate and high sampling frequency are

recommended for high quality sounds.

• Selecting Variable Bit Rate (VBR) is not recommended

because playing time is not displayed properly and
sound may be skipped.

• Selecting Variable Bit Rate (VBR) is not recommended

because Re-master function may have little effect in
some cases.

• The playback sound quality differs depending on

the encoding circumstances. For details, refer to
the instructions of your own encoding software and
writing software.

MP3

• It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or

more” and “fi xed”.

WMA

• It is recommended to set the bit rate to “64 kbps or

more” and “fi xed”.

• Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA fi le

to enable this unit to play back.

AAC

• It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or

more” and “fi xed”.

• The formats and extensions for AAC data vary

according to the encoder software used.

• AAC fi les which can be played on this unit have the

“.m4a” extension and were encoded with Apple
iTunes

®

version 6.

• The fi le extension for fi les encoded with the iTunes

Apple Lossless Encoder is “.m4a”, but such fi les
cannot be played on this player.

• Files under copyright protection cannot be played.

Display Information

Displayed items

CD-TEXT

Disc title
Track title

MP3 (ID3 tag)

Album name
Title name/artist name

MP3/WMA/AAC

Folder name
File name

WMA (WMA tag)

Album name
Title name/artist name

AAC (Song information)

Album name
Title name/artist name

Displayable characters

• Displayable length of fi le name/folder name: within

32 characters. (Unicoded fi le and folder names are reduced
by half in the number of displayable characters.)

• Name fi les and folders in accordance with the standard

of each fi le system. Refer to the instructions of writing
software for details.

• ASCII character set and special characters in each

language can be displayed.

• Some Cyrillic characters in the Unicode can be

displayed.

ASCII character set
A to Z, a to z, digits 0 to 9, and the following symbols:
(space) ! ” # $ % & ’ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ˆ _
` { | } ~
Special Characters
А Б В Г Е а б в г е
Д д
Т У Ф Х Ц т у ф х ц
Щ Ъ Ы Ь щ ъ ы ь
Notes:
• With some software in which MP3/WMA/AAC format

fi les have been encoded, the character information
may not be displayed properly.

• Undisplayable characters and symbols will be

converted into an asterisk ( ).

• It is recommended that the length of the fi le name is

less than 8 (excluding the fi le extension).

Caution

Never assign the “.mp3”, “.wma” or “.m4a”
fi le name extension to a fi le that is not
in the MP3/WMA/AAC format. This may
not only produce noise from the speaker
damage, but also damage your hearing.

Notes on MP3/WMA/AAC

Maximum number of fi les/folders

• Maximum number of fi les: 511 (fi les + folders)
• Maximum number of fi les in one folder: 255
• Maximum depth of trees: 8
• Maximum number of folders: 255 (Root folder is

included.)

Notes:
• You can shorten the duration between data read and

playback by decreasing the quantity of fi les or folders,
or the depth of the hierarchy.

• This unit counts the number of folders irrespective of

the presence or absence of an MP3/WMA/AAC fi le.

• If the selected folder does not contain any MP3/WMA/

AAC fi les, the nearest MP3/WMA/AAC fi les in the order
of playback will be played.

• Playback order may be different from other MP3/

WMA/AAC players even if the same disc is used.

• “ROOT” appears when displaying the root folder name.

1

1

4

5

6

2

3

8

7

8

Root folder
(Root Directory)

Folder Selection
In the order

Tree 1

Tree 2

Tree 3

Tree 4

Tree 8
(Max.)

File Selection
In the order

iTunes is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries/regions.

Windows Media, and the Windows
logo are trademarks, or registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other
countries/regions.

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