Harman-Kardon DVD 27 - Manual (Page 24)

24 MP3, WINDOWS MEDIA AND JPEG PLAYBACK
MP3, Windows Media and JPEG Playback
MP3, Windows Media and JPEG
Playback
The DVD 27 will recognize data from CD-ROM
discs recorded in the MP3, Windows Media 8
(WMA) or JPEG formats, including images stored
on Kodak Picture CDs. You may also play discs
with more than one of the three formats.
The Specific File Types That May be Played
on the DVD 27 Are:
• MP3 Files: MP3 is a popular audio compres-
sion format that was developed by the Motion
Picture Experts Group as part of the MPEG-1
video compression format. Depending on the
specific MP3 encoder used, file size is greatly
reduced so that you store many more songs on
one compact disc than in the standard audio
CD format. MP3 is also used to download
audio files to computers for home use. Note,
however, that in order to play an MP3 file on
the DVD 27, the disc may not contain any
encryption or coding that prevents playback.
Always be certain that you have, or have pur-
chased, the proper rights or authorization
before creating a CD-ROM with MP3 or any
other codec format. Due to variations in the
different encoders and variations of the MP3
codec and the different bit rates used to record
MP3 discs, the DVD 27 may not be able to play
all discs with MP3 files. We cannot guarantee
complete compatibility with MP3 discs, even
though they may play on a computer. This is
normal and does not indicate a problem with
the DVD 27. Note, also, that when a multises-
sion disc with both standard CD audio and
MP3 (or WMA) content is used, the DVD 27
will only play the CD audio sections of the disc.
• WMA Files: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is
an audio compression format developed by the
Microsoft
® Corporation for use with its
Windows Media Player. WMA files may be cre-
ated with greater compression than MP3 with-
out sacrificing audio quality so that even more
songs may be recorded on a disc. Note that
there have been a number of versions of
Windows Media, and the DVD 27 is compatible
only with files that end in the “wma” exten-
sion and that were recorded using the
Windows Media Series 8 encoding.
• JPEG Files: “JPEG” is the acronym used to
identify image files recorded according to spec-
ifications established by Joint Photographic
Experts Group for compressing still images.
Identified by the file extension “jpg” when they
are recorded on most computers, JPEG files
may be created by a digital still camera and
then edited and “burned” to a disc in your per-
sonal computer, recorded on a CD-ROM disc
from film images by a photo processor, or
scanned from printed photos into your person-
al computer and then burned onto a CD-ROM.
Discs containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files are
navigated and controlled differently from stan-
dard DVDs and CDs. When a disc containing one
or more of these types of files is loaded in the
DVD 27, the Player Information menu screen will
appear.
This screen will display a list of the main folders
contained on the disc The elapsed time will
appear in the upper right corner of the screen. It
isn’t possible to change the time display, and the
Time Search function is not available.
MP3 or WMA Disc Playback
MP3 and WMA discs may contain 200 tracks or
even more. To get the best overview about all
tracks on the disc and their names and to select
them comfortably, use the on-screen display
rather than the front-panel display. The front-
panel display will only show the number and the
elapsed time of the track being played for WMA
files.
The supported bit rate for WMA files is between
64k bits and 320k bits. The supported bit rate for
MP3 files is between 32k bits and 320k bits.
• To select a folder (if any), press the KL
Navigation Buttons 9 until the desired
folder name is high-lighted, then press the
Enter Button
6.
• To select a track, press the KL Navigation
Buttons 9 until the desired track name is
highlighted. To start play of the track selected
on the list, press the Enter Button
6 or
Play Button 3G.
During MP3/WMA playback, some of the stan-
dard CD/DVD playback controls operate in their
normal fashion:
• You may skip forward to the next track on the
disc by pressing the Skip/Next Button
7F.
• You may skip back to the previous track on the
disc by pressing the Skip/Prev Button
6E.
• Press the Pause Button 4C to momentar-
ily stop playback. Press the Play Button
3G to resume play. Press the Stop Button
5I to enter stop mode.
• Press the Search Forward 7F or Search
Reverse 6E buttons, for fast search of a
track. Press the Play 3G, Pause 4C or
Stop Button 5I to end fast play.
• Slow-play is not available during MP3/WMA
playback.
• You may play an MP3 or WMA disc in random
mode like a normal CD. You may also access
the Random function while an MP3 or WMA
disc is playing by pressing the Random
Button
O.
• The Repeat function may be accessed during
playback of an MP3 or WMA disc by pressing
the Repeat Button
T on the remote.
Repeatedly press the Repeat Button T to
scroll through the options of Repeat 1 (repeat
one file), Repeat All (repeat all files) or Repeat
Folder (repeat all files within the current fold-
er). The next press will turn the repeat function
off. Repeat A-B is not available during
MP3/WMA playback.
NOTES ON MP3 AND WMA PLAYBACK
• During playback, the front-panel display and
the time indicator on the screen above the list
will show the elapsed time of the track being
played. Other time display options are not
available with MP3/WMA playback.
• The DVD 27 is only compatible with standard
MP3- and WMA-encoded discs. Other com-
pressed audio formats used for Internet audio
downloads will not play on the DVD 27.
• Due to the differences in various versions of
the MP3 and WMA formats, and the many dif-
ferences between the CD-R machines used to
record discs on a computer, it is possible that
some discs may not play on the DVD 27 even
though they will work on a computer. This is
normal and does not indicate a fault with the
unit.
• When a multisession disc with both standard
CD audio and MP3 or WMA content is in use,
the DVD 27 will play only the CD audio sec-
tions of the disc. Track numbers will be visible
in the display, but the files will not be decoded.
• If a disc containing MP3, WMA and/or JPEG
files is created in more than one session, the
DVD 27 may not recognize files added during
the later sessions, especially if the disc was
finalized after the first session.