Marantz PMD325 - Manual (Page 10)

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3. FEATURES
• Play of unfinalized CD-R and CD-RW discs
supported
The PMD325 can play even partially once-written CD-R
and CD-RW discs that could not be played by conventional
CD players. Since unfinalized discs which have some
recording time left can be played, even partially edited
discs can be played.
• MP3 play and ID3 tag display supported
The PMD325 supports not only the play of CD-R and CD-
RW discs recorded with MP3 files but also the ID3 tags
which are the text information of MP3 files so that text giving
the track information or artists’ names can be displayed.
(Japanese characters cannot be displayed.)
• CD-TEXT displays supported
• Pitch control function
The PMD325 comes with a pitch control function that
enables the play speed (pitch) to be varied in a -12% to
+12% range. This is useful when practicing to play a
musical instrument.
• Quick replay function
By means of a single-touch action, the quick replay function
returns play to a position, which is a number of seconds
(setting range: 1 to 30 seconds) that has been set, before
the position of the track now playing. This enables you to
return and listen again to the section a little before the
position where the track is now playing.
• End monitor function
By means of a single-touch action, the end monitor function
plays the end part of the track now playing for the duration
(setting range: 1 to 30 seconds) which has been set. This
makes it easy to check the end part of the track which is
now being played.
• Auto cue function
This enables play to start automatically from the position
where the sound begins.
• Manual cue function
By setting the play start position in advance, play can
always be started at the preset position.
• End warning function
When the end of the track being played is approached,
the end warning indicator starts flashing to signal that the
end of the track now playing is near.
• Wide range of play modes
Among the many play modes featured by the PMD325 are
single play (STOP, NEXT, RECUE), programmed play,
repeat play (ALL, 1-track, A-B) and auto pause.
• External control interfaces
The PMD325 features RS-232C, parallel control I/O and
remote I/O as external control interfaces.
• Timer play supported
• CS4396 high-performance D/A converter (made
by Cirrus Logic)
High-linearity play is achieved by oversampling the PCM
signals to 128fs inside the D/A converter and combining
dynamic element matching (DEM) with multi-element
switched capacitors.
• Digital and analog areas configured separately
The digital area consisting of the servo, decoder and
microcomputer circuitry is mounted en bloc on the CD
mechanism PCB away from the analog (audio circuitry)
area.
This keeps out the pulsive noise generated from the digital
area and yield a pure sound reproduction.