Arcam Progressive scan DVD player DV27A - Manual (Page 17)

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Advanced MP3/WMA/JPEG and audio CD features
The DV27A DVD player has the ability to handle MP3, WMA and
JPEG files, when these are burned onto a CD-R or CD-RW disc.
Picture/Photo CDs are also playable. These file types may be mixed
together, if desired.
This section explains the more sophisticated features of the DV27A
relating to audio-CDs and for CD-ROMs that contain MP3, WMA and
JPEG files. Operation of both types of discs on the player is similar,
except that CD-ROMs can have directories and sub-directories, while
audio-CDs do not have a directory structure.
In this section of the document, we use the term ‘CD-ROM’ to refer
to a CD-R or CD-RW disc containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files, and
including Picture/Photo CDs.
All of these advanced features use on-screen menus, so a TV monitor
is required.
SCREEN LAYOUT
When an audio-CD or CD-ROM disc is detected by the DVD player,
the disc navigator screen is displayed.
The screen shown above is the disc navigator screen, in this example
showing a CD-R containing MP3 files. The following items can be
identified:
1 The user command indicator.
2 The mode of the player. This is described in more detail below.
3 The current track number and the total number of tracks in this
directory (for CD-ROM discs), or on the whole disc (for audio-
CDs).
4 The playback time of the current track, and the total playback
time.
5 For CD-ROMs, this area shows the current directory.
6 ‘Up’ – for CD-ROMs, selecting this button changes directory to
one level above the current one. This button is not shown for
audio-CDs, or if the current directory is at the top level.
7 ‘PAF’ – Play All Files on the disc. Starting from the first valid
file/track, all valid files/tracks on the disc are played, in the order
found.
8 ‘PD’ – Play Directory. (CD-ROMs only). Starting from the first
valid file in the current directory, all the (valid) files in the current
directory are played.
9 The names of the tracks in this directory. For audio-CDs, the text
‘Track 1’, etc., is shown here. For CD-ROMs, the text shown here
is based on the file name of the track.
bk When playing CD-ROMs, the full name of the file being played is
displayed here (subject to screen space).
bl When playing CD-ROMs, tag information from MP3 and WMA
files is displayed here, if present on the disc.
bm Helpful messages to the user are displayed here. When the disc
is loaded, the PAF button ( 7 ) is highlighted. This means that
loading the disc and pressing PLAY or OK is enough to set the
disc playing.
PLAYER MODE
When playing audio-CDs or CD-ROMs, the player can be in one of
three modes:
Browse mode: the user is free to navigate around the disc directory
structure (while playback is stopped). Valid files in each directory
(files that can be played) are displayed on the screen. Pressing PLAY
while the cursor is on a valid file will start playback from that point,
continuing to the end of the disc. Alternatively, the PD or PAF buttons
can be used to start playback.
Programme mode: the user is free to navigate around the disc
directory structure (while playback is stopped). Valid files in each
directory are displayed on the screen. Pressing OK while the cursor is
on a valid file will cause the file to be added to the programmed list,
(or removed from the list if it had been added previously).
Playlist mode: no navigation of the disc may be performed; the
player starts at the beginning of the programmed playlist, and plays
through to the end.
BROWSING THE DISC (BROWSE MODE)
By default, the disc navigator is in ‘Browse’ mode. In this mode, the user
can navigate around the disc (using the cursor pad for direction and
‘OK’ to select an option). Use the ‘Up’ button to move to a higher-
level directory; to enter a lower-level directory, press
OK when the
directory name is highlighted.
At any time, press PLAY or OK to begin playback from the file/track
highlighted currently. Navigation around the current directory is
possible during playback, but playback stops automatically if you
attempt to navigate out of the current directory. Please note the
following:
 Fast forward and fast rewind do not work with MP3 or WMA
playback.
 Skipping forward past the end of a directory with CD-ROMs
causes playback to continue from the next directory containing
valid files. Skip-back can be performed only as far as the beginning
of the current directory.
 Directory trees may be up to 10 directories deep.
 Long file names, of up to 64 characters (Joliet standard), are
supported.
 Only sample rates of 44.1kHz and 48kHz are supported for MP3
and WMA files.
Mp3 Info:
2People.mp3
Artist: Jean-Jaques Smoothie
Album:
Song: 2 People
Comment: 320kbps/44100H
Genre: Disco Year: ----
Browse. press ‘OK’ to play.
STOP Browse Disc Track 86:28:15 00:03:27
Up PAF PD /MP3–44100–320kbp
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2People
Chillin
FeelingGood
TheWord
YourLove