Teac CD-200 Rev.C - Manual (Page 15)

TASCAM CD-200
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4 − Playing back CDs
Discs that can be played
This unit can play the following types of files and discs.
ª CD-DA (audio CD) format discs
Music CDs that are commercially available and CD-R and
CD-RW discs that have been recorded as audio CD format
can be played. In this manual, these types of discs are
called “audio CDs.”
ª CD-ROM (data CD) format discs
Discs with MP3 and WAV files recorded on them can be
played. In this manual, these types of discs are called “data
CDs.”
MP3 files that have a sampling frequency of 32, 44.1 or
48 kHz and a bit-rate of 32–320 kbps or a variable bit-
rate (VBR) can be played back. WAV files that have a
sampling frequency of 8–48 kHz and are 8-bit or 16-bit
can be played back.
CAUTION
Limitations of MP3 files that use VBR compression
Due to format limitations, positions cannot be accurately
detected in VBR files. For this reason, the point where
playback actually starts might differ slightly from the
point set in advance for functions of this player when
points must be set in the middle of a track.
Folders and tracks on data CDs
This unit treats all the audio files (WAV and MP3) on data
CDs as “tracks.” Some data CDs store files inside folders
in the same way that ordinary computers do. In addition,
multiple folders can be stored inside another folder creating
a multilevel structure.
This unit assigns a folder number to each folder to manage
them. Folder numbers and are assigned sequentially start-
ing with the first folder at the highest level followed by the
folders (subfolders) inside it. Folders inside a higher-level
folder are numbered in order before the next folder in the
higher-level is numbered as shown in the illustration below.
If the root folder of a data CD contains one or more audio
files, it will be numbered as the first folder.
Each audio file is also assigned a track number. Track
numbers are assigned in order starting from those in the
lowest numbered folder.
During ordinary playback of data CDs, tracks are played
back just like an audio CD in the order of their assigned
numbers.
Folders that do not directly contain audio files are not
given numbers. For example, in the illustration below the
folder that contains folder 5 is not given a number.
<An Example of Data CD Structure>
4 − Playing back CDs