MP3 CD-R Disc

MP3 Format

The MP3 player will only play CD-R discs. It can read and play a maximum of:

All folders, playlists, sessions and files over the maximum are ignored.

When recording an MP3 disc, make sure that:

File Naming

Song title, artist name, and album are available for display by the radio when recorded using ID3 tags version 1 and 2.

The song name that is displayed on the radio is the song name that is contained in the ID3 tag. If the song name is not present in the ID3 tag, the radio displays the file name without the file extension as the track name.

Track names longer than 32 characters or four pages are shortened. Parts of words on the last page of text and the extension of the filename do not display.

Order of Play

Playlists are accessed before files or folders in the root directory.

CD's that have playlists play the tracks in the following order:

1. After the first track in the first playlist ends, play continues sequentially through all tracks in each playlist
2. After the last track of the last playlist ends, play restarts from the first track of the first playlist.

CD's that do not have playlists play the tracks in the following order:

1. The first file in the root directory plays.
2. After all files from the root directory have played, files in the folders play.
3. After playing the last file from the last folder, play restarts with the first file in the root directory.

Preprogrammed Playlists

Preprogrammed playlists created by WinAmp™, MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™ software can be accessed, but not edited by the radio, and are treated as special folders containing compressed audio song files.

Root Directory

The root directory is treated as a folder and displays on the radio as F1 ROOT. All compressed audio files in the root directory are accessed before folders in the root directory.

Empty Directory or Folder

Empty folders and directories do not display on the radio and the system ignores them and advances to the next directory or folder that has compressed audio files in it.

No Folder

On a CD that only contains compressed audio files in the root directory, the next and previous folder functions do not work. The radio displays ROOT when displaying the name of the folder.

On a CD that only contains playlists and compressed audio files, the next and previous folder functions search playlists first and then search compressed audio files in the root folder. The radio displays ROOT when displaying the name of the folder.

Playing an MP3

F1 (Previous Folder): Press to go to the first track in the previous folder. Press and hold F1 to reverse quickly within a track. Release to resume playback. REV and the elapsed time of the track displays. Pressing F1 while in folder random mode goes to the previous folder and plays the tracks in that folder in random order.

F2 (Next Folder): Press to go to the first track in the next folder. Press and hold F1 to advance quickly within a track. Release to resume playback. FWD and the elapsed time of the track displays. Pressing F2 while in folder random mode goes to the next folder and plays the tracks in that folder in random order.

F3 RDM (Random): Press to listen to the tracks in a random, rather than sequential order. Random can be used on the entire disc or the current folder. While in random, pressing and releasing or goes to the previous or to the next random track.

F4 RPT (Repeat): Single tracks or folders can be repeated.

F6 DISP (Display): Press to switch between the elapsed time of the track and the MP3 playback information.

(Seek): Press and release to go to the start of the previous track or the start of the next track. Press and hold for more than two seconds to search the previous or next tracks at two tracks per second. Release to stop searching and to play the track.

(Scan): Press to scan the tracks in each folder. The radio goes to the next track, plays for 10 seconds, then goes to the next track. Press again to stop scanning.

(Tune): Turn to fast track reverse or advance advance through the tracks in all folders or playlists. The track number and file name displays for each track. Turning while in random will fast track reverse or advance the tracks in sequential order.

(Information): Press to view the Title, Artist, Album, or Folder names. To view this information:

1. Press to enter the main menu.
2. Turn until INFO displays.
3. Press to select INFO. The display changes to show the additional MP3 information.
4. Press one of the following pushbuttons to view that specific information.

•	F1 TTLE (Title): Displays the title name.

•	F2 ATST (Artist): Displays the artist name.

•	F3 ALBM (Album): Displays the album name.

•	F4 FLDR (Folder): Displays the folder name.

5. Press F6 to exit the display. To return to the original display, repeatedly press F6 or wait for the display to time out.