Harman Kardon DVD 25 Owner's Manual

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MP3 PLAYBACK 31MP3 PLAYBACKThe DVD 25 is rare among DVD players in that it isable to play back discs recorded with MP3 files. Thismeans that you may enjoy the latest music using discscreated in your computer through the high-qualityaudio components in your home theater system. Asthe way that MP3 files are recorded on discs differsfrom the way conventional CD audio discs are struc-tured, MP3 playback is somewhat different from thatof standard CDs.Important Note on MP3 Playback: MP3 discs maycontain 200 tracks or even more. To get the bestoverview about all tracks on the disc and their namesand to select or program them comfortably use theon-screen display rather than the front-panel display.The front-panel display will only show the number andthe elapsed time of the track being played.MP3 Disc PlaybackAfter an MP3 disc is loaded and the tray closed, theDVD 25 will read the table of contents (TOC). At thesame time a listing of all the directories on the disc(if the disc was made with several directories) and ofall tracks within the root directory on the disc willappear on the video screen similar to the figure below.When any of the tracks is selected and played (seebelow), the name and elapsed time of the trackcurrently played is displayed on top. The right side ofthe screen will initially be blank, as that is used forprogramming playlists for MP3 playback.To select a directory (if any), press the ▲/▼Navigation Buttons 9 until the desired directoryname is highlighted, then press the Enter Button9. To select a track, press the ▲/▼ NavigationButtons 9 until the desired track name is highlight-ed. If the list of tracks is longer than will fit on thescreen, press the M Navigation Button 9 to movethe cursor to the “+10” or “–10” box on the left andpress the Enter Button 9 to jump through a list ofthe track numbers by +10 or –10. Then press the NNavigation Button 9 to return to the list. To startthe track selected on the list, press the Enter Button9 or Play Button 3G.During MP3 playback, some of the standard CD/DVDplayback controls operate in their normal fashion:• You may skip forward to the next track on the discby pressing the Next Button 7F.• You may skip back to the current or previous trackon the disc by pressing the Prev Button 6Eonce or twice.• Press the Pause Button 4C to momentarilystop playback. Press the Play Button 3G toresume play. Press the Stop Button 5I twiceto enter stop mode.• You may search through tracks forward or inreverse by pressing the appropriate SearchButtons HJ on the remote.All other buttons (including the numeric buttons)will have no function with MP3 playback, except theProg Button and Clear Button , whichare needed for programmed playback (see below).NOTES ON MP3 PLAYBACK• During MP3 playback, the front-panel display andthe time indicator on the screen above the list willshow the elapsed time of the track being played.Other time display options are not available withMP3 playback.• The DVD 25 is only compatible with standard MP3-encoded discs. Other compressed audio formatsused for Internet audio downloads will not play onthe DVD 25.• Due to the differences in various versions of theMP3 format, and the many differences between theCD-R machines used to record MP3 discs on acomputer, it is possible that some MP3 discs maynot play on the DVD 25 even though they will workon a computer. This is normal and does not indicatea fault with the unit.• When a multisession disc with both standard CDaudio and MP3 content is in use, the DVD 25 willplay only the CD audio sections of the disc.• When an MP3 disc with multiple directories is play-ing, only tracks from one directory can be displayedand played at a time. Select the desired directoryand press the Play Button 3G to start the firsttrack. To see and play tracks from other directories,first you must select that directory, then select thetrack and press the Play Button 3G.Programmed Playback With MP3 DiscsThe DVD 25 is capable of creating playlists up to 200tracks long with the MP3 files on a properly recordeddisc. To create a playback list for MP3 titles, followthese steps:Step 1: Load a compatible MP3 disc; the MP3 PlaylistEditor will appear on the screen.Step 2: Use the K or LNavigation Buttons 9to select the directory and the first track to beprogrammed, as described above, and press theProg Button . The track name and its positionnumber in the Playlist will now appear on the rightside of the screen.Step 3: Repeat Step 2 above until all desired tracksare added to the Playlist.Step 4: To remove a track from the Playlist, first pressthe M or N Navigation Buttons 9 so that thehighlight bar moves to the right side of the screen.Use the K or L Navigation Buttons 9 tohighlight the track to be deleted and press the ClearButton .Step 5: To clear all the tracks in the Playlist, press theM or N Navigation Buttons 9 until the CLEARALL box at the bottom of the right side of the screenis highlighted and press the Enter Button 9.Step 6: To play the tracks on the list, press the NNavigation Button 9 to move the cursor to thePlaylist and select the first track to be played with theK or L Navigation Buttons 9, then press thePlay Button 3G. All tracks on the list will beplayed one after another, starting with the track selected.While any track is playing, its number and elapsed timewill be indicated on the front and on-screen and thename of the track will appear on top of the screen.You can skip to another programmed track with theNext Buttons 7F and Prev Buttons 6Eany time or by selecting a track from the Playlist andpressing the Enter Button 9 or Play Button3G.Once a Playlist is created, it will remain available aslong as the disc is not changed or the power turnedoff. You may play any track on the disc, not only of theprogram created, without erasing the Playlist by press-ing the M or N Navigation Buttons to return thehighlight bar to the left side of the screen and selectingthe track and pressing the Enter Button 9 or PlayButton 3G.