Samsung AK68-00102A Owner's Manual

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MP3 Play MP3 PlayWhen an MP3 Disc is inserted into the DVD PLAYER, the first song file of the first folder plays.11 Press STOP to stop playback of the first song file, thenpress RETURN to display the music folder menu on theright side of the screen. Up to 8 music folders can bedisplayed at a time. If you have more than 8 folderson a disc, press the LEFT/RIGHT buttons to bring themup on the screen.22 Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select the desired musicfolder, the press ENTER. Use the UP/DOWN buttonsagain to select a song file. Press ENTER to beginplayback of the song file.• Your MP3 files should be ISO 9660 or JOLIET format.ISO 9660 format and Joliet MP3 files are compatible with Microsoft's DOS and Windows, and withApple's Mac. These two formats are the most widely used.• When naming your MP3 files do not exceed 8 characters, and place ".mp3" as the file extension.General name format of: Title.mp3. When composing your title, make sure that you use 8 characters orless, have no spaces in the name, and avoid the use of special characters including: (.,/,\,=,+).• Use a decompression transfer rate of at least 128 Kbps when recording MP3 files.Sound quality with MP3 files basically depends on the rate of compression/decompression you choose.Getting audio CD quality sound requires an analog/digital sampling rate (conversion to MP3 format) of atleast 128 Kbps and up to 160 Kbps. However, choosing higher rates, like 192 Kbps or more, only rarelygive better sound quality.Conversely, files with sampling rates below 128 Kbps will not be played properly.• Do not try recording copyright protected MP3 files.Certain "securized" files are encrypted and code protected to prevent illegal copying. These files are ofthe following types: Windows Media TM (registered trade mark of Microsoft Inc) and SDMITM (registeredtrade mark of The SDMI Foundation). You cannot copy such files.• Your DVD player only accepts one level of file directory.Consequently you must choose:-either to save all your MP3 recording files at the root of the disc;-and/or create folders in the directory for each artist or music type (e.g.classical, rock, jazz, etc)• Important: The above recommendations cannot be taken as a guarantee that the DVD player will playMP3 recordings, or as an assurance of sound quality.You should note that certain technologies and methods for MP3 file recording on CD-Rs prevent optimalplayback of these files on your DVD player (degraded sound quality and in some cases, inability of theplayer to read the files).NOTE• Press the REPEAT button to hear a song file repeatedly.Press Repeat again to release the Repeat mode.32 33MP3 Play FunctionPress the MODE button to switch between the RANDOMand PROGRAM modes. See page 21 for more informationon these modes.Program/Random playbackCD-R MP3 disc requirementsIn the case of CD-R MP3 discs, please follow the recommendations below:ADVADVANCEDANCEDFUNCTIONSFUNCTIONS