Playing Mp3 & Windows Media Formatted Audio - Alesis iSymphony M1 Manual De Usuario

PLAYING MP3 & WINDOWS MEDIA FORMATTED AUDIO
CDs that contain compressed MP3 or Windows Media formatted audio (WMA) files
can store approximately 10 times as much music as a normal CDs. It is possible
to record up to 10 hours of music in MP3/WMA format on a single disc.
Audio files may be downloaded from the Internet onto your computer's hard drive
or 'ripped' from normal CDs. They are then compressed into MP3/WMA format files by
software on your computer and recorded or 'burned' onto blank discs.
Typically when making your own MP3/WMA CDs you will organize the song titles into
'Directories', also called 'Albums', by artist, or by type of music.
NOTE: Because MP3/WMA CDs contain so much more information than normal CDs
this CD player will take longer to 'Read' all of the information on an MP3/WMA disc.
You may see the flashing "READ" indicator for a
minute or more before playback begins. This is normal
and not an indication of any problem with your player.
Most of the normal CD operations described in this manual also apply to MP3/WMA
CDs. However there are a few differences in MP3/WMA CD playback functions,
and these are described on the following pages.
MP3/WMA CD "Reading" Time And Display Information
As mentioned above, because MP3/WMA CDs contain much more information than
normal CDs it takes longer for the player to 'Read' an MP3/WMA disc and display
the Table of Contents information.
After you load an MP3/WMA CD in the player the player will read each of the 'Directories'
(or 'Albums') on the disc, one at a time, and display the Directory Number and the
cumulative number of tracks in the directories that have already been read.
For example if we insert an MP3/WMA CD containing 11 'Directories' (or 'Albums')
and a total of 172 "files" or tracks, the display will show: