Bose® WAVE III Owner's Manual
12 – English
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LAYING
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ISCS
For example:
To play, pause, stop or eject an MP3 CD, use the same
remote control buttons as for an audio CD. See “Playing
audio compact discs (CDs)” on page 11.
remote control buttons as for an audio CD. See “Playing
audio compact discs (CDs)” on page 11.
The Wave
®
music system
III will display artist name and
song title information when available on music file CDs.
Note: The audio quality of MP3 CDs is dependent on fac-
tors such as the encoded bit rate, the sampling rate, and
the type of encoder used. The Wave
tors such as the encoded bit rate, the sampling rate, and
the type of encoder used. The Wave
®
music system
III
supports MP3 CDs encoded at bit rates of 64kbps or
higher, and sampling rates of 32kHz or higher. It is recom-
mended that a bit rate of at least 128kbps and a sampling
rate of 44.1kHz or better be used.
higher, and sampling rates of 32kHz or higher. It is recom-
mended that a bit rate of at least 128kbps and a sampling
rate of 44.1kHz or better be used.
Note: Playback quality of recorded CD-R and CD-RW
discs is dependent on the CD recording process and soft-
ware used to record the disc. An improperly recorded
audio CD may cause the system to exhibit unexpected
behavior.
discs is dependent on the CD recording process and soft-
ware used to record the disc. An improperly recorded
audio CD may cause the system to exhibit unexpected
behavior.
Navigating through music files
• Press Tune/MP3 < to skip to the
previous folder; press Tune/MP3 > to
skip to the next folder.
skip to the next folder.
• Press Seek/Track
to skip to the
beginning of the current track; Press
Seek/Track
Seek/Track
again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
• Press Seek/Track
to skip to the
next track.
• When navigating an MP3 CD, folder number and track
number are displayed:
Note: The Root level is displayed as folder number 00.
Once the track begins playing, artist name, song title,
and elapsed track time will return to the display:
and elapsed track time will return to the display:
Play modes for music file CDs
While a music file CD is playing, you can change
the way it is played. Press Play Mode repeatedly
until the play mode you want is displayed:
the way it is played. Press Play Mode repeatedly
until the play mode you want is displayed:
• NORMAL PLAY – Plays tracks once in sequential
order.
• SHUFFLE DISC – Plays all tracks once in random
order.
• SHUFFLE FLDR – Plays all tracks in the selected
folder in random order (MP3 only).
• SHUF RPT FDR – Repeats all tracks in a folder in a
random order that changes each time the folder is
repeated (MP3 only).
repeated (MP3 only).
• SHUFF RPT CD – Repeats all tracks on a disc in a
random order that changes each time the disc is
repeated.
repeated.
• REPEAT DISC – Repeats all tracks on a disc in order.
• REPEAT FOLDR – Repeats all tracks in a folder in
order (MP3 only).
• REPEAT TRACK – Repeats the selected track
continuously.
Note: The play mode will return to NORMAL PLAY
whenever a CD is inserted.
whenever a CD is inserted.
Root level
Folder 1
Folder 3
Folders on CD:
Folder 2
Play order:
Folder 00
Track 1
Track 2
Track 2
Track 8
Folder 01
Track 1
Track 2
Track 2
Track 8
Folder 02
Track 1
Track 2
Track 2
Track 8
Folder 03
Track 1
Track 2
Track 2
Track 8
Track number
Folder
number
number
Selected
source
source
Clock time
Elapsed
track
time
track
time
Artist name and
song title
song title
Selected
source
source
Clock time
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