Panasonic SL-SX418 User Manual

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MODE
ALBUM
VOL
MODE
RANDOM
RANDOM
1
4
3
2
MEMO
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3
S-XBS
M
Playing WMA/MP3
Starting play from an album (Album skip)
Press and hold until the album you want appears.
Album number
Number of tracks
Playing only the tracks in a selected album (Album mode)
Each time you press and hold
You cannot turn album mode on during program play.
You can select another album with album skip.
WMA and MP3 are methods of compressing audio without overtly hurting audio data. SL-
SX425 can play WMA and MP3. SL-SX420 ,SL-SX419C and SL-SX418 can play MP3.
When creating WMA/MP3 files to play on this unit
Disc formats: ISO9660 level 1 and level 2 (except for extended formats)
It is better not to create folders (album) within folders (004album below).
Limitations on WMA/MP3
This unit is compatible with multi-session but if there are a lot of sessions it
takes more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to
avoid this.
This unit cannot play files recorded using packet write.
If the disc includes both WMA/MP3 and normal audio data (CD-DA), the unit
plays the type recorded in the inner part of the disc. 
If the disc includes both WMA/MP3 and other types of audio data (e.g. WAV), the
unit plays only the WMA/MP3.
Depending on how you create WMA/MP3 files, they may not 
play in the order you numbered them or may not play at all.
Other Play Methods
Program Play
Play modes
Track number
Sequence number
Select the tracks while stopped.
When programming WMA/MP3 tracks, you can
skip albums before selecting tracks (➪ below).
Press to register.
Start play.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 to
register up to 20 tracks.
To delete the entire program
Press [∫].
To confirm the contents of
the program
Press [MEMO] while the disc is
playing. 
Changing the sound quality
When playing WMA/MP3
Sequence number
Album number
Track number
Each time you press
Boosts the bass
Concert hall-like sound
Each time you press
One track
repeat 
All track
repeat 
Random
Random
repeat
The effect may differ between different kinds of music.
You cannot select “RANDOM” while playing WMA/MP3.
You cannot skip back to other tracks during random play.
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S-XBS
1
3
S-XBS
ALBUM
TRACK
M
M
VOL
EQ
No display (canceled)
Anti-Skip System
This system reduces the skipping caused by vibration to a minimum.
You can change the anti-skip memory time for CD-DA to improve sound quality.
Each time you press and hold
Better sound quality, 
10-second anti-skip memory
Normal sound quality, 
45-second anti-skip memory
MODE
Main unit
Turning the operation tone off
Press and hold [EQ] until “bP oFF” appears.
Album mode
RQT7028
bP  on
bP  oFF
VOL
Tone on
Tone off
Main unit
No display (canceled)
Main unit
Main unit
Main unit
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3
S-XBS
ALBUM
TRACK
Main unit
6
No display
(canceled)
You cannot change the memory time for WMA/MP3. It is a maximum
of 130 seconds for WMA recorded at 96 kbps and 100 seconds for
MP3 recorded at 128 kbps.
001track.mp3
002
track.mp3
003
track.MP3
001album
CD-ROM drive
1
001track.mp3
002album
004track.wma
005
track.wma
2
004album
008track.MP3
009
track.MP3
003album
006track.wma
007
track.WMA
4
3
If you created an album such as 004album at
left, the files may not play in name order. 
The albums would play in the order 1, 2,
3, 4. 
The extension for WMA
is “.wma” (or “.WMA”)
Naming tracks and albums
Prefix with 3-digit numbers in the order you want to play 
Up to 27 characters for tracks and 30 for albums
Extension
(or.MP3)
References to WMA  apply only to SL-SX425.
References to the remote control apply only to SL-SX425 and SL-SX420.
References to WMA  apply only to SL-SX425.
References to the remote control apply only to SL-SX425 and SL-SX420.
Windows Media, and the Windows logo are
trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
WMA is a compression format developed by Microsoft
Corporation. It achieves the same sound quality as
MP3 with a file size that is smaller than that of MP3.
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