Sony D-NE329SP User Manual

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Which discs can you play on this CD player?
 Audio CDs:
CD-DA format CDs
CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is a recording 
standard used for Audio CDs.
 ATRAC CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus format 
has been recorded by using SonicStage*
ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding3plus) is audio compression 
technology that satisfies the demand for high sound quality and high compression 
rates.  ATRAC3plus can compress audio files to about 1/20 of their original size at 64 
kbps.
Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are:
Bit rates
Sampling frequencies
ATRAC3
66/105/132 kbps
44.1 kHz
ATRAC3plus
48/64/256 kbps
44.1 kHz
Up to 62 characters can be displayed on this CD player.
 MP3 CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has 
been recorded by using a software other than SonicStage*
Bit rates and sampling frequencies this CD player can play are shown below. Variable 
Bit Rate (VBR) files can also be played.
Bit rates
Sampling frequencies
MPEG-1 Layer3
32 - 320 kbps
32/44.1/48 kHz
MPEG-2 Layer3
8 - 160 kbps
16/22.05/23 kHz
MPEG-2.5 Layer3
8 - 160 kbps
8/11.025/12 kHz
This CD player conforms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 of the ID3 tag format. ID3 tag 
is a format for adding certain information (track name, album name, artist name, etc.) 
to MP3 files. Up to 64 characters of ID3 tag information can be displayed on this CD 
player.
 CD-Extra and Mix-Mode CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which CD-DA format data and CD-ROM format data are 
recorded together.*
If you cannot play your CD, change the “CD-EXTRA” setting in the OPTION menu 
( page 30). Then you may play your CD.
An ATRAC CD on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded using 
software other than SonicStage can also be played.
With SonicStage, you cannot create a CD on which mixed format audio data is recorded.
* Only ISO 9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension format discs can be played.
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