Panasonic SC-AK340 Operating Guide

RQT8043

RQTV0061

•  This unit can access up to 99 tracks.
•  Choose disc with this mark.

 
• This unit can play MP3 or WMA fi les and CD-DA format audio 

CD-R/RW that have been fi nalized.

•  It may not be able to play some CD-R/RW due to the condition of 

the recording.

•  Do not use irregularly shaped disc.
•  Do not use disc with labels and stickers that are coming off or with 

adhesive exuding from under labels and stickers.

•  Do not attach extra labels or stickers on the disc.
•  Do not write anything on the disc.

The “CD” sides of DualDiscs do not meet the CD-DA standard so it 
may not be possible to play them on this unit.

Not doing the following will cause damage to the unit.
• Press [

y/I, POWER] to turn off the unit and remove the power 

plug only after all the displays have disappeared.

•  Always press [

0, OPEN/CLOSE] to insert or remove a disc.

•  Do not push or pull out the tray by hand as this will cause an 

accident.

•  Place the disc correctly label-up as shown in the diagram.
•  Insert one disc into the tray.

•  Files are treated as tracks and folders are treated as albums.
• This unit can access up to 999 tracks, 255 albums and 20 

sessions.

• Disc must conform to ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended 

formats).

•  To play in a certain order, prefi x the folder and fi le names with 3-digits 

numbers in the order you want to play them.

When “NOT MP3/ERROR1” appears on the display, an unsupported 
MP3 format is being played. The unit will skip that track and play the 
next one.

•  Noise may occur when playing WMA fi les.
•  This unit cannot play WMA fi les that are copy protected.

• If you have recorded MP3 or WMA on the same disc as CD-DA, 

only the format recorded in the fi rst session can be played.

•  Some MP3 or WMA may not be played due to the condition of the 

disc or recording.

•  Due to differences and variations of WMA tags, some fi les may not 

play or display the tags’ information properly.

•  Recordings will not necessarily be played in the order you recorded 

them.

MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from 
Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.

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 fi le size that is smaller 
than that of MP3.

You can use either DECK 1 or DECK 2 for tape playback.

Use normal position tapes.
High position and metal position tapes can be played, but 
the unit will not be able to do full justice to the characteristics 
of these tapes.

3, TAPE].

The unit turns on.
If a cassette was loaded, play starts automatically (One 
touch play).

0 OPEN] for DECK 1 or [OPEN 0] for DECK 2 

and insert the cassette.
Insert with the side to be played facing towards you 
and the exposed tape facing down. Close the holder by 
hand.

Front 
side

3, TAPE] to start play.

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