Sony MHC-GX555 Operating Instructions Manual page 4

This manual mainly explains operations using
the remote, but the same operations call also be
perlkwmed using the buttons on the unit having
tile same or sinlilar names.
Ynu call play back Ihe fnllnwing discs nu this
system. Other discs cannot be played back.
List of playable discs
Format of discs Disc logo
D|G|TAL AUDIO
(CD-Graphics)
DIOITAL AUD|O
(audio dala/MP3
DmI'rAL AU[;IO DI_BTAL _UDla
files) _
' Playback is possible only on Mexican modeh
Discs that this system cannot
play
• CD-ROMs
• CD-Rs/CD-RWs nther than those recorded in
tile lk_llnwiug l\trmats:
music CD t_trmat
- MP3 l\/rmat that conforms to 1SO96601)
Level l/Level 2, Joliet or Multi Session 2)
• Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart,
square, star) cannot be played on this unit.
Attempting to do so may damage the unit. Do
not use such discs.
• A disc with paper or stickers nn ix.
• A disc that has the adhesive, cellophane tape,
or a sticker still left on it.
n 1SO9660 Format
The most common international standard for the
logical lommt of files and lkdders on a CD-ROM.
There are several specification levels, hi Level 1,
file names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than
eight characters in the name, no more than three
characters in the extension ".MP3") and in capital
letters. Fokler names can be no longer than eight
characters. There can be no more than eight nested
lk)lder le'_els. Level 2 specifications allow file
names and lk)lder names tip to 31 characters long.
Each folder can have tip to 8 treks.
For Joliet in the expansion format (file and folder
names can have tip to 64 characters) make sure of
the contents of the writing sofi_ arc, etc.
2| Multi Session
This is a recording method that enahles adding of
data using the Track-At-Once method.
Conventional CDs begin at a CD control area called
the Lead-in and end at an area called Lead-out. A
Multi Session CD is a CD having multiple sessions,
with each segment lnm_ Lead-in to Lead-out
regarded as a single session.
CD-Extra: This format records audio (audio CD
data) on the tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks
in session 2.
Mixed CD: This fornmt records data on the first
track and audio (audio CD data) on the second and
subsequent tracks of a session.
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