There are several specification levels.
In Level 1, file names must be in the
8.3 format (no more than 8
characters in the name, no more
than 3 characters in the extension
“.MP3”) and in capital letters.
Folder names can be no longer than
8 characters. There can be no more
than 8 folder levels (trees). Level 2
specifications allow file names up to
31 characters long.
Each folder can have up to 8 trees.
For Joliet or Romeo in the expansion
format, please consider these
restrictions when configuring your
CD writing software.
Multi session
This is a recording method that
enables 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
from Lead-in to Lead-out regarded
as a single session.
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CD-Extra: The format that records
audio (audio CD data) as tracks
on session 1, and records data as
tracks on session 2.
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Mixed CD: In this format, data is
recorded as track 1, and audio
(audio CD data) is recorded as
track 2.
File formats
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With formats other than ISO 9660
level 1 and level 2, folder names
or file names may not be
displayed correctly.
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When naming, be sure to add the
file extension “.MP3” to the file
name.
•
If you put the extension “.MP3” to
a file other than MP3, the unit
cannot recognize the file properly
and will generate random noise
that could damage your speakers.
•
The following discs take a longer
time to start playback.
•
a disc recorded with
complicated tree structure.
•
a disc recorded in Multi
Session.
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a non-finalised disc to which
data can be added.
Playing a multi session disc
When the first track of the first
session is audio CD data
Only audio CD data of the first
session is played back. Non-audio
CD data/MP3 file information (track
number, time, etc.) is displayed with
no sound.
When the first track of the first
session is not audio CD data
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