Discs For Recording; Discs For Playback; Some Words About Mp3 - Philips CDR-795 Mode D'emploi

General information

Discs for recording

For recording, make sure to use special audio discs only.
These discs are marked with "Digital Audio" and the logos
shown below.
There are two different types of audio discs for the use on
this CD recorder:
– CD-Audio Recordable (CDR)
discs can be recorded on once and
played on all standard CD players and
CD recorders, when finalized.
– CD-Audio ReWritable (CDRW)
discs can be recorded on, erased and
re-recorded many times and played on
CDRW compatible CD players and
CD recorders, when finalized.
All Philips CD players and CD recorders with
this sticker are CDRW compatible.
To ensure proper working of the unit we
recommend the use of Philips audio CDR and audio
CDRW discs only.
Note: Do not use a computer CDR or CDRW as recording will
not work!
Recording is permissible insofar as copyright or
other rights of third parties are not infringed upon.
In some countries the use of the
CD player/recorder as shown or suggested in this user
manual may require the authorization of copyright
holders.

Discs for playback

For playback on this CD player/recorder you can use the
following discs:
– All pre-recorded audio CDs
– All audio CDR and audio CDRW discs
– MP3-CDs (CD-ROMs with MP3 tracks)
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Some words about MP3

The revolutionary new music compression technology MP3
(MPEG ! Audio Layer-3) enables shrinking down of original
digital audio sound data with a factor of up to 10 without
losing significant sound quality.This allows you to record up
to 10 hours of CD-like quality music on a single CD-ROM.
Making your own MP3-CD
Basically there are two sources for MP3 music on CD.You
can either transfer music from your own digital audio CDs
via CD-ROM drive onto your PC and encode it into MP3
format ("rip") or download legal MP3 music from the
Internet.
Record ("burn") the music from your hard disc on
CD-ROM with your home PC (make sure filename
ends with .mp3). Once finished, you can play your
MP3-CD on this CD player/recorder and enjoy the music.
Data rate
The data rate is of great importance with MP3. It indicates
how fast bits are transfered.
Stereo music on a CD shows a data rate of about
1400 kilobits per second (kbps). To achieve a good MP3
quality a bit rate of 128 kbps is recommended. As
the encoding rate is user-selectable, make sure to reach this
data rate for MP3 as recordings less than 128 kbps will
suffer from a degradation in sound quality.
Recording
Downloading MP3 files from the Internet or ripping songs
from your own digital audio CDs is a delicate process, also
influenced by the quality of the encoder program and the
speed of your PC.This may sometimes result in "drop-outs"
or errors which you may experience while listening to your
MP3-CD.
In any case make sure to use a recording speed not faster
than indicated on the CD-ROM and avoid running other
programs simultaneously on your PC during the recording
process.
In compliance with the SDMI (Secure Digital
Music Initiative) the digital outputs of this unit will
be deactivated when playing an MP3-CD.
It is not possible to "burn" an MP3-CD on this
CD player/recorder.
It is not possible to record from an MP3-CD.
Supported formats
The following formats are supported on this
CD player/recorder:
– Disc format: ISO 9660 or Joliet
– File format: MPEG ! Audio Layer-3
– Filename: .mp3 (tracks), .m3u or .pls (playlists)
– Bit rate: 32–320 kbps (128 kbps advised) or variable
bit rate
Use ISO 9660 disc format when burning the MP3-CD.
UDF disc format (e.g."DirectCD" or
"WinOnCD") is not supported.