User manual SONY MPDAP20U

[. . . ] 4-668-815-11(1) CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive User's Guide MPD-AP20U 2002 Sony Corporation Safety Regulations WARNING You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. [. . . ] - Only use the alphanumeric characters (uppercase or lowercase) in folder and file names. - Name the files so that the desired playback order is reflected by the first 8 characters (or less). Example: Track01VaporTrails. mp3 39 Advanced Playback You can play back your music with a variety of features accessible with the remote control PLAY MODE and RPT/ENT buttons. RPT/ENT (Repeat/Enter) button PLAY MODE button PLAY MODE button Press it during playback to change the playback mode. RPT/ENT button · Press it after selecting a playback mode with the PLAY MODE button to loop playback. · Press it to select tracks when creating a program. Normal playback (all) x Listen to all the tracks in a folder (folder)1) x Listen to one track only (single) x Listen to all the tracks in random order (all) SHUF x Listen to all the tracks in a folder in random order (folder) SHUF1) x Listen to selected tracks in the desired order PGM 1) A music CD is considered to be a single folder. 40 Loop playback (Repeat) You can loop the playback of every playback mode of the drive. For example, if you are listening to music in normal playback mode, pressing the RPT/ENT button results in all the tracks on your disc to be repeated. Similarly, in folder playback, all the tracks in the folder are repeated. Pressing the RPT/ENT button during playback. Repeat indicator Playback mode Listening to all the files in a folder (Folder playback) Press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly until "(folder)" appears on the remote control display. Advanced Features Continued 41 Listening to one track only (Single playback) Press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly until "(single)" appears on the remote control display. Single playback indicator Listening to all the track in random order (Shuffle playback) Press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly until "(all)" and "SHUF" appear on the remote control display. Shuffle playback indicator Listening to all the track in a folder in random order (Folder shuffle) Press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly until "(folder)" and "SHUF" appear on the remote control display. Shuffle playback indicator 42 Listening to selected tracks in the desired order (Program) You can program up to 64 tracks in the order of your choice. 1 During playback, press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly until " PROGRAM " appears on the remote control display. * * z If there is a playlist on the disc or "Memory Stick" in the drive, press the remote control PLAY MODE button repeatedly until the name of the playlist appears on the remote control display. Then, turn the control knob N/> until " PROGRAM " appears on the remote control display. * * "PGM" flashes 2 3 Press the RPT/ENT button. Program the desired tracks. Advanced Features Turn the control knob . or N/> until you reach the desired track. Playback number Track number Song title z The "Song title" part of the display changes depending on the information accompanying songs and files. 4 Press the RPT/ENT button to select the track. The playback number becomes "002" and you can select another track. Playback number Continued 43 5 6 Repeat steps 3 to 4 to select other tracks. Press and hold the RPT/ENT button until playback starts. Listen to the tracks that you programmed. Confirming the contents of the program When creating a program 1 Before performing step 6 above, press the RPT/ENT button repeatedly. Each time that you press the RPT/ENT button, the track and playback numbers are displayed. When playing back the programmed tracks 1 2 Press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly until "PGM" blinks on the remote control display. Each time that you press the RPT/ENT button, the track and playback numbers are displayed. Notes · After you program the 64th track in step 4 above, the track number of the first track that you programmed appears instead of "000". · If you program more than 64 tracks, the program is overwritten from playback number one. 44 Listening to a playlist If a playlist exists on the disc or "Memory Stick" that you are using, you can use it with the drive to listen to the music files according to their order in the playlist. z To be able to use this function, you need to save a playlist (extension: m3u) to disc or "Memory Stick" before you insert them into the drive. For details, see "Playlist files" (page 53). 1 During playback, press the remote control PLAY MODE button until the playlist file name appears on the remote control display. 2 If there are several playlists on your media, turn the control knob N/> until the desired playlist appears on the remote control display. Advanced Features 3 Press the remote control RPT/ENT button to set the playlist. Playback starts from the first track in the playlist. 45 Advanced Playback Functions Displaying track information You can use the DISPLAY button to display such information as: · CD-TEXT. CD-TEXT is essentially text information on the music CD such as album titles, artist names, and song titles. · The file and folder names of an music files, and MP3 file ID3 tags (album titles, artist names, and song titles). z For details about ID3 tags, see page 53. Press the DISPLAY button during playback Each time that you press the button, the remote control display changes as follows: Remote control display Normal playback x Press the DISPLAY button x Press the DISPLAY button again x Press the DISPLAY button again Folder number /Folder name/ Track number 1) Song title1) and elapsed time If there is no song title information, the file name appears. Track number 1) Song title1)/Artist name If there is no song title information, the file name appears. Remaining tracks Album title/Artist name Notes · During folder playback, the track number and remaining tracks in the folder are displayed. · Only alphanumeric characters can be displayed. · When a disc contains text information incompatible with this drive or no text information, the information may be incorrectly displayed or not displayed at all. · In the case of music CDs, the folder name is " CDDA " is displayed instead of the folder name. [. . . ] (See page 67. ) t Make sure that the ambient temperature where you are using the drive is within the operating temperature range specified on page 64. t If this message appears when you are charging the internal battery, disconnect the AC power adapter from the drive and wait until the drive cools down before resuming the operation. The internal battery does not charge or can only be used for a short period of time. t Battery operation time is reduced at low temperatures. t The internal battery may need to be replaced. To replace the internal battery, we ask that you contact your dealer or our customer service department. [. . . ]