Sony CMT-HPZ9 Operating Instructions Manual page 6

O Audio CDs:
CD-DA format CDs
CD-DA (Conapacl Disc Digital Audio) is a recording standard used for audio CDs.
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ATRAC CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the ATRAC3plus format has
been recorded by using SonicStage*
ATRAC3plus (Adaptive Translimn Acoustic Coding3plus) is :radio compression technoh)gy
that satisfies the demand R)r high sound quality and high compression rates. ATRAC3plus can
compress audio files to about 1120 of their original size at 64 kbps.
Bit rates and sampling frequencies this system can play are:
Bit rates Sampling frequencies
ATRAC3 66/1051132 kbps 44.1 kHz
ATRAC3plus 8 352 kbps 44.1 kHz
Up to 62 characters can be displayed on this system.
MP3 CDs:
CD-R/CD-RW on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been
recorded by using a software other than SonicStage '_'
Bit rates :rodsampling l_'equencies this system can play are shown helow. Variable Bit Rate
(VBR)
files can also be
played.
Bit rates Sampling frequencies
MPEG-I Layer3 32 320 kbps 32144.1148 kHz
MPEG-2 Layer3 8 160 kbps 16/22.05/23 kHz
MPEG-2.5 Layer3 8 160 kbps 8/11.025/12 kHz
This system conR)rms to Version 1.0/1.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 of the ID3 tag format. 1D3 tag is a format
for adding certain inli)rmation (track title, albmn name, artist name, etc'.) to MP3 files. Up to
124 characters ol 1D3 tag information can be displayed on this system.
An ATRAC CD on which audio data compressed in the MP3 format has been recorded using soflware
other than SonicStage can also be played.
With SonicStage, you cannot create a CD on which mixed lormat audio data is recorded.
* Only 1SO9660 Level 1/2 and Joliet extension formal discs can be played.
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