Playing music file (MP3) CDs

Applies to:

Wave® music system

Your system can play MP3 music files recorded on CD-R and CD-RW discs. You can easily navigate through your music files using the TUNE/MP3 and SEEK/TRACK remote control buttons.

Tune/MP3

Seek/Track

Note: MP3 is a music compression technology that reduces a song's file size without noticeable effect in the quality of the sound. Through compression algorithms, the MP3 format makes it easy for you to store several more songs than you would find on a conventional audio CD. In fact, an MP3 CD can contain as much music as ten standard audio CDs on just one disc, which can then be organised into folders on a PC before being stored on the disc.

Music files on an MP3 CD are played according to the folder structure on the disc. For example:

To play, pause, stop or eject an MP3 CD, use the same remote control buttons that you would use as for an audio CD. See Playing a CD for more information.

Navigating through music files

You can use your remote to navigate through your music files.

Press TUNE/MP3 < BACK to skip to the previous folder

Press TUNE/MP3 > FORWARD to skip to the next folder

Press SEEK/TRACK BACK to skip to the beginning of the current track

Press SEEK/TRACK BACK twice to skip to the beginning of the previous track

Press SEEK/TRACK FORWARD to skip to the next track

Note: When navigating an MP3 CD, folder number and track number are displayed. The root level is displayed as folder number 00.

Once the track begins playing, artist name, song title and elapsed track time will return to the display:

Play modes for music file CDs

When a music file CD is playing, you can choose from the various play options and change the mode in which the music will play. On your remote, press PLAY MODE repeatedly until the play mode you want displays on the front of the system:

Play Mode

NORMAL PLAY: Plays tracks once in sequential order

SHUFFLE DISC: Plays all tracks once in random order

SHUFFLE FOLDR: Plays all tracks in the selected folder in random order

SHUF RPT FLDR: Repeats all tracks in a folder in a random order that changes each time the folder is repeated

SHUF RPT DISC: Repeats all tracks on the disc in a random order each time the disc is repeated

REPEAT DISC: Repeats the disc from the beginning after the last track has played

REPEAT FOLDER: Repeats all tracks in a folder in order

REPEAT TRACK: Repeats the selected track continuously

Note: The play mode will return to NORMAL PLAY every time you insert a CD.