Kodak MDV 300 - Manual (Page 8)

INTRODUCTION
Discs that cannot be played
The following discs cannot be played
in the D V D p l a y e r :
DVDs with region codes that do
not m a t c h t h e player's region code
(Check the region code printed on the
disc’s packing. Region code "ALL"
will be acceptable by all players.)
Some DVDs purchased from
abroad.
PC applications on CD-R/CD-RW.
CD-ROM for PC interface only.
CD-MP3 under Windows format.
Improperly fomatted MP3 CD-R/CD-RW
DVD-R/DVD+R
(see "
" below)
Tips for m aking a
good MP3 CD
This player is compatible with the following
disc types:
DVD
CD-DA
CD-MP3
VCD/SVCD
Photo CD
CD-R / CD-RW*
DVD-R/DVD+R*
*NOTE: Some PC application files on CD-R or CD-RW
be accepted by the unit, e.g. CD-ROM
under PC Windows, etc. Also CD-R / CD-RW
and DVD-R/DVD+R writing format may be
different, some d iscs are not acceptable.
CANNOT
single sided / double sided
single layered / double layered
About MP3
MP3 (MPEG 1, Audio Layer 3) is a compressed digital audio
format. MP3 u s e s entropy encoding to reduce the
redundant information in an audio signal to a minimum. It
takes music from a CD and reduces it by a factor of 12,
with minimal loss of quality. On a normal CD of 74
minutes you can store over 130 MP3 songs.
Disc information
Sampling rate Bit rate Quality
When creating an MP3 disc, the sampling rate should be
44.1 kHz and the bit rate should be between 128 K bps and
256 Kbps in order to achieve the best performance.
In general, higher quality settings result in larger file sizes.
MP3 Format
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
44.1 kHz
56 Kbps
64 Kbps
80 Kbps
96 Kbps
112 Kbps
128 Kbps
160 Kbps
192 Kbps
224 Kbps
256 Kbps
FM Radio Quality
Near CD Quality
Good CD Quality
Better than CD Quality
Studio Quality
Tips formaking a good MP3 CD
System Requirement (Recommended) :
IBM PC or compatible 200 MHz o r faster
Windows 95 / 98 / M E / XP / NT / 2000
3 2 MB R AM
205 MB free hard disk space (at least 140 MB
o f this space must reside o n the system
boot drive)
CD-Recordable or CD-ReWritable drive
Windows compatible sound card 16-bit or
better (optional).
Use a good quality CD-RW disc. Either 650 M B
(74-minute CD) or 700 MB (80-minute CD) blanks
may be used.
Select a high quality and stable C D Recorder
(Writer).
Select a n advanced CD burning software.
MP3 is data and not WAV information.
Mode 1 must be selected when compiling a n d
burning your dis cs.
Drag and drop (Direct CD) must not be used to
compile the disc. The player will not recognise
this format.
Only single session recordings can be used. Multi
session recordings are not recognised and w ill not
b e played
Use either the ISO 9660 o r Joliet file systems.
CDs should b e “finalized” after they have been burnt.
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