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Frequently Asked Questions
I found a lot of questions
by people on message boards and other places, and hopefully this
list will help answer some of them. If the question you have isn't
answered here, check the message board! It's proved to be an excellent
source of information.
Will the Disco Trip play normal audio cds?
Yes, it will. The player recognize automatically
if the CD contained
MP3, CDDA or WAV files
Will the disco trip read CD-RW discs
as well as normal CD-Rs?
Yes it can. It is capable
of reading MP3 files on 1x, 2x, and 4x CD-RW. However, you must
re format CD-RW every time you want to record new group of MP3
files. No multisession recording allowed.
Why won't my player read all my MP3s!??!
Ok, first off CALM DOWN! Your player is not defective,
and don't rush to return it.
1)The thing is,
the player will not read all your files
if they are all lumped into one directory.
2)The best strategy
is to separate your mp3s into three or so
separate folders.
3)Also the problem
could be that you burned a non-mp3 file
on your CD-R. You can't mix WAV or CDDA with MP3 files.But you
can actually mix mp3 files with *JPEG,*GIF,*ZIP,*RAR,*DOC and
*TXT files, the player will ignore those files and read only the
MP3 files contained on the CD-R.
4)The player will
only read mp3s that are sampled at 44.1
khz and encoded between 32Kbps and 196Kbps.
5)The Disco Trip
does not support CD-Rs or CD-RWs burned
in multiple sessions.
6)Make sure also
that you burn the CD in mode 1, not
Mode 2-XA.
Does the Disco Trip support subdirectories (subfolders)?
Yes, the Disco Trip pretty much needs subfolders
in order to read all the mp3s on the disc.
7) (limit of 8 subfolders
including
root dir/ and max of 80 mp3s files per subfolders)
Will ID3 tags be supported?
No. The LCD only displays the song number, directory
number, and track length.
How about Winamp Playlists?
Nope. Only mp3 files. And if you have other files
besides mp3s, it can cause the Disco Trip to not read all of the
songs.
Will the Disco Trip read variable
bitrate (VBR) mp3s?
No. This is the official statement of the manufacturer,
Genica. However, it seems to work with them, but the timer on
the display starts doing some weird stuff. If you have a VBR mp3
on the disc, its not the end of the world, and it just might play.
So go for it, in my opinion.
What sorts of mp3s are supported?
The player will only read mp3s that are sampled
at 44.1 khz and encoded between 32Kbps and 196Kbps. Also, the
player does not support long filenames.(
max of 256 characters ) This doesn't mean that the player
will not play files with long names (thank goodness!), but it
might mess up the order of song play.For
example, here is a remark by someone in the mp3.com newsgroup
(thnx waynet2!):
"In addition, the track numbering follows a strange logic... It's
based on DOS 8.3 names which exclude such characters as commas,
apostrophes and spaces. Any of these characters will be deleted
from the 8.3 name and all "LEGAL" characters including dashes
and underscores will be pushed together to fill in. After the
sixth character, a ~1 (or other number) will be appended. This
only occasionally causes mistakes when you dump your song list
using Windows. For example, Windows orders files as such:
#1 "It's all right"
#2 "It make sence"
In DOS they appear as ITSALL~1 and ITMAKE~1, so they are ordered
like this:
#1 "ITMAKE~1" (It make sence)
#2 "ITSALL~1" (It's all right)"
Will the player tell me what song I am listening to?
Yes, but not by track title or artist. The LCD
on the player can only display the number of the track (ordered
alphabetically) and the track length. So it's handy to have a
reference card handy with all the tracks of the CD numbered on
it lying around.
How do I skip tracks rapidly?
Press and release the Next (or Preview, to go backwards)
button. Now hit it again and hold it down. The track numbers will
rapidly increase.
Does this Mp3 CD player rock?
Indubitably.
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