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MP3, WINDOWS MEDIA AND JPEG PLAYBACK

The HS 500 will recognize data on CD-ROM discs and USB devices

recorded in the MP3, Windows Media 9 (WMA) or JPEG formats,

including images stored on Kodak

Picture CDs. You may also play

discs with more than one of the three formats.

The specific file types that may be played on the HS 500 are:

• MP3 Files: MP3 is a popular audio compression format that was

developed by the Motion Picture Experts Group as part of the MPEG-

1 video compression format. Depending on the specific MP3 encoder

used, file size is greatly reduced so that you store many more songs

on one compact disc than in the standard audio CD format. MP3 is

also used to download audio files to computers for home use. In

order to play an MP3 file on the HS 500, the disc may not contain

any encryption or coding that prevents playback. Always be certain

that you have, or have purchased, the proper rights or authorization

before creating a CD-ROM with MP3 or any other codec format.

• WMA Files: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is an audio compression

format developed by the Microsoft

Corporation for use with its

Windows Media Player. WMA files may be created with greater

compression than MP3 without sacrificing audio quality so that even

more songs may be recorded on a disc. There have been a number

of versions of Windows Media, and the HS 500 is compatible only

with files that end in the “wma” extension and that were recorded

using the Windows Media Series 9 encoding, but only up to 320kbps.

• JPEG Files: “JPEG” is the acronym used to identify image files

recorded according to specifications established by Joint

Photographic Experts Group for compressing still images. Identified by

the file extension “jpg” when they are recorded on most computers,

JPEG files may be created by a digital still camera and then edited

and “burned” to a disc in your personal computer, recorded on a

CD-ROM disc from film images by a photo processor, or scanned

from printed photos into your personal computer and then burned

onto a CD-ROM. You may also connect a digital camera directly to

one of the HS 500’s USB ports, if the camera is equipped with a

USB connection, and if it stores its images in the JPEG format.

Discs containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files are navigated and controlled

a little differently from standard DVDs and CDs. When a disc containing

one or more of these types of files is loaded in the HS 500, the Player

Information menu screen will appear. See Figure 76.

Figure 76 – Player Information Screen

(JPEG/WMA Disc)

This screen will display a list of the main folders contained on the disc

The elapsed time will appear in the upper right corner of the screen. It

isn’t possible to change the time display, and the Time Search function

is not available.

MP3 or WMA Disc Playback

MP3 and WMA discs may contain 200 tracks or even more. To get the

best overview about all tracks on the disc and their names and to select

them comfortably, use the on-screen display rather than the front-panel

display. The front-panel display will only show the number and the

elapsed time of the track being played.

The supported bit rate for WMA files is between 64kbps and 320kbps.

The supported bit rate for MP3 files is between 32kbps and 320kbps.

• To select a folder (if any), press the Navigation Buttons until the

desired folder name is highlighted, then press the Enter Button.

• To select a track, press the Navigation Buttons until the desired track

name is highlighted.

To start play of the selected track, press the Enter or Play Button.

During MP3/WMA playback, some of the standard CD/DVD playback

controls operate in their normal fashion (refer to Figure 59):

• You may skip forward to the next track on the disc by pressing the

Skip/Next Button.

• You may skip back to the previous track on the disc by pressing the

Skip/Prev Button

twice

• Press the Pause Button to momentarily stop playback. Press the Play

Button to resume play. Press the Stop Button to enter stop mode.

• Press the Search Forward or Search Reverse buttons, for fast search

of a track. Press the Play ›, Pause

± or Stop Button Í to end fast

play.

• Slow-play is not available during MP3/WMA playback.

• You may play an MP3 or WMA disc in random mode by adjusting

the Random setting in the Player Information submenu. You may also

access the Random function while an MP3 or WMA disc is playing

by pressing the Random Button. See Figure 75.

• The Repeat function may be accessed during playback of an MP3 or

WMA disc by pressing the Repeat Button on the remote. See Figure

74. Repeatedly press the Repeat Button to scroll through the options

of Repeat 1 (repeat one file), Repeat All (repeat all files) or Repeat

Folder (repeat all files within the current folder). The next press will

turn the repeat function off. Repeat A-B is not available during

MP3/WMA playback.

NOTES ON MP3 AND WMA PLAYBACK

• During playback, the front-panel display and the time indicator

on the screen above the list will show the elapsed time of the

track being played. Other time display options are not available

with MP3/WMA playback.

• The HS 500 is only compatible with standard MP3- and

WMA-encoded discs. Other compressed audio formats used

for Internet audio downloads will not play on the HS 500.

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