Mazda 2: Reference [CD Player]

• The CD player has been designed to play CDs bearing the identification logo, COMPACT DISC DIGITAL AUDIO, as shown. No other discs can be played on the CD player other than MP3/WMA applicable one.

• The CD player may not play the following CD:
  • Defective CD (e.g., cracked, badly bent, rough edges, scratch, dirty CD condensation)
  • CDs accessories (e.g., sticker, label)
  • Nonstandard CD (e.g., Diameter/thickness is out of specification)
    • Specification: 119.7-120.3 mm (4.668-4.692 in) of diameter, 1.2+0.3 or -0.1 mm (0.047+0.012 or 0.004 in) of thickness
• Do not use non-conventional discs. The CD player could be damaged.
  • Examples:

• Although the same physical size as the compact disc, SACD uses a different kind of digital audio signal, Direct Stream Digital.
• The CD player may not play the CD-R/RW properly due to the disc condition (excluding the MP3/WMA).

MP3/WMA-Formatted File

Outline of CD-R and CD-RW

• Definition

• CD-R: The CD-R is a non-rewritable version. Once a section of a CD-R is written, it cannot be erased or rewritten.
• CD-RW: The CD-RW is a re-writable version of CD-ROM and can be written the data an unlimited number of times.
• Since a reflected laser beam amount of the CD-R/RW is less than the reflected laser beam amount of the conventional CD media, the CD player may not play the CD-R/RW or have the sound jumped.
• Since the recording quality of the CD-R/RW vary widely, some CD-R/ RW may not be played.

Recording method

• There are two methods for recording.
• Classification by recorder

• Record the audio data in the audio-CD by audio recorder
  • The price of the audio recorder and original audio-CD includes the copyright fee.
• Recorded the audio data in the conventional data-CD by the personal computer
  • The data-CD is cheaper than the audio-CD. But, there is a CD with the low quality.

• Classification by audio data uncompression/compression

• Uncompressed audio data
  • The CD-R/RW player can play the uncompressed audio data.
• Compressed audio data
  • It is possible to record the large quantity of music in a disc. The sound quality varies depends on the audio data compression format. The compressed audio data can be played on the applicable player only.
• Type of compression format:
  • MP3: MPEG Audio Layer 3-Mazda genie MP3 applicable CD player is available.
  • WMA: Windows Media Audio-Mazda genie WMA applicable CD player is available.
  • ATRAG: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding

MP3

• The following condition should be met in order to record the MP3-formatted data on the MP3 applicable CD player:

WMA (Windows media audio)

• CD-R and CD-RW including WMA files can be played with this unit. Discs which conform to the following formats can be played.

Playable WMA files are as follows:

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