Operating Tips for WMA; Playable WMA file specification- Page 79

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Operating Tips for WMA

WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and 
is the audio compression format used by 
Microsoft. 
Audio data can be created and stored at a 
higher compression ratio than MP3. 

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Microsoft and Windows Media are 
registered trademarks of Microsoft 
Corporation U.S. in the United States and 
other countries. 

Playable WMA file specification

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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In a WMA file, the track name, artist name 
and album name are recorded with data 
called “WMA-Tag”, and the information can 
be displayed. 

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WMA files which do not comply with the 
specific standard may not be played 
correctly or its file and folder name may not 
be displayed correctly. 

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The file extension may not be provided 
depending on the computer operating 
system, version, software, or settings. In 
this case, add the file extension “.wma” to 
the end of the file name, and then write the 
disc.  

Item

Content

Specification

Windows Media 
Audio Version 
7.0, 8.0, 9.0 

Sampling 
frequency 

Bit rate 

32kHz. . . . . . . 
32, 40, 48 kbps 

44.1kHz . . . . .
32, 48, 64, 80, 
96, 128, 160, 
192, 256, 320 
kbps 

48kHz. . . . . . . 
64, 96, 128, 160, 
192 kbps 

VBR (Variable Bit 
Rate)

Supported 

Channel mode

Stereo/Monaural 

WMA tag 

Title, artist name, 
album name 

 CAUTION

This unit plays files with the (.wma) file 
extension as a WMA file. Do not use the 
WMA file extension for files other than 
WMA files. It may cause noise or a 
malfunction.