2009 Saturn Outlook Owner's Manual - Page 219

Instrument Panel 3-97 Using an MP3 (Radio with CD and DVD Player) MP3/WMA CD-R or CD-RW Disc Compressed Audio or Mixed Mode Discs The radio also plays discs that contain both uncompressed CD audio (.CDA files) and MP3/WMA files depending on which slot the disc is loaded into. By default the radio reads only the uncompressed audio (.CDA) and ignores the MP3/WMA files on the DVD deck. On the CD deck, pressing the CAT (category) button toggles between compressed and uncompressed audio format, the default being the uncompressed format (.CDA). MP3/WMA Format To create an MP3/WMA disc on a personal computer: order to reduce the complexity and confusion in trying to locate a particular folder during playback. • Make sure the MP3/WMA files are recorded on a CD-R or CD-RW disc. • Make sure playlists have a .m3u, .wpl or .pls extension as other file extensions might not work. • Do not mix standard audio and MP3/WMA files on one disc. • Minimize the length of the file, folder or playlist names. Long file, folder, or playlist names, or a combination of a large number of files and folders, or playlists could cause the player to be unable to play up to the maximum number of files, folders, playlists, or sessions. To play a large number of files, folders, playlists, or sessions, minimize the length of the file, folder, or playlist name. Long names also take up more space on the display, potentially getting cut off. • The CD player (lower slot) is able to read and play a maximum combination of 512 files and folders. The DVD player (upper slot) is able to read 255 folders, 15 playlists and 40 sessions. • Create a folder structure that makes it easy to find songs while driving. Organize songs by albums using one folder for each album. Each folder or album should contain 18 songs or less. • Avoid subfolders. The system can support up to eight subfolders deep, however, keep the total number of folders to a minimum in • Finalize the audio disc before burning it. Trying to add music to an existing disc could cause the disc not to function in the player.