Copying music files from a CD
When an external CD drive is connected to the HDD AUDIO PLAYER, you can use the [Import CD] function to copy music files stored on a CD directly to the internal hard disk drive of the HDD AUDIO PLAYER.
The music files copied from the CD can be played or viewed for music information on the screen in the same way as music files transferred from your computer.
Note
- Be sure to use an external CD drive that is powered through the AC adaptor and connect it to a power outlet. Successful operations with power supply from the HDD AUDIO PLAYER are not guaranteed.
- During playback of a file, if you start preparing for the [Import CD] function by inserting a CD, the playback stops.
- Connect an external CD drive to the EXT port on the rear panel of the HDD AUDIO PLAYER.
If an AC adaptor is supplied with your external CD drive, connect it to a power outlet.
- Insert the CD containing music files that you want to copy into the external CD drive.
The message [CD inserted in drive. Copy music from the CD? Selecting "No" allows you to remove the CD.] appears.
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Select [Yes] and push the jog dial in.
A preparation screen for music copy appears.
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Push the jog dial in.
A selection screen for the format to encode appears.
- Select either [WAV] or [FLAC] (*1).
A selection screen for the copy speed appears.
- Select either [With verification and retries (Slow)] or [Without verification and retries (Fast)] (*2).
A selection screen for the album information appears (*3).
The HDD AUDIO PLAYER automatically accesses the Gracenote server based on the record information of the CD and obtains the album information of the CD.
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Select the item that seems the same as the album information of the CD that you want to copy (*4) and push the jog dial in.
A confirmation screen that displays the track list of the selected album information appears.
Make sure that the correct contents of the CD you want to copy are displayed. If not, press the BACK button to return to the selection screen for the album information.
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Push the jog dial in to start music copy from the CD.
You can confirm the progress status on the screen.
To cancel music copy, push the jog dial in.
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After all tracks are copied, check the copy results and push the jog dial in (*5).
To remove the CD and return to the preparation screen for music copy, select [Copy another CD] on the screen.
To remove the CD and return to the Home screen, select [Exit].
Copied music files are stored in the [HAP_Internal/Imported] folder.
*1 Format to encode in
WAV:
PCM data stored on the CD is saved without compression. The WAV format consumes more hard disk capacity, by making the file size larger, but requires less CPU power for playback than the FLAC format. As the HDD AUDIO PLAYER saves the music information obtained from the Gracenote server to the ID3 chunk as well as to the LIST chuck in the standard WAV file format when saving tag information of the music files, you can also use album jacket photos saved on any music player that supports the ID3 chunk.
FLAC:
PCM data stored on the CD is compressed by lossless compression and saved. The FLAC format consumes less hard disk capacity for saving music files than the WAV format. You can convert the PCM data saved in the FLAC format back to the original data stored in the CD for playback. When [FLAC] is selected, you can save various tag information in the standard format. The FLAC format is not available for playback in iTunes and requires more CPU power for data expansion than the WAV format.
*2 Copy speed
With verification and retries (Slow):
Reading PCM data from a damaged CD may cause the read data not to be bit perfect because unreadable data is interpolated by the data interpolation function of the CD drive. The HDD AUDIO PLAYER reads the same unreadable data for multiple times until the read results are found consistent. In this way, PCM data read from a slightly damaged CD is compensated to be nearly bit perfect. If a CD is extensively damaged, however, selecting [Without verification and retries (Fast)] may ensure stable data reading.
Without verification and retries (Fast):
PCM data read from the CD drive is saved directly in the WAV format or converted and saved in the FLAC format.
*3 Album information selection
The HDD AUDIO PLAYER obtains the album information that seems consistent with the CD you want to copy from the Gracenote server, based on the record information of the CD. When it finds more than one possible albums on the Gracenote server, it displays multiple possible albums. When it finds no possible album, select the [Data not found on server.] option. The HDD AUDIO PLAYER uses tag information for the album name (Album00001) and the track name (01 track) to avoid overlapping with other albums. The numeral part of the album name incrementally increases for each CD copy. The numeral part of the track name indicates the actual track number.
*4 When music files with the same album information as the selected CD are already stored on the hard disk, a confirmation screen appears as follows:
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If you attempt to copy the CD containing the same music files as the already stored ones in the same file format, an overwrite confirmation screen appears. Executing the copy operation will overwrite the previously copied music files. Be sure to make a backup copy of the files as needed.
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If you attempt to copy the CD containing the same music files as the already stored ones in a different file format or if music files you copied without using the [Import CD] function are already stored, a duplicate confirmation screen appears. Executing the copy operation will not overwrite the previously copied music files, but multiple songs with the same track name will be displayed next to each other on the file list screens other than the one for displaying folders.
*5 Copy results
The successfully copied tracks are indicated with a green check mark while the failed tracks are indicated with a red cross (x) mark. When [With verification and retries (Slow)] is selected for the copy speed, the numbers of detected errors ("Read errors," "Data interpolation errors," and "Retries") are displayed at the end of the list. When [Without verification and retries (Fast)] is selected, no error information is displayed.
Read errors:
Displays the number of failed read attempts.
Data interpolation errors:
Displays the number of times that interpolated data is taken as the read data. When the results of two consecutive read attempts are found inconsistent, the HDD AUDIO PLAYER repeats up to 20 read attempts. If no consistent results are found after the maximum read attempts, data that seems to have been interpolated by the CD drive is taken as the read data.
Retries:
Displays the number of read attempts that were made because the results of two consecutive read attempts are found inconsistent.