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About AUDIO on CD-ROMs
There are three types of Audio that you will find on CD-ROM discs:
• CD-DA Compact Disc Digital Audio (Conforms to the Red Book Standard)
• Compressed Audio (ADPCM, Adaptive Pulse Code Modulation).
Conforms to the Yellow Book Standard and is found on CD-ROM discs.
• Compressed Audio (ADPCM) that is interleaved with computer data and
found on CD-ROM XA discs.
Compact Disc Digital Audio is high quality audio you’re probably familiar with
on audio compact discs (CDs). This audio is output through the RCA jacks on the
back of the Pioneer CD-ROM Changer. Cables from these RCA jacks can be
connected to an amplifier and speakers or to powered speakers. You can also
hear the audio through headphones connected to the headphone jack on the front
of the unit.
Compressed Audio found on most CD-ROMs requires that a Sound Card be
installed in the computer. The drive transfers the compressed audio data to the
host computer for decompression and conversion through the sound card. The
sound card processes the audio through the computer and outputs the audio
through jacks to an amplifier and speakers or to powered speakers.
Check with the publisher or distributor of the CD ROM product to determine if it
uses CD-DA or compressed audio. Remember if the CD-ROM product outputs
compressed audio, you will need a sound card in your computer to hear the audio.
Kodak Photo CDs - Single Session/ Multi-Session
Pioneer CD-ROM Changers are Kodak Photo-CD compatible and can read
multi-session Kodak Photo-CDs. Multi-session Photo-CDs are those where sets
of photographs are encoded onto the disc at different times. Single-session
Photo-CDs have only one set of photos on the disc, encoded at one time. A
program that will open Photo-CD files for viewing is also required, such as
Kodak Viewer, Aldus PhotoShop, QUICKTIME for the Macintosh, or Microsoft
Video for Windows.
Special Issues Chapter 5
5-2 Software Driver Installation Guide / Owner’s Manual