Scott's AV715 FAQ

This web page is about the Raite AV715 DVD player, but is in no way affiliated with Raite. All of this information is stuff I've researched on my own, or read somewhere on the web. I've tried to be accurate, but mistakes are bound to happen. I've concentrated on the MP3 parts of the player, since that's what I'm mainly interested in.

• Q: Does the Raite play Variable Bit Rate MP3's?
  A: Yes. But you need version 5-37 (or later) of the firmware.
• Q: Does the Raite play Joint Stereo MP3's?
  A: Yes. But you need version 5-3C (or later) of the firmware. Actually, 5-34 will play them, they just sound really bad. Note that a U.S. version of 5-3C has not been released as of 1/15/2000
• Q: How can I tell what version of the firmware I have?
  First press, setup. That should take you to the setup menu. If it doesn't, take any discs in the unit out, turn it off and on, then press setup. From the "SETUP MENU -- MAIN PAGE" press "slow", "skip left", then "3" The firmware should be displayed in the upper left. It should say something like FAR12ENX --05--34
• Q: How Can I upgrade my firmware?
  As of 1/15/2000, I know of no legitimate way to do it. There are rumors of an upgrade CDROM, but if such a thing exists, it certainly hasn't been released yet. The rumors claim it only works with versions beyond 5-37, so it's probably not much help anyway. Some people have pulled the eeprom and reprogrammed it. To do this you need a copy of the updated firmware.
• Q: Does the Raite play low and high bit rate MP3's?
  A: Yes. I have verified that firmware version 5-34 plays all bit rates from 32Kbps to 320Kbps, in both mono and stereo (but not joint stereo or VBR.) It's likely that future versions will play all bit rates including the really low ones, as well as Joint stereo and VBR.
• Q: Can the Raite display ID3 Tags?
  A: Not really. There's a way for it to display images though, so it's possible to put the ID3 tags into an image file and have them displayed that way. - see the dir715 page for more info about that.
• Q: Is there a shuffle mode for MP3's or audio CD's?
  No.
• Q: What are the secret key codes?
  These may or may not work on your unit;

  Slow/Skip Left/BREAK	causes the adjustment to Codefree
  Slow/Skip Left/Skip RIGHT	Here you can adjust the RC
  Slow/Skip Left/3	Display the region code and firmware version number
  Slow/Skip Left/0	Not sure, something about reset.
  Slow/Skip Left/1	Volume regulation (+/) is deactivated
  Slow/Skip Left/2	No function proven, probably similar to 1
  Slow/Skip Left/4	To the selection of the used DVDs (???)
  Setup/Slow/SkipR/break	"M " appear Macro vision off.

• Q: What's stdfont.24?
  stdfont.24 is a font file for Chinese characters. It's not necessary unless you want chinese characters in your lyrics or directories.
• Q: How can I burn a Romeo format CD, and what is it?
  Romeo format is a unicode (16 bit character) extension. In general, if you really wanted it, you'd already know how to do it. The Raite reads standard ISO9660 format CD's, and will read Joliet format as well, though it doesn't read the long filenames.