ItemDetailsSpecificationMPEG-2 AUDIO LAYER3Sampling fre-quency [kHz]MPEG-1: 32/44.1/48MPEG-2: 16/22.05/24Bit rate [kbps]MPEG-1: 32 to 320MPEG-2: 8 to 160VBR (varia- ble bit rate)SupportChannel modeStereo/ Joint stereo/ Dual
channel/ MonauralFile exten- sionmp3Supported taginformationID3 tag Ver. 1.0, Ver. 1.1,
Ver. 2.2, Ver. 2.3, Ver. 2.4
(ISO-8859-1, UTF-16 (Uni-
code)), Titles, Artist name,
Album nameMaximum number of characters
that can be
indicated on the display64 charactersWhat Is WMA?
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WMA is the abbreviation of Windows Media
Audio,  and  this  is  an  audio  compression  for-
mat  from  Microsoft.  This  is  a  compression format  that  has  a  higher  compression  ratio
than MP3.
NOTEl Microsoft,  Windows  Media,  and  Windows
are  registered  trademarks  of  Microsoft  Cor-
poration (USA) and in other countries.CAUTIONl WMA  supports  digital  rights  management
(DRM).  This  product  cannot  play  back WMA files protected using this system.
l WMA files different to the standards at right
may  not  play  back  correctly,  or  file/folder names may not be displayed correctly.
l “Pro”,  “Lossless”,  and  “Voice”  are  not  sup-
ported.
Standards  for  WMA  Files  That
Can Be Played Back
Specifications  for  WMA  files  that  can  be
played are as shown below.
ItemDetailsSpecificationWindows Media Audio Ver-
sion7.0/8.0/9.0ItemDetailsSampling fre- quency [kHz]32/44.1/48Bit rate [kbps]48 to 320VBR
(variable bit rate)SupportChannelmodeStereo/MonauralFile exten- sionwmaSupported taginformationWMA tags
Title name, Artist name, Al-
bum nameMaximum number of characters
that can be
indicated on the display64 charactersWhat is AAC?
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AAC  is  the  abbreviation  of  Advanced  Audio
Coding,  and  this  is  an  audio  compression standard  used  in  “MPEG-2”  and  “MPEG-4”. This  features  1.4x  the  compression  of  MP3,
with comparable audio quality.
Audio Files (MP3/WMA/AAC)
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