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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