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Main Features
■ Encoding the music files on an audio CD in
MP3 format
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and decoding the MP3 music
files
• You can record tracks on an audio CD in MP3 format. The
tracks are compressed approximately 1/10 in data size
when using the standard 128kbps bitrate
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.
• Available encoding bitrates are no compression (PCM),
96kbps, 128kbps, and 192kbps.
• You can display and edit the ID3 tag
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information
including song title, album title and artist name.
• You can record from the built-in CD player, digital input
and analog input. In addition, you can record (transfer) the
tracks stored on PC through USB interface.
• Sorting feature using the file information including ID3
tags is available for various playback modes.
• You can mark any tracks you like as your favorites and
play only the favorite tracks.
■ Playing audio CDs and CD-Rs
• You can play CD-Rs containing audio data in MP3 format
as well as ordinary audio CDs.
• You can copy the MP3 files recorded on a CD-R to the
internal hard disk drive (HDD) 10 times faster than when
recording tracks from an audio CD (when using the
QUICK REC feature).
■ Longer hours recording with the internal
hard disk drive (HDD)
• FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing) motor employed in the
HDD section has the lowest vibration characteristics
suited for audio device with motor. This enables stability
in playback.
• You can record and play MP3 music files many hours
using the HDD. More than 350 hours of music can be
recorded onto the 20GB HDD when using standard
128kbps bitrate.
• Timer recording feature allows you to record long hour
programs away from the MB-S1.
■ Transferring music files from PC to the
MB-S1
• The MP3 files stored on PC can be transferred to the MB-
S1 through USB interface using the Carry Tunes (attached
file transfer software).
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MP3
An audio compression format that is part of MPEG1 image
compression technology.
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2
bitrate
The maximum amount of data that can be processed by a system per
second.
Bit is the minimum unit for showing 0 and 1 in digital data.
kbps is the abbreviation of kilo bit per second. The larger the bitrate
is used, the greater the encoded file size is.
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ID3 tag
The area for storing character information on MP3 file.
You can add up to 128 bytes of character information such as album
title and artist name. Each information will be limited to 30
characters long. The information entered in the ID3 tag area can be
displayed and edited on the player which supports ID3 tag.