Escient EWP-2000 user manual Selecting the Audio Encoder Type, Setting the Disc Insert Preferences

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SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE

You can specify which audio encoder (MP3 or FLAC) you want to use for recording audio to your FireBall. The MP3 format allows the most flexibility and compatibility for efficiently storing many audio files while the FLAC format uses considerably more space than MP3 files, but preserves an exact bit-for-bit recording of the original, using half the space when compared to the full 44.1k CD audio format..

NOTE: YOU CANNOT STREAM FLAC TO THE WEB PAD. ONLY MP3 FILES CAN BE STREAMED.

Follow these steps to select an audio encoder:

1.Select the SETUP button to display the Setup menu.

2.Select the Recording Preferences menu item under Audio.

3.Select MP3 or CD Quality (FLAC) as your preferred encoder

4.If you selected MP3 as your preferred encoder, select a bitrate.

The MP3 bitrate is used to determine the relative quality and compression level. The higher the bitrate, the better quality and more space each song will occupy on the hard drive. Selecting a lower bitrate will provide lesser quality audio and will use less space for each song, allowing you to store more songs on your FireBall.

FLAC audio will always take up approximately 50% of the original WAV/ AIFF file size. The FLAC compression level has been optimized to FireBall’s processor speed and is not user adjustable. Creating a mix CD using FLAC audio files creates a CD which is identical to the original, thus it is referred to as “CD Quality”.

Setting User Preferences

SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES

You can specify what to do with new discs inserted into FireBall’s front panel CD drive. Display and Play will display the information for the disc and then play the disc. Record and Eject assists in bulk recording, allowing you to insert disc after disc, automatically recording then ejecting each one.

Follow these steps to set the Disc Insert Preferences:

1.Select the SETUP button to display the Setup menu.

2.Select the Disc Insert Preferences menu item under Audio.

3.Select Display and Play or Record and Eject.

Record and Eject will use the current Recording Preferences to record each disc to your internal hard drive. The Record Select Guide will not be displayed as all tracks are automatically selected and recorded to the internal hard drive. Use the Delete Music feature to delete any unwanted tracks.

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Contents EWP-2000 Table of Contents Setting a System Password Removing a System Password Ethernet Settings Dialup SettingsFCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Product IntroductionAbout this Manual Record Your Serial Number Trademarks & Service Marks Guidelines for TravelWarranty Information Setting Up The Web Pad Requirements10 11 Powering On the EWP-2000 from Power Off ModeFront Panel Overview Wireless Network Card and Antenna System Connecting To Your FireBall Selecting Your Fireball ServerFireBall Web Interface Music Guide Screen Music Player Screen Music Options ScreenBrowsing Your Music Library Music Guide Showing Tracks Music Player ScreenListening To Music View By ArtistChanging the Current Play Mode Listening To Internet Radio Browsing Internet Radio StationsMovies Guide Screen Watching DVD MoviesBrowsing Your Movie Library View By Title View By Cover Getting Music Into FireBall Recording from the Internal CDRecording from AN External Changer Managing Your Media Creating PlaylistsCreating Groups Adding Internet Radio Stations Updating the Internet Radio Stations List Editing Disc Info Edit Movie InfoAutomatically Lookup Information for This Disc Searching for the Original Cover Selecting an Existing Cover Editing Radio Information Editing Playlists Editing Groups Deleting Music Deleting Playlists Setting User Preferences Back to EWP-2000 Control Fireball and Stream PlayActivation Idle Time Setting the Screen Saver PreferencesSetting Your Time Zone Setting a System Password Ethernet Settings Setting the Fireball Server Name Setting the Disc Insert Preferences Selecting the Audio Encoder TypeManaging External Changers Automatically Getting Disc InformationGetting Disc Information for a Range of Discs Getting Disc Information for All DiscsAutomatically Recording CDs Recording a Range of CDs Getting Information about Your FireBall Restarting the SystemAdditional Information System
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