McIntosh MS300 user manual Selecting the Audio Encoder Type

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Manual	USER PREFERENCES
MS300 User’s

SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE

You can specify which audio encoder (MP3 or FLAC) you want to use for recording audio in to your MS300. 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 of the original CD.

Follow these steps to select an audio encoder:

1.Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.

2.Select the AUDIO menu.

3.Select the RECORDING PREFERENCES menu.

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

5.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 MS300.

FLAC audio will always take up approximately 50% of the original WAV/AIFF ﬁle size. The FLAC compression level has been optimized to the MS300’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”.

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Music Server MS300 User’s Manual Page Page Important Safety Instructions Page Table of Contents Safety Instructions Product Introduction Table of Contents Setting the Screen Saver Preferences Activation Idle Time ModeMS300 User’s Setting UP the MS300 WEB Server Using the WEB User Interface Restarting the System Updating the SoftwareGeneral Speciﬁcations Audio SpeciﬁcationsVideo Speciﬁcations FCC Part 15, Subpart BTrademarks & Service Marks IntroductionElectronics Three Year Limited Warranty Certificate About this Manual Record Your Serial NumberRepair Authorization Copyright Quick Setup SetupOff = unit on Power button once to turn on the MS300 Navigation Power STANDBY/ON IR Receiver Communication Ports Entering Numeric Entry Mode Setup Music on the MS300 Getting Music Into the MS300Recording from the Internal CD Supported External CD Changers Connecting Sony DVP-CX777ES CD/DVD Changers CDs Only Connecting Sony CD Changers Connecting Kenwood CD/DVD Changers CDs Only Connecting Pioneer CD/DVD Changers CDs Only Loading Discs Into Changers Hard drive Importing Music Files System Requirements MS300 User’s Importing from a PC MS300 User’s Importing from a Mac MS300 User’s Recording from Other External Sources Erasing a CD-RW Disc Listening to Music Playing the Current Title View By Artist Changing the Current Play Mode MS300 User’s View By SongViewing by Genre Listening to iRADIO Browsing Internet Radio StationsPlaying the Current Station Managing Your Media Creating PlaylistsManaging Your Media Creating Groups Managing Your Media Adding Internet Radio Stations Managing Your Media Editing Disc Info MS300 User’s Automatically Lookup Information for This Disc MS300 User’s Searching for the Original Cover MS300 User’s MS300 User’s Editing Track Names Editing Radio Information Editing Playlists Follow these steps to edit a Group Always sorted alphabetically You may delete entire Playlists from the Music Guide Follow these steps to delete Groups Creating CDs Creating a Custom MIX CDCreating CDs Duplicating a CD Recording from AN External Source User Preferences Activation Idle TimeMS300 User’s Photo Screen Saver Mode Specify which US time zone your MS300 is located Setting Your ZIP Code Enabling Password Protection Choosing Your Network Connection MS300 User’s Testing the Connection MS300 User’s Ethernet Settings MS300 User’s Dialup Settings Setting the MS300 Server Settings Networking Configuring a MS300 ServerConfiguring a MS300 Client Server SelectionPeer to Peer Music Sharing Selecting the Audio Encoder Type Setting the Disc Insert Preferences Video Output Preferences Video FormatMS300 User’s Centering the MS300 Screen MS300 User’s Adjusting your TV’s Brightness MS300 User’s Adjusting your TV’s Contrast MS300 User’s Adjusting your TV’s Sharpness MS300 User’s Adjusting your TV’s Color and Tint Looking UP Disc Information MS300 User’s Automatically Getting Disc Information MS300 User’s Getting Disc Information for a Range of Discs MS300 User’s Getting Disc Information for All Discs Recording from External Changers MS300 User’s Automatically Recording CDs MS300 User’s Recording a Range of CDs MS300 User’s Recording All CDs Controlling the MS300 from Other Devices MS300 Utilities MS300 User’s Restarting the System MS300 User’s Updating the Software Setting UP the MS300 WEB Server WEB Browser ControlConnecting to Your MS300 Using a WEB Browser Using the WEB Browser AS a Music Client Backup and Restore MS300 Music BackupTroubleshooting Network ProblemsAdditional Info Mcintosh Product SupportAudio Speciﬁcations MS300 User’s FCC Part 15, Subpart B Gracenote License Agreement MS300 User’s Manual Packing Instructions MS300 User’s Manual