audio settings

encoding rate

The encoding rate determines the sound quality of the tracks recorded to your digital entertainment center. A higher rate (less file compression) improves sound quality, but it also increases file size. At the default rate, 128 kbps (kilobits per second), your digital entertainment center can hold roughly 750 CDs of music (about 9,000 tracks); at 256 kbps it can hold about half that amount.

To change the rate:

1From the settings menu, select Audio Settings, then select Encoding rate.

2Choose a rate from the drop-down menu. Available rates are:

—96 kbps: space saver

—128 kbps: good (the default rate)

—160 kbps: very good

—192 kbps: excellent

—256 kbps: audiophile

note This setting determines only the encoding rate for CDs recorded to the digital entertainment center from its internal CD drive. Files downloaded from the Internet, imported from a networked PC (see “copying music from a networked PC” on page 33), or copied from an MP3 CD maintain their original encoding rate through the transfer process.

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