Sound

Table 17 Sound formats

Type

Description

AAC

Short for Advanced Audio Encoding (.aac, .adcs, .adif), one of the audio compression

 

formats defined in the MPEG-2 standard. AAC boosts higher quality audio reproduction

 

than MP3 and requires 30% less data to do so.

 

 

AMR-NB

Adaptive Multi Rate offers a wide range of data rates. The philosophy behind AMR is to

AMR-WB

lower the data rate as the interference increases to enable better error correction.

 

 

 

iMelody

iMelody is the Infrared Data Association (IrDA) standard for the textual representation of a

 

ring tone that can be used to transfer melodies between devices.

 

 

MIDI

The W760R/VA76R handset is MIDI 1.0 compliant (.mid, .midi, .mmf, .smf), and supports

 

any data format described in The Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification, including:

 

- MIDI, Type 0

 

- MIDI, Type 1

 

Scalable Polyphonic MIDI (SP-MIDI)

 

 

PCM

Pulse Coding Modulation, a digital representation of an analog signal.

 

 

MP3

The MP3 format (.mp3) provides the coding of audio for digital storage.

 

 

Real Audio

Real Audio (.ra, .rm) is a compressed format suitable for streaming over the internet.

 

 

WAV

Format for storing files (.wav). Linear pcm 8-bit and 16-bit, CCITT A-law and U-law.

 

 

WMA

Windows Media Audio.

 

 

Table 18 shows the bit rate, sampling rate, and stereo/mono capabilities for each supported format.

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