Olympus WS 450 S, WS-560M, WS 550 M manual About music file, MPEG2 Layer3

"For WS-450S:

	Segment repeat	This function enables
		repeated playback of part of
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		the file being played.
		This changes the order of the
	[Replace]	files in the selected folder. It
		is useful for playing back files
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		in a preferred order while in
		normal playback mode etc.
		The recorder has a Voice
		Filter Function to cut low
3	[Voice Filter]
		and high frequency tones
	(☞ P.36, P.40)	during normal, fast, or slow
Playback	(☞ P.36, P. 41)	playback, and enable clear
		mode that fits your prefer-
		audio playback.
	[Play Mode]	You can select the playback
		ence.
	[Play Speed]	The playback speed can be
		set to slow speed or fast
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		speed playback.
	[Skip Space]	The skip interval length can
	(☞ P.36, P.43)	be set.

Playback

About music file

In cases where the recorder is unable to playback music files that have been transferred to it, check to make sure that the sampling rate and bit rate are in the range where playback is possible. Combinations of sampling rates and bit rates for music files which the recorder can playback are given below.

File	Sampling	Bit rate
format	frequency
WAV*	44.1 kHz	16 bit
format
	MPEG1 Layer3:
	32 kHz, 44.1 kHz,	From 8 kbps up to
MP3*	48 kHz
format	MPEG2 Layer3:	320 kbps
	16 kHz, 22.05 kHz,
	24 kHz
	8 kHz, 11 kHz,	From 5 kbps up to
WMA	16 kHz, 22 kHz,
format	32 kHz, 44.1 kHz,	320 kbps

48kHz

* For WS-560M, WS-550M only.

•Variable bitrate MP3 files (in which conversion bitrates can vary) may not play properly.

•For WAV files, this recorder can only play back those in the linear PCM format. WAV files other than these cannot be played back.

•This recorder is compatible with Microsoft Corporation DRM9, but not with DRM10.

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