Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center | User’s Guide 9 |
Recording quality
The Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center is set up to record your music CDs at optimal compression rates. It is configured to record your CD music and convert it into high quality digital audio files that are less compressed for the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center to play or smaller, more highly compressed files to transfer to your portable Rio digital audio player.
Approximate recording capacity (number of CDs worth of music) at various quality settings
|
|
|
| Standard Recording Settings |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 128kbps | 160kbps | 192kbps | 256kbps | 320kbps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None | 668 | 535 | 446 | 334 | 267 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portable | 64kbps | 446 | 382 | 334 | 267 | 223 | |
Recording |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 96kbps | 382 | 334 | 297 | 243 | 206 | |
Settings | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 128kbps | 334 | 297 | 267 | 223 | 191 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capacity estimated using 60 minute CDs and 38.5 GB of available hard drive space. Actual performance may vary.
Customize standard recording settings
1.Press Down on the Navigation Button to highlight Customize Standard Recording Settings.
2.Press Select on the Navigation Button to display the Current Standard Recording Quality screen.
The currently available compression rates are listed in Kbps with the default speed highlighted. At the bottom of the list is the Advanced option.
3.Highlight the recording rate you want to use by pressing Up or Down on the Navigation Button, and then press Select to return to the setup screen.
Hint: Kbps stands for Kilobits Per Second. In this instance it refers to the number of bits used to make up one second of sound. 128 Kbps means it takes 128,000 bits to produce one second of sound.
