Specifications

Glossary A-6
Gigabyte (GB)
About a thousand million bytes. A 1 GB device can store 1000 MB worth of MP3
files. If your MP3 files are encoded at 128 kbps and each file is about 4 minutes
long, a 10 GB device can store about 2500 MP3 files.
GraceNote
See "CDDB".
Hard disk
The hard disk on your player is where all of your audio is stored. The hard disk is
also known as a Hard Disk Drive.
ID3 tag
ID3 tags are digitally embedded in MP3 files, providing you with information such
as the title, album, artist and genre of a song. This information is displayed when
the MP3 audio track is played back. ID3 tags can be edited.
InfraRed (IR)
A technology standard for transmitting data without cables, using infrared light
waves. Many devices like wireless remote controls use IR.
kbps
Kilobits-per-second. A measure of how good the bitrate is. 128 kbps is the
standard bitrate for MP3 files. 128 kbps MP3s are near-CD quality. However, you
can encode MP3s at 160 or 192 Kbps.
kHz
This stands for kiloHertz, literally a thousand cycles per second, a measure of
audio frequency.
Line-In Recording
A WAV or MP3 file made by recording audio through the Line-In connector of your
player. In general, recordings made via the Line-In connector are of better quality
than recordings made using the Wired Remote or FM Wired Remote. You would
normally use the Line-In connector to record music from CD players or other audio
playing devices. If you select a high sampling rate for a WAV recording, the audio
quality can easily match that of a MiniDisc recording or a DAT.