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Audio codecs
Your radio supports a range of audio codecs which provide compatibility
withawiderangeofInternetRadiostations.Thesealsoallowusersto
stream music from their computers.
Note that for any given audio codec, there are many streaming
protocolsavailable,andthusevenifanInternetRadiostationusesa
supported format, this does not guarantee that every such station will
work with your radio. The radio stations database to which your radio
connects is checked for compatibility so that most stations should be
playable without problems. Similarly when streaming media from a
computer, while a codec may be supported, there can be many subtle
variationsinformats,taggingschemesandprotocols(evenwithin
UPnP).Ingeneralyourradiowillplaythesupportedformatswithmost
common UPnP servers.
Bit-Rates
Thefollowingtablesummarizesthemaximumsupportedbit-ratesfor
the various audio formats that are playable on your radio. Higher rates
may be playable in some cases but performance of the product may be
affected.
Codec Maximum supported rate
AAC(LC) 320kbits/sec
MP3 320kbits/sec
Real Audio 64kbits/sec
WAV 1.536Mbits/sec
WMA(3) 320kbits/sec
Allcodecssupport2-channel(stereo)codedlesonly.
Allcodecssupportsampleratesupto48kbits/sec(includes32and
44.1kbits/sec).
FileswhichhaveDigitalRightsManagement(DRM)protectionapplied
will not be playable on your radio.
(1) Themaximumsupportedbit-rateisfora48kHzsampling,2
channels and 16-bits per sample.
(2) WMALossless,WMAVoice,WMA10Professional,andleswhich
haveDRMprotectionarenotsupported.