Audio Settings; Encoding Rate - HP de100c Owner's Manual

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audio settings

encoding rate

The encoding rate determines the sound quality of the tracks recorded to your digital
entertainment center. A higher rate (less file compression) improves sound quality, but it also
increases file size. At the default rate, 128 kbps (kilobits per second), your digital
entertainment center can hold roughly 750 CDs of music (about 9,000 tracks); at 256 kbps it
can hold about half that amount.
To change the rate:
1
From the settings menu, select Encoding rate.
2
Choose a rate from the drop-down menu. Available rates are:
— 96 kbps: space saver
— 128 kbps: good (the default rate)
— 160 kbps: very good
— 192 kbps: excellent
— 256 kbps: audiophile
note
This setting determines only the encoding rate for CDs recorded to the digital entertainment
center from its internal CD drive. Files downloaded from the Internet or imported from a
networked PC (see "copying music from a networked PC" on page 33) maintain their original
encoding rate through the transfer process.