RCA RD2211 User Manual page 27

Getting Started
Set basic preferences.
2. Check Analog if your CD-ROM
drive does not support digital
audio extraction.
E. With the Preferences menu dis-
played, click Audio Quality to display
the Audio Quality menu.
F. Select a recording Format and
Quality Level.
1. RealAudio is RealNetworks'
audio format. This format saves
your music as RealAudio (.rmx)
secure or RealAudio unsecured
(.rmj) files. Compression levels
available are (96, 64, and 44
Stereo, and 32 Kbps Mono).
96kbps Stereo has the best quality
sound, but uses the most disk
space.
2. MP3 Audio is MPEG layer 3
Audio available at multiple com-
pression levels from 32 kbps mono
to 320 kpbs stereo. 320 kbps has
the best quality sound, but uses
the most disk space. We recom-
mend using 128 kbps.
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3. Wave Audio is unencoded music
that is not compressed. This format
has the best quality sound but
requires the largest file size, as much
as 650MB per CD. Wave Audio files
are much larger than RealAudio and
MP3 Audio files.
G. Select a Secure Files setting
1. Secure Files On
Files recorded with security on
can only be played on the PC on
which they were recorded.
Note: If you record with the security
feature on, make sure you perform a
security key back up (Backup Security
Key feature located under Options
menu).
2. Secure Files Off
Most people choose to turn the
Secure Files feature off.
Notes: In the future, some music may
require the security feature turned on
to record to your computer.
Turn this feature off if you own two
computers and exchange files
between them.
3. Click OK.
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