Philips GoGear SA2MUS08 User Manual page 40

MSC [Mass Storage Class]
The USB mass storage device class (or
USB MSC or UMS) is a set of computing
communications protocols that provide an
interface to storage devices. Devices that
support this standard are referred to as MSC
(Mass Storage Class) devices.
MTP [Media Transfer Protocol]
Media Transfer Protocol supports the transfer
of music and video files to portable audio and
video players.
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Napster
Napster is an online music service offering
unlimited music you can easily transfer to your
MUSE player.
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Ogg Vorbis
Album art is a feature that displays the
artwork (cover picture) of a music album. This
display enables the user to quickly identify
a music album. The artwork files for music
albums can be downloaded from the Internet.
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RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS tuners can automatically tune in stations
according to the types of music (or talk)
they broadcast. RDS also enables a receiver
to display text messages and even graphics
(usually call letters and format information)
that many FM stations include on a sub-carrier
signal within their normal broadcast signal.
Some RDS equipped tuners can even override
with traffic alerts or emergency broadcasts,
during playback of other media - CD MD, or
cassette. There are other useful features too,
many of which are offered by the growing
number of RDS stations.
Rhapsody®
Rhapsody® is an on-line music service that
offers streaming on-demand access to its
library of digital music.
Rip (ripping)
Using a software program that "grabs" digital
audio from a compact disc and transfers it to a
computer hard drive. The integrity of the data
is preserved, because the signal does not pass
through the computer sound card, and need
not be converted to an analog format. The
digital-to-digital transfer creates a WAV file
that can then be converted into an MP3 file.
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SuperScroll
SuperScroll™ is a navigation feature of the
double-action search keys of the product.
SuperScroll™ allows easy speed control when
scrolling through large libraries to swiftly find
items within large libraries. Longer press of the
button results in faster scroll speed.
Surround Sound for movies
Surround Sound encompasses a range
of techniques for enriching the sound
reproduction quality of an audio source. The
three-dimensional (3D) sphere of human
hearing can be virtually achieved through
Surround Sound.
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