Jeep Patriot Owner's Manual page 234

232 UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL
When using the MP3/WMA encoder to compress audio
data to an MP3/WMA file, the bit rate and sampling
frequencies in the following table are supported. In
addition, variable bit rates (VBR) are also supported. The
majority of MP3/WMA files use a 44.1 kHz sampling rate
and a 192, 160, 128, 96 or VBR bit rates.
MPEG Sampling Fre-
Specification quency (kHz)
MPEG-1 Audio
48, 44.1, 32
Layer 3
MPEG-2 Audio
24, 22.05, 16
Layer 3
Specification
ID3 Tag information for artist, song title, and album title
are supported for ID3 version 1 tags. ID3 version 2 is not
supported by the radios.
Bit Rate (kbps)
Playlist files are not supported. MP3 Pro files are not
320, 256, 224,
supported.
192, 160, 128,
112, 96, 80, 64,
Playback of MP3/WMA Files
56, 48
When a medium containing MP3/WMA data is loaded,
160, 128, 144,
the radio checks all files on the medium. If the medium
112, 96, 80, 64,
contains a lot of folders or files, the radio will take more
56, 48
time to start playing the MP3/WMA files.
WMA Sampling Fre-
quency (kHz)
WMA 44.1 and 48
Bit Rate (kbps)
48, 64, 96, 128,
160, 192 VBR