Rio Carbon.The Rio Carbon The Rio Carbon is a line of digital audio players formerly produced by the now defunct Rio. They are hard disk-based audio players that can hold either 5 or 6 gigabytes of music, depending on the model. Available colors included silver and pearl. for Japan is the world's first player to contain Seagate's 5GB one-inch hard drive, apparently giving Rio liberty to call the player the "lightest in its class." MP3, WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. (with DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M , too) and Audible files can all be played back, and files can be transferred via a variety of methods. The most "anti-Apple" would be the iTunes plugin; MP3 files can be transferred using said software. But due to licensing restrictions, AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. files cannot. Other specifications include a 5-band equalizer, mono microphone, and 20-hour battery life on the internal lithium-ion cell. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More Info: www.rioaudio.jp/company/pressrelease/2004/008_CarbonForge.html |
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