Terms 90, Terms, Additional information – Pioneer DEH-P70BT User Manual

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Terms

AAC

AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding and

refers to an audio compression technology

standard used with MPEG 2 and MPEG 4.

Bit rate

This expresses data volume per second, or bps

units (bits per second). The higher the rate,

the more information is available to reproduce

the sound. Using the same encoding method

(such as MP3), the higher the rate, the better

the sound.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless radio con-

nectivity technology that is developed as a

cable replacement for mobile phones, hand-

held PCs and other devices. Bluetooth oper-

ates in 2.4 GHz frequency range and transmits

voice and data at speeds up to 1 megabit per

second. Bluetooth was launched by a special

interest group (SIG) that comprises of Ericsson

Inc., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp., Toshiba and IBM

in 1998, and it is currently developed by nearly

2,000 companies worldwide.

GAP

GAP is short for Generic Access Profile. This is

a basic profile of Bluetooth wireless technol-

ogy.

HFP

HFP is short for Hands Free Profile. This profile

is used for hands-free phoning with the de-

vices featuring Bluetooth wireless technology.

HSP

HSP is short for Head Set Profile. This profile

is used for connecting headset and communi-

cation terminal via Bluetooth wireless technol-

ogy.

ID3tag

This is a method of embedding track-related

information in an MP3 file. This embedded in-

formation can include the track title, the ar-

tists name, the album title, the music genre,

the year of production, comments and other

data. The contents can be freely edited using

software with ID3 Tag editing functions.

Although the tags are restricted as to the num-

ber of characters, the information can be

viewed when the track is played back.

ISO9660 format

This is the international standard for the for-

mat logic of CD-ROM folders and files. For the

ISO9660 format, there are regulations for the

following two levels.

Level 1:

The file name is in 8.3 format (the name con-

sists of up to 8 characters, half-byte English

capital letters and half-byte numerals and the

_ sign, with a file-extension of three charac-

ters).

Level 2:

The file name can have up to 31 characters (in-

cluding the separation mark . and a file ex-

tension). Each folder contains less than 8

hierarchies.

Extended formats

Joliet:

File names can have up to 64 characters.

Romeo:

File names can have up to 128 characters.

Linear PCM (LPCM)/Pulse code

modulation

This stands for linear pulse code modulation,

which is the signal recording system used for

music CDs and DVDs.

m3u

Playlists created using the WINAMP soft-

ware have a playlist file extension (.m3u).

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