Audio codecs, Bit-rates – Sangean WFT-2D (V1) User Manual

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Audio codecs

Your radio supports a range of audio codecs which provide compatibility with a wide range of

Internet Radio stations. These also allow users to stream music from their computers or to play

directly from USB fl ash memory devices. Note that for any given audio codec, there are many

streaming protocols available, and thus even if an Internet Radio station uses a supported

format, this does not guarantee that every such station will work with your radio. The radio

stations database to which your radio connects is checked for compatibility so that most stations

should be playable without problems. Similarly when streaming media from a computer, while a

codec may be supported, there can be many subtle variations in formats, tagging schemes and

protocols (even within UPnP). In general your radio will play the supported formats with most

common UPnP servers.

Bit-Rates

The following table summarises the maximum supported bit-rates for the various audio formats

that are playable on your radio. Higher rates may be playable in some cases but performance of

the product may be affected.

Codec

Maximum supported rate

AAC (LC)

320 kbits/sec

FLAC (1)

1.5 Mbits/sec

LPCM (2)

1.536 Mbits/sec

MP3

320 kbits/sec

Real Audio

64 kbits/sec

WAV

1.536 Mbits/sec

WMA (3)

320 kbits/sec

All codecs support 2-channel (stereo) coded files only.

All codecs support sample rates up to 48 kbits/sec (includes 32 and 44.1 kbits/sec).

Files which have Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection applied will not be playable on

your radio.

(1) 16 and 24 bit samples are supported in FLAC files

(2) The maximum supported bit-rate is for a 48 kHz sampling, 2 channels and 16-bits per sample.

(3) WMA Lossless, WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and files which have DRM protection are

not supported.

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