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Transporter Owner’s Guide
Audio Formats
• Lossless Formats (Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA Lossless)
• “Bit-perfect” CD audio streaming, with reduced storage and bandwidth usage.
• Approximately 2:1 compression ratio
• Uncompressed formats (AIFF, WAV, PCM)
• Supports raw pass-through of uncompressed PCM audio formats
• Digital passthrough to S/PDIF for DTS
• Compressed formats (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack, WMA)
• MPEG decoding uses MAD software, widely regarded as the most accurate, most compatible MP3
decoder.
• High accuracy 24-bit synthesis
• Supports all MP3 data rates and sample rates, including VBR
• May be streamed in PCM (raw), MP3 (transcoded), or FLAC (transcoded) formats
• Sound Check and Replay Gain support for automatic volume control.
• Some formats may require additional software installation (e.g. Quick-time), depending on platform.
Internet Radio
• “Always-on” Internet Radio, powered by SqueezeNetwork, lets you tune in to Internet Radio streams even
when the home PC is switched off.
• Quick selection from hundreds of Internet Radio streams offered by Slim Devices’ partners.
• Internet Radio favorites can be saved in a playlist for easy access.
• Displays song title information during playback
• Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WMA formatted Internet Radio streams
Firmware
• Flash upgradable firmware
• Network settings are stored in non-volatile memory
• Auto-configuration for most networks
• Easy setup for wireless networks
Architecture
• 325 MHz 8-way multithreaded RISC processor
• “Pure software” SlimDSP™ architecture
• Field-upgradable Xilinx CPLD
• 64Mb high-speed RAM
• 16Mb program flash
• Low-power design, fanless
