[NefCanuck]

NOS2Go4Me,Apr 28 2005, 01:58 PM Wrote:One thing I'd caution you against, unless you find it listed SPECIFICALLY as supported somewhere by Ford, is that all of your MP3s are burnt at a constant bit rate (CBR). This means 192Kbit/sec, 320Kbit/sec, etc. The alternative is VBR, or variable bit rate. Some people have been getting in the habit of encoding all their music to VBR MP3s as they're supposed to "enhance" the sound quality and bring out the quality while saving file size at times. That might be true, but some MP3-capable headunits are NOT VBR-friendly.

If that's all greek to you, then just smile and nod and ignore the techie guy. If it makes sense, you might want to look into that if you're into encoding your MP3s as VBR MP3s.

:hi: by the way!
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Thanks, oh don't worry, I'm a tech geek from way back (Commodore PET ringing any bells to ya?)

Yeah the reason I ask, is because from the Ford literature I've been able to find, all it says is the magic words "MP3 capable playback" without any regard to the details, and darnit I'm a details kinda guy! :icon_mrgreen:

Now to grab a decent CD R on my way home from work and see whether I can burn an mp3 disc that this player will like (if the deck took CD RW's I'd be laughing but theres no way I'd get that lucky now would I?

NefCanuck