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Alcorn McBride MP3 Audio Machine User’s Manual • Rev H • April 2, 2004
Thank you for purchasing The Alcorn McBride MP3 Audio Machine™. The MP3
Audio Machine replaces tape machines, CDs and solid state audio players in
permanent audio playback installations, providing hours of high-quality,
maintenance-free digital audio.
The MP3 Audio Machine plays 16-bit MP3 or WAV files, stereo or mono. The 16-
bit linear PCM format provides higher quality audio playback than the MPEG
format, but consumes about ten times as much storage space per minute.
Editing your WAV, ASM, & SFD files is easy with the software included with your
unit. Then just copy the file to a Compact Flash Card, plug it into the MP3 Audio
Machine, and you’re ready to go.
Where vibration is a
concern, Compact Flash
Cards are the best
choice.
For data storage, the unit provides a socket for installing removable media, either
Compact Flash Card or micro drive.
The MP3 Audio Machine can be serially controlled using standard, ASCII-based
Pioneer Laser Disc protocol. Parallel control is also possible through the use of
contact-closures or voltage inputs.
Please browse the table of contents before jumping in, as we have included valuable
sections like one on getting started right out of the box playing audio. Also, we have
included a section that discusses creating of MP3 material and where to get encoders.
We would like to provide you with Firmware updates and notify you
when additional features become available. Please send an email to
with only the words
subscribe mp3am
in
the message. This will add you to an email list meant to exclusively
inform you of firmware updates to the MP3 Audio Machine and
nothing else.
For now, have fun with your new MP3 Audio Machine!
