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five: the emplode music
management software
Before proceeding with this section, install the emplode
software as described in section three.
Introduction
The emplode program is responsible for managing the
music database on your empeg car player, including
loading tracks, setting and changing track details and
organising your music. The program runs on your home
computer and communicates with your player via a USB,
Ethernet or Serial connection – refer to section three for
details of making this connection.
Documentation
This guide gives a basic overview for using emplode.
Full documentation is provided with the program via the
Windows help system.
Encoding your music
Before music can be played by the empeg car it must be
encoded in a supported audio format. Currently
supported formats are MP3 and MP2, with more coming
in subsequent software upgrades. These formats compress
the data yet maintain excellent audio characteristics,
which is why the empeg car can store so much music.
The empeg emplode software does not perform the
encoding – this may have been performed by your music
vendor (if you are purchasing tracks in MP3 format) or, if
you wish to encode your own CD collection, a third party
product is required. There are many such products – some
free, some commercial – available from the Internet and
computer stores. We recommend Audio Catalyst by Xing
Technology (http://www.xingtech.com) as it is fast, of high
quality and easy to use.
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