MP3
and
WMA
Audi
o
(
cont
’
d)
Artist. If desired, the rest of the information (called properties) is best viewed from the
PC on which the MP3 or WMA file resides.
Since MP3s and WMAs may not be equipped with ID3 information, the display will be
missing certain data. At worst, the track will be identified only with its filename, and
any other field will be blank.
Lyrics
Your JX-
MP256FM
can
al
so
di
spl
ay
t
he
l
yr
i
cs
t
o
songs
as
t
hey’
r
e
pl
ayi
ng,
as
a
ki
nd
of
miniature karaoke machine. Songs that display lyrics must be accompanied by a lyric
text file, to be further discussed on page 33.
Organizing MP3 and WMA Music on Your PC
People who store MP3s and WMAs on their PCs usually place their songs into folders
so that their music may be organized in a preferred manner, either according to a
musi
cal
cat
egor
y
(
e.
g.
Rock
‘
n
Rol
l
,
Ol
di
es,
R&B,
Count
r
y
,
et
c.
)
,
t
he
songs
of
a
si
ngl
e
artist, or a particular album, by year, or by playlists (groups of favorite songs that seem
to work well together).
There are many software programs available, which permit easy organization of your
music files. Even without the benefit of such software, both Windows Explorer (not
Internet Explorer) and Windows Media Player offer a detailed view of the relationship
between the folders that hold your music, and the music files you wish to place within
them.
When you transfer musical tracks to the JX-MP256FM, you can keep the same folder
and file structure intact, and enjoy the same convenience and organization provided by
your PC.
As the ow
ner
of
t
hi
s
pr
oduct
,
i
t
’
s
possi
bl
e
t
hat
you
al
r
eady
have
a
col
l
ect
i
on
of
MP3s
and/or WMAs in your PC that are ready to be downloaded. If so, you can skip to
page
37.
I
f
you’
r
e
not
yet
exper
i
enced
i
n
wor
ki
ng
wi
t
h
MP3
or
WMA
f
or
mat
s,
or
i
n
transferring files between your PC and a USB device, information in this manual is
intended to help you.
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JX-MP256FM Digital Audio Player
The Ethics of Downloading Music
Once it became apparent that the Internet was an ideal environment for obtaining and
exchanging dig
i
t
al
dat
a,
i
t
wasn’
t
sur
pr
i
si
ng
t
hat
a
number
of
et
hi
cal
quest
i
ons
woul
d
arise, and that abuses would take place. According to existing copyright law,
purchased media products like music CDs or movies on DVD can only be copied for
backup purposes, but whose content cannot be exchanged over the Internet, or in any
other manner, without the permission and/or due compensation paid to its author(s) or
creator(s). These points are summarized below:
Digital Ethics
In the United States, you CAN generally make copies of any music you buy
if your copy is a backup of the original and intended for your own private use
if you wish to change its format (e.g. to MP3 or WMA), and then download it to a
portable music player (e.g. your JX-MP256FM)
to change the order of the songs on the original version, and then copy the result to
recordable media (e.g. a CD-R/RW disc or a cassette tape) for your own private use
to make a compilation of your favorite songs for your own private use
You can also lend the original recording to a friend, who can listen to it but who
CANNOT make copies for his/her personal use, or for distribution or sale to anyone
else.
These
r
est
r
i
ct
i
ons
have
been
i
mpl
ement
ed
t
o
pr
ot
ect
t
he
“
ar
t
i
st
i
c
pr
oper
t
y”
of
t
he
performers, composers, lyricists, and producers who provide us with musical
entertainment. However, there is a happy medium. You no longer have to spend up to
$20 for a CD in a record store, unless you want to. The world of the Internet has
brought forth a new type of market in which legal copies of individual songs or
compl
et
e
al
bums
can
be
obt
ai
ned
f
ar
l
ess
expensi
vel
y
i
f
t
hey’
r
e
downl
oaded
t
o
your
PC.
Once
t
hey’
r
e
pai
d
f
or
,
t
hey
can
be
downl
oaded,
l
i
st
ened
t
o,
and
copi
ed
(
bur
ned)
t
o
CD(
s)
,
as
l
ong
as
t
he
above
“
di
gi
t
al
et
hi
cs”
,
ar
e
obser
ved.
Mi
cr
os
oft, in their
development of the WMA audio file technology, has employed further safeguards that
govern the transfer of downloaded files to other computers and to portable devices,
known as Digital Rights Management (DRM).
JX-MP256FM Digital Audio Player
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