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Note that there were 4 attempts to contact the VIA!dj at IP Address 192.168.1.105 and at each

attempt the VIA!dj sent back a “Reply”. The statistics at the bottom of the screen indicate that

there were 4 “packets” sent, that all 4 were received, and none were lost.

The following is an example of a PING command issued to a VIA!dj that the network could not

detect:

Unsuccessful PING to IP Address 192.168.1.103

Note that there were 4 attempts to contact the VIA!dj at IP Address 192.168.1.103, but 0 packets

were received and 4 packets were lost. Instead of a “reply” you get a “Request timed out”: This is

an indication that the either VIA!dj is not wired correctly to the network, or that the VIA!dj’s

Ethernet Settings have not been properly configured.

IV.

RECORDING CDs

The VIA!dj allows you to record CDs at four compression rates. As shown in the table below, the

higher quality options use more space in the VIA!dj’s hard drive:

One of the unique features of the VIA!dj is its 192Kb/s Variable Bit Rate (VBR) recording option.

At this setting, the VIA!dj actually analyzes the content of the music being recorded and adjusts

the sampling rate according to the detail and nuances of particular passages. This gives you a

high-quality recording at 1/6 the hard drive space of an uncompressed CD. This setting is ideal for

whole-house audio distribution systems where the music is primarily being played over in-wall

and/or in-ceiling speakers.

NOTE: When recording a CD, the initial transfer of data is uncompressed. The actual

compression of the data (at whatever Recording Quality option has been selected) takes

place only when the VIA!dj is not playing music. This is important to know as, if you

attempting to record multiple CDs, you may receive a message saying that there is not

enough space on the hard drive to continue recording. If this occurs, you will need to let

the VIA!dj ‘stand’ for a period of time while it compresses the recorded data and frees up

hard disc space. We suggest that you recommend to your client that, if recording multiple

SETTING RECORDING APPROX. TOTAL APPROX. SIZE APPROX. TOTAL

(KILOBYTES QUALITY HOURS OF OF A CD FILE AS CAPACITY AS

PER SECOND) RECORDING TIME COMPARED TO COMPARED TO

TO UNCOMPRESSED TO UNCOMPRESSED

128Kb/s Good 2,600 hrs. 1/10 10x

192Kb/s (VBR) High 1,750 hrs. 1/6 6X

320Kb/s Very high 500 hrs. 1/4 4X

Uncompressed Best 240 hrs. —

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(original CD quality)

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