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Glossary of terms
Synonymous with “long press”. Press, hold for 2 seconds and release.
In audio, the number of kilobits processed per second.
The storing of a setting or audio file playback position for use later.
A USB cable that can only be used for charging while connected to a computer or other charging
source.
A quick press and release.
A USB cable that will allow both transfer of data while connected to a computer as well as
charging of the player.
Permanent software programmed into the player’s read-only memory.
A battery-operated portable light.
“Frequency modulation” A radio broadcast band originating in the U.S. The range varies in
different parts of the world. The 2 E Series receives from 87.0 to 108.0 MHz.
Initialization for use with an O/S by deleting all of the data and setting up a file system.
A device that expands a single Universal Serial Bus (USB) port into several so that there are
more ports available to connect devices to a host system. USB hubs are often built into
equipment such as computers, keyboards, monitors, or printers.
“Light-emitting diode” A semiconductor device that emits visible light when an electric
current passes through it. The light is not particularly bright, but in most LEDs it is
monochromatic, occurring at a single wavelength.
(sometimes Li-ion battery or LIB) A battery that is a member of a family of rechargeable battery
types in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode to the positive electrode during
discharge and back when charging.
Press, hold for 2 seconds and release.
“Megahertz” 1 million hertz, where hertz (Hz) is a unit for measuring broadcast frequency.
A type of removable flash memory card used for storing information. SD is an abbreviation of
Secure Digital, and microSD cards are the smaller version of SD cards.
“MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) Layer 3” Audio file format.
Internal memory in the player. Accessible when player is connected with an SLS cable.
A MegaVoice Envoy 2 E Series player.
A USB HUB that receives its power from direct current rather than the computer.
A continuous press until a certain location is reached or the end/beginning.
Software available from MegaVoice (at no charge) used to program players with audio.
The number of samples of audio carried per second, measured in Hz.
A special USB data cable (available only from MegaVoice) used for programming MegaVoice
players. The player memory can only be accessed using these cables.
A MegaVoice Envoy 2 E Series player.
“Universal Serial Bus” The most popular connection used to connect a computer to devices
such as digital cameras, printers, scanners, and external hard drives. USB is a cross-platform
technology that is supported by most of the major operating systems.
A standard cable connection interface for personal computers and consumer electronic devices.
USB cable with standard USB connector on one end and micro-USB connector on the other.
In the context of computer operating systems, a volume or logical drive is a single accessible
storage area with a single file system, typically (though not necessarily) resident on a single
partition of a hard disk or other device.
“Waveform Audio File” A standard audio file format created by Microsoft.
“Windows Media Audio” An audio and audio codec file format.