DolbyÆ Announces Sanyo's Support For AAC In New Portable Audio Player

Model SSP-PD7 Now Available In The U.S. With AAC-Enabled CD-Ripper

16-Feb-01

DolbyÆ Laboratories announced that Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. has licensed AAC for inclusion in the company's SSP-PD7 Portable Digital Memory Player. AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is the latest audio codec standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as part of the MPEG specification. Compared to MPEG-1/2 Layer-3, popularly known as MP3, AAC provides higher-quality audio yet requires approximately 30 percent less storage space and bandwidth.Sanyo's new device supports playback in both AAC and MP3 formats, and includes CD-ripping software, which allows users to encode CDs in AAC format. Since AAC encoding at 96kbps can exceed the quality of MP3 encoding at 128kbps, Sanyo's player can store more songs than MP3-only playback devices. Sanyo's player comes with a removable 32MB MultiMediaCard flash memory card for storing audio data.The SSP-PD7 supports Liquid Audio's Secure Portable Player Platform (SP3) format that allows for the secure distribution of digital music to portable devices in accordance with SDMI guidelines. Users can access over 120,000 high-quality music tracks from hundreds of retail and music Web sites in the Liquid Music Network, as well as extras such as lyrics, liner notes, and album art. ""Dolby is very pleased that Sanyo is introducing its player to the U.S. market,"" said Ramzi Haidamus, Dolby Laboratories' Director of Business Development. ""The SSP-PD7 is among the first portable devices to include support for CD-ripping in AAC format. AAC's greater efficiency, compared to MP3, allows consumers to 'Store Less And Hear More,' which means smaller files that retain higher quality audio.""For more information about AAC, visit the AAC Web site, www.aac-audio.com. For more information about Sanyo, visit www.sanyo.com. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, visit www.dolby.com.

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