UNCOMPRESSED TO COMPRESSED DIGITAL FILE CONVERTER DEVICE FOR USE WITH COMPRESSED DIGITAL FILE STORAGE AND PLAYBACK DEVICES

摘要

A compressed digital signal converter device (Cl, MCl, MC2, MC3, MC4 and MC). The converter is a device that converts an analog or digital source signal to a compressed digital signal. It preferably includes memory (M2) for storing the compressed digital signal for transferring it to a compressed digital file storage device (MP3), such as a MP3 or a MPEG-4 storage and playback device.