How to Make a Personal Listening Device Better & More Powerful
Personal listening devices include MP3 players, CD players, tape players and portable radios. Most are designed to favor portability and long battery life, rather than sound quality and power. A lack of performance in a personal listening device is frustrating if you want high-quality audio while on the move. You can use several techniques and tools to improve the power and performance of your personal listening device.
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Turn off any battery-saving modes that limit performance, power anti-skipping technology or reduce screen brightness.
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Connect your personal listening device to a standard or portable amplifier with a patch cable that will boost sound quality and power through speakers or headphones. A patch cable simply connects your device to an amplifier. Most personal listening device patch cables include 1/8-inch male connections at both ends.
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Use high-quality batteries optimized for use in digital devices, such as nickel-metal hydride or oxyride batteries. Nickel-metal hydrides are the best rechargeable batteries for personal listening devices; oxyrides are the best disposables.
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Download and install any available firmware or software updates if your personal listening device offers them. Firmware updates improve the efficiency of your device's physical operating systems, and software updates improve how your device plays your files. Software updates can include sound equalizers, volume increases or better power management options.
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Tips & Warnings
Put only high-quality audio files in your personal listening device. Aim for those with a bit rate of at least 320 kilobytes per second.
Never make physical changes to the electronics of your personal listening device. Doing so can cause significant damage to the device.
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