The Marmitek Connect225 A/V selector connects your customer’s TV, surround system, stereo set, game console, camcorder, laptop, DVD-player, DVD-recorder, decoder, satellite receiver, set-top box etc.
There is only 1 cable from the TV to the Connect225 to connect A/V devices once- only. Switching between the connected sources is done by button of your remote control. No more switching cables.
The Connect225 automatically selects the switched-on source for optimal user friendliness and links the sound of this source to the audio for home theatre experience (Dolby Surround).
The Connect225 has 1 RCA and 3 SCART inputs and 1 RCA and 2 SCART outputs. You can watch one source while the signal of a second source is recording.
Suggested consumer retail price (remote control included) of 49.95 Euro.
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Marmitek’s Connect225
- 28. 09. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
AMX’s NXD-500i, 5” VoIP Touch Panel
- 19. 09. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
AMX expands its portfolio of widescreen intercom enabled touch panels with the new 5" Modero Wall/Flush Mount Touch Panel with intercom.
AMX says the NXD-500i is the most advanced 5” touch panel for control in the world. “Rashid Skaf, president and CEO of AMX notes, “The panel is our first power over Ethernet panel, and so over a single Cat5, we are now providing voice, audio, video, control and power...”
Measuring only 2” deep and connected with just one cable for audio, video, voice, data and power, it is also one of the simplest panels to install.
The touch panel displays motion JPEG over IP, integrating a digital, full- duplex intercom for panel-to-panel communication via any other “i-Series” Modero Touch Panel and the AMX Metreau Entry Communicator. The NXD-500i is ultra thin and can be installed inside 2” walls with a new mounting system with locking tabs for quick installation.
The NXD-500i can also come pre-packaged as part of the newly launched AMX Communications EXPerience Kit. The kit also includes the NI-3101 Signature Series NetLinx Integrated Controller, the Stainless Steel Metreau Entry Communicator and the PoE Injector providing video and voice communication from the front door or gate.
SpeakerCraft Multi-Room Control Using iPhone
- 13. 09. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
SpeakerCraft not only announced, but is shipping its new MODE/iPhone Interface, which allows the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch to be used as a wireless remote for control of all sources and routing, and accessed on the touch screen through the GUI.The system runs on the home’s wireless network via a wired port on the user’s wireless router. SpeakerCraft swears this is easy to set up and requires no programming. Yippee.
SpeakerCraft also says a person can literally walk through their front door, press a single virtual button on the iPhone touch screen and have access to all of their system’s control functions. This also allows an unlimited number of iPhones operating the system, and two can simultaneously operate in multiple zones.The interface should be familiar to iPhone users – it shares the look and feel of other iPhone functions and therefore presents little or no learning curve.
The interface is generated through an embedded web server residing on a chip inside SpeakerCraft’s ERS 1.0 Ethernet-to-serial adapter. The interface is accessed through the iPhone’s Safari browser. This means you don’t have to download or install an application on the iPhone itself. Again, Yippee. The ERS also contains a version of the interface designed to display and operate on a standard PC or Mac. This offers the user the option to control the system from the iPhone/iTouch or any PC on the network.
Control4 Unveils 7" Wall Mount Touch Screen
- 01. 08. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
Control4's new touch screen is a 16x9 format that has 3X the display area of the Control4 Mini Touch Screen and is capable of running the screen saver functionality that turns the touch panel into a picture frame.
Control4 recently announced their major international expansion plan with the formation of a regional EMEA sales, distribution and support center. To lead these efforts, Control4 has hired Tony Leedham and Brian Chapman (previously with distributor Aventure) to direct the EMEA business and UK operations.
In addition to managing channels, the Control4 EMEA HQ will provide sales, customer support, marketing and accounting services to the region. Tony Leedham will oversee operations and Brian Chapman will oversee sales. Jointly they will develop the business for the EMEA region, working closely with Control4 world HQ in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Meet CRIS
- 01. 08. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
With more and more people working from home, TVs in multiple rooms, children having internet access in their rooms, multiple phone lines, supermarket shopping on-line, and CCTV to see who's at the door (or to watch the baby), CRIS (Compact Residential Infrastructure System) was designed as an affordable, scalable home-network solution to incorporate phones, computers, TV and audio distribution.
Its flush mounted enclosure is meant to be mounted within a stud type wall located in the hall /entrance/lobby or any convenient place out of the way of main rooms.
The enclosure (manufactured from PVC free plastic) is white color (to avoid clash with the home décor) and moulded in four parts. The front door assembly, the main back box and two cable entry panels are mounted top and bottom.
The cable entry panels can be removed so that the breakouts can be cut externally to the system installed in the wall and then slid back in afterwards. The CRIS Midi is W=320mm H= 445mm D= 85mm and the CRIS Maxi is W320mm H=550mm D=85mm.
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The iDyl Home...
- 01. 08. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
At CEDIA, DF Solutions will showcase its iDyl multi-room hard-disk based digital media server, as well as demonstrating its Blu-Ray next-generation server. Sitting at the heart of a digital home, the iDyl is a combo DVD/video server, and (up to) 17-output audio server, with enhanced functionality. With up to 17 independent audio feeds, the iDyl provides a CD jukebox in every room of the home. Independent multi-room video is achieved by installing one or more Video Nodes.
Bill Gates patented his own technology to do this in his own Gates-By-the-Lake House, but with iDyl you can create slideshows for distribution to multiple video displays. A digital picture frame in your hallway could feature a different show every day.
And, of course, you can synchronise your iPod directly with the iDyl.
Crestron to Highlight Wireless at ’08 Show
- 16. 06. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- Control and Home Media Systems
Crestron unveils its latest wireless innovation in touchpanel technology for the very first time in the UK at CEDIA 2008. This exciting addition to the Crestron product range will be showcased exclusively on stand B8, alongside the TPMC-8X WiFi touchpanel and the TPS 4L. Crestron’s lighting control solutions for the European market will also be featured on the stand, along with the company’s European CAMEO Keypads and the award-winning Adanto AMS-AIP.
With its stylish and compact design the TPMC-8X WiFi touchpanel allows users to access internet as well as control all systems, including lighting, heating, security, blinds/curtains and much more, all at the touch of a button. It communicates via 802.11a/b/g and integrates technologies including Windows XP and PC applications, biometric fingerprint scanner, NetMeeting, Skype, Bluetooth and others.
Also on show will be the award-winning AMS-AIP. Able to scale video input signals to match the resolution of a high-definition display, it can also support output resolutions up to 1080p with a choice of component, HDMI, DVI, or RGB connectivity. It can also display multiple screens of varying and scalable sizes allows the AMS-AIP to create the ultimate "picture-in-picture" function. As well as allowing the viewer to display, for example, security camera feeds, it can also display a touchpanel layout.
Another highlight will be the company’s European CAMEO keypads, featuring responsive user control and new design. CAMEO design features new finishes, rounded buttons with enhanced tactile action, and backlit laser-engraving for easy-to-read text under any lighting condition.
Go Crestron at CEDIA
