GEAR4, radio Internet/DAB/FM comandata via iPhone

Gear4, brand dell'inglese Disruptive Limited, ha realizzato una Internet/FM/DAB radio basata su chipset Frontier Silicon nell'ambito di una gamma di prodotti che comprende già tre modelli con funzioni diversificate. La HouseParty AirWave include la sintonia DAB, FM-RDS e Web radio e con le sue casse stereofoniche integrate funge da docking station per l'iPod. Ma l'aspetto innovativo, che contrassegna un trend sempre più diffuso di interazione tra dispositivi di elettronica di consumo e dispositivi pc/smartphone, riguarda la applicazione per iPhone che funziona da telecomando Wi-Fi e visualizza, sullo schermo del telefonino Apple, anche le informazioni testuali trasmesse dalle stazioni, come i titoli dei brani e il tipo di programa. Questa particolarità funziona anche in FM-RDS.

HouseParty AirWave costa 150 sterline.

GEAR4 launches the HouseParty AirWave Internet Radio featuring Frontier Silicon’s Apple iPhone Remote Control App

The GEAR4 AirWave App gives consumers a rich user interface that remotely controls their HouseParty AirWave docking speaker over a Wi-Fi network.

London - 17th February, 2011: Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of digital radio and network audio technology, and GEAR4, an iPod and iPhone audio brand with an emphasis on innovative design, have partnered to develop an Apple app to enable the remote control of the wide range of the features contained in the HouseParty Airwave.

As well as operating as an iPhone/iPod dock, the HouseParty AirWave is a fully featured digital radio and wireless network streaming device. Via the internet radio feature it can wirelessly access over 11,000 live internet radio stations and podcasts from round the world. A UPnP network playback feature allows the user to wirelessly playback music from a server on their home network. It also has crystal clear DAB reception with DLS messages displayed on the unit’s clear white on blue 128x64 pixel display.

To give full control of all these features the HouseParty AirWave can be used with an intuitive iPhone or iPod Touch app. The App accesses the HouseParty AirWave via Wi-Fi and allows the user to tune the radio (internet, DAB or FM), browse their home MP3 collection, see album art and select music to listen to on the HouseParty AirWave from the comfort of an armchair.

The GEAR4 HouseParty AirWave Product features:

• Internet radio - Listen to over 11,000 live radio stations or podcasts from around the world
• Free app-based remote control – Simply remove your iPhone / iPod touch from the dock to use as a remote control
• DAB digital radio – Great audio quality and access to DAB only extra content and live artist, song, sports results, weather, news headlines coupled with more listening choice
• FM radio with RDS technology – View live artist and song title information on your iPhone screen
• Music streaming from a media storage centre
• Charging of iPod / iPhone
• Line-in port for use with other music players
• 2x 10W speaker for a powerful listening experience

The AirWave remote control application is available immediately from the Apple iTunes store. Follow this link to the iTunes GEAR4 AirWave wireless device remote control or go to your iTunes search bar and type ‘GEAR4 AirWave remote control’