Pinnacle SoundBridge Radio is a complete Wi-Fi Music System that brings the world of Internet radio to every room of the house in rich, clear, stereo sound. With its integrated Wi-Fi technology, SoundBridge radio plays digital music files stored on your PC or Mac
£179.00
The consumer will have the comfort of controlling their digital music library from across the room with the remote control and listening to a large selection of free Internet radio stations from around the world. The fact that Pinnacle SoundBridge plays Internet radio without the computer on, that it’s the most compatible network music player on the market requiring no additional software installations, and its installation is plug and play, are only some of the advantages of Pinnacle SoundBridge .Pinnacle SoundBridge Radio is a complete Wi-Fi Music System that brings the world of Internet radio to every room of the house in rich, clear, stereo sound. With its integrated Wi-Fi technology, SoundBridge radio plays digital music files stored on your PC or Mac. It has built-in incredible-sounding stereo speakers with subwoofer, AM/FM radio and an alarm with clock that updates direct from naval observatory time for no more worrying about setting the time.
Users can listen to a great diversity of audio formats including WMA, AAC (except protected AAC files), MP3, WAV and AIFF. SoundBridge is also compatible with all music services using Windows Media DRM 10 (“Janus”) and the PlaysForSure™ standard, and has built-in support for iTunes®; Rhapsody™; Windows Media Connect and Windows Media Player 10; as well as any UPnP server such as Musicmatch®, TwonkyVision and more.
With all the functionalities of SoundBridge, plus a precision-engineered sound system including patented Linear Magnetic Drive™ stereo speakers and subwoofer, SoundBridge Radio is a complete Wi-Fi Music System with unsurpassed audio quality bringing the world of Internet radio to every room of the house. Users will enjoy access to thousands of free Internet radio stations from around the world with no need for the computer to be turned on, no software installation and no subscription fees required. A headphone jack and SD card slot are also provided.
Sound bridge is truly plug and play – no need to install any software. SoundBridge has large format support including iTunes®; Windows MediaConnect™ and Windows Media Player 10, Napster, PlaysForSure as well as more standard WMA, AAC*, MP3, AIFF and WAV music formats.
Features:
Internet Radio – Listen to thousands of free Internet radio stations. You don’t even need a computer, just a broadband connection and a Wi-Fi home network.
Precision-engineered sound system with patented Linear Magnetic Drive™ stereo speakers and highpowered subwoofer with Delta Tunnel™ ported design provides unsurpassed audio quality.
Fully Plug-and-Play – Works with PC and Mac. No software installation required.
Plays directly from iTunes and Windows Media Connect libraries.
Most Compatible Player – In addition to standard music formats (MP3, WMA, etc.), supports online music services such as Napster™, MSN® Music, and many more.
Large Display/Convenient Remote – Browse, select and control your music from across the room thanks to the large, easy-to-read display and remote control. Select your favourite genre, artist, song, album, playlist or Internet radio channel.
Full-function clock radio with multiple alarms - wake upto digital music, Internet radio, AM/FM radio, playlists, podcasts or alarm tones. Built-in light sensor dims display at night. Volume increases gradually to wake you up gently.
Headphone jack for private listening.
SD/MMC card slot for offline playback of digital music files. **
Speakers:
- Two Linear Magnetic Drive (LMD) Full-Range Speakers, each in its own tuned acoustic enclosure and each powered by a built-in 20Wrms 3G digital amplifier
Subwoofer:
- One Linear Magnetic Drive (LMD) Subwoofer, in a proprietary Delta-Tunnel™ tuned acoustic enclosure and powered by a built-in 30Wrms 3G digital amplifier
*iTunes Music Store files ("Protected AAC") cannot be played.
**Digital rights-managed (DRM) files cannot yet be played via SD/MMC card.
Technical Specifications
Hardware
Display: 280x32 bitmapped vacuum fluorescent display
Processor: 400MHz Blackfin® processor
Memory: 16MB of DRAM
Digital/Analogue Converter: 20-bit DAC
IR: Universal 38KHz IR receiver
Power Input: 100V–240V, 50/60kHz
Wireless Network: Wi-Fi 802.11b (compatible with
802.11g)
Sample Rates Supported (kHz): 8.0, 11.025, 12.0, 16.0,
22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48.0, 96.0
Bit Depth Supported: 8 bit, 16 bit, stereo or mono
Speakers:
- Two Linear Magnetic Drive (LMD) Full-Range
Speakers, each in its own tuned acoustic enclosure
and each powered by a built-in 20Wrms 3G digital
amplifier
• Subwoofer:
- One Linear Magnetic Drive (LMD) Subwoofer, in a
proprietary Delta-TunnelTM tuned acoustic enclosure
and powered by a built-in 30Wrms 3G digital
amplifier
Supported Formats and Protocols
WMA, AAC*, MP3, WAV and AIFF
BonjourTM and ITunes DAAP
UPnP AV and Windows Media DRM 10
WEP, AudioIP, DHCP; TCP, TELNET, HTTP
SlimServerTM
System Requirements
Wi-Fi home network (802.11b or 802.11g)
Broadband connection (cable or DSL)
Server Requirements for Streaming Music Stored
on Computer
500MHz Pentium class processor or better (PC)
400MHz G3 processor or better (Macintosh)
128MB RAM minimum / 256MB RAM recommended
For Windows Media Connect: Windows XP SP2
For iTunes: Windows XP or 2000;Mac OS X v10.1.5 or
later
For Musicmatch: Windows 98/SE/Me/XP/2000 (SP3 or
above)
Radio Dimensions
280mm wide x 152mm high x 165mm deep
2.25kg
Box Dimensions
Dimensions (L x D x H) : 328 x 277 x 228 mm
Weight: 3 kg
Package Contents
SoundBridge Radio Wireless Network Music Player
User guide, Quick Start Guide
Power cable
External AM antennas
External FM antenna
IR Remote Control (two AAA batteries included)
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