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30/7/2003

Rockford Corporation Announces Shipment of Omnifi, New Technology Brand

Rockford Corporation (NASDAQ:ROFO), a leading designer and supplier of mobile audio and home theatre equipment and SimpleDevices are proud to announce that the award winning Omnifi Home Digital Media Streamer is now shipping. The Omnifi system received the Consumer Electronics Association "2003 Best of Innovations" award, TechTV's "Best of CES" award and Home Automation Magazine named Omnifi as one of their top 50 products for the year.

Omnifi is designed to bridge the gap between digital media on Personal Computers and the home audio system, allowing the user to listen to their vast PC music library wirelessly using 802.11b WIFI technology through any existing home audio system. Through it's SimpleCenter software, Omnifi is compatible with many content providers, such as Yahoo, Live 365, Virgin Radio, AOL Shoutcast and many others. The Omnifi product will be available through various channels, including traditional retailers, service providers, computer OEM's and other alternative channels.

SimpleDevices expects to begin shipping SimpleCenter version 3.0 in September, which will support video and images and will be compatible with MacIntosh OS X and higher releases. Rockford and SimpleDevices are also pleased to announce that an OEM licensing agreement has been signed with Philips for their line of connected "Streamium" devices.

Gary Suttle, Rockford's president and chief executive officer said, "We believe Omnifi will bridge the gap between digital PC-based audio content and a performance-oriented, home-based audio system whether it is in the same room or on the other side of the house. It will bridge this gap with no degradation of quality. In fact, with the bandwidth 802.11b yields, multiple streamer receivers can be utilized to ensure this digital PC-based content will be available in any and every room you want."

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