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NetStreams' Musica Audio Distribution System Offers Seamless Integration with Imerge's XiVA Tacta (27/5/2005)

Imerge and Invision Stands, CEDIA UK Expo 2005

Musica's Compatibility with XiVA-Tacta Provides Users Simple Control of Up to Four Sources in Six Different Zones via a Wireless PDA Device

NetStreams, the leader in IP-Based Networked Audio/Video distribution, is pleased to announce its partnership with Imerge Ltd. The Musica Distributed Audio System, distributed in the UK by Invision, now integrates with XiVA-Tacta, the latest addition to Imerge's XiVA family of products, and enables a wireless PDA to control up to four sources in six different zones.

This innovative control application - which will feature on both the Imerge and Invision Stands at the CEDIA EXPO at the ICC in Birmingham, 28-30th June 2005 - works in conjunction with all XiVA powered music servers and gives the user full control of their entire music library - anywhere in the home, from the palm of their hand.

"Our team is committed to the design of cutting-edge solutions that give users easy access and control of their audio systems from any room in their homes," said Herman Cardenas, founder and chief executive officer of NetStreams. "Our IP-Based approach aims to provide impressive scalability, expandability, utility and compatibility with tomorrow's source components. This makes us a natural fit for XiVA's technology".

Driven by XiVA-Tacta software, complete music metadata is displayed on a convenient touch-screen remote control, along with categories of albums, artists, genres or custom play lists. XiVA Tacta offers intuitive browsing and two-way control of digital media, all delivered through a rich and dynamic user interface. The software hot syncs with the SoundServer downloading all the album information onto the PDA via IR control. Communication between the PDA and the SoundServer happens over 802.11b or g wireless networks connected to the Musica R2E Web Interface.

Other sources are controlled with a three-screen interface. The various screens allow users to browse the music database on the PDA and select the music they want to hear. The Source Control Screen controls the functions of the source selected in a given room or "all rooms". The Preset Control Screen activates a desired preset for a tuner, satellite receiver or other sources, and the Settings Screen permits adjustments to bass, treble, loudness, balance and other settings. XiVA-Tacta and Musica offer the convenience of a multi-source, multi zone system displaying complete music data information at the user's fingertips.

NetStreams Musica 4602 System is an easy-to-install and easy-to-operate audio distribution system capable of playing up to four different sources independently and distributing them to as many as six rooms (expandable to 18). In addition, the system allows for listening to an additional local source (CD player, cassette tape player, tuner, auxiliary input, etc.) in one room using an optional Audio Port or with the installation of an innovative in-wall amplified keypad which features an integrated FM Tuner.

Users can listen to different sources at the same time throughout the home. Each room is controlled from a simple yet elegant keypad that sports a mini-widescreen LCD graphic display that clearly depicts the status of the system. One of the distinguishing differences about the Musica 4602 System design is that the amplifiers for each room are located within that room as an integral part of the wall mounted keypad. Most other systems have the amplification for all the rooms located in one place near the source equipment.

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