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AMX Set To Take The Lead At Integrated Systems Europe (3/1/2006)

Stand E17, ISE 2006

AMX, world leaders in the design and manufacture of advanced residential and commercial automated control systems, will be launching a number of new products at the Integrated Systems Europe Exhibition, which takes place in Brussels on 1-3 February 2006. This follows overwhelming response to the company's latest product introductions at Cedia UK in June and the 100% Detail design exhibition in September. This autumn AMX unveiled new widescreen 10" and 5" Modero touch panels, the elegant Mio Modero Series of keypads, the R-1 hand-held remote control, new MAX digital content servers and revolutionary software, VisualArchitect, to take the design and application of integrated systems to the next level.

These products will also make their ISE debut, alongside the very latest developments being launched at the show.

The Modero 10" was Introduced to satisfy the market's need for an affordable, mid-sized touch panel, and benefits from the tradition of AMX's best selling 10.4" Colour LCD TiltScreen panel with the latest functionality delivered by the Modero range.

The adoption of the 16 x 9 widescreen format creates substantial screen space for easy accommodation of graphics, icons and video windows, while keeping its physical size to a minimum. This clever combination makes the panel the ideal choice for desktop applications and for environments where space is critical but maximum screen space is needed.

The 5" Modero widescreen is AMX's smallest, feature-rich, touch panel, offering the same advanced features and functionality as the company's existing Modero panels, but in a smaller, more discrete form. The 5" Modero is the perfect solution for home foyers, hallways, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms and small meeting rooms.

The Mio Modero Series includes four keypad models - Classic, Prestige, Elite and Attachˇ - offering the versatility to address a range of control needs, from simple to multi-function, in both commercial and residential markets. The sleek and elegantly designed Elite and Attachˇ models feature an innovative "people sensor" that lights up the icons on the keys in response to a person's hand nearing the unit. The icons also change colour when pressed.

The Mio Modero R-1 remote control is an ideal solution for residential environments where infrared control of a specific number of integrated devices is required. It has been developed in direct response to customer requests for a remote control that is ergonomically designed to fit comfortably in the palm of the hand and complements current AMX systems and control technologies.

MAX-HT content servers are the world's first multimedia servers engineered specifically for direct placement in acoustically demanding home cinema environments. The MAX Audio/Video Player (AVP) is the industry's first product to combine an Audio/Video Module (AVM), which displays content from a multimedia server, with a high-end DVD player for local viewing.

With its aesthetic styling and silent operation, MAX-HT is the industry's first server designed specifically for a visible equipment rack, table or credenza. It offers all of the features and capabilities the market has come to expect from MAX servers, including custom playlists, quick searching, on-demand video and simultaneous viewing and/or listening.

The MAX AVP includes a high-end DVD player, enabling whole home video and audio distribution and local playback of individual DVDs and CDs. It is used to decode audio and video in multiple zones throughout the home and is engineered as an audio/video content playback module to work in conjunction with the full line of MAX-MMS Integrated Content Servers.

The MAX AVP comes with its own remote control and provides four video outputs - component video output, composite video, S-Video and HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) - ensuring compatibility with a wide variety of display devices.

AMX's new software additions include VisualArchitect and AMX Amenities. VisualArchitect is a revolutionary new design software that allows designers and programmers to graphically design and program a system in a fraction of the time, using simple 'drag and drop' screen icons. Not only does the software design the entire control system, it automatically creates the touch panel designs and wiring schematics.

AMX Amenities has been developed for multi-dwelling buildings, such as apartment blocks, hotels and resort complexes. It enables an AMX control system to access local service providers, such as leisure facilities, entertainment venues and retailers from the comfort of the user's own home. In addition to enhancing the 'product offer' for tenants and guests, the Amenities solution also provides hotel/building operators with a choice of exciting new revenue streams.

The system offered by AMX allows architects and developers to integrate external services into the design of their building, enabling hotel or building operators to provide added value services to guests or apartment owners by means of their own, easy-to-use touch screen panel interfaces. The touch panel enables users to book a round of golf and reserve a tee-off time, order a taxi, arrange dry-cleaning, make a reservation in a restaurant or book tickets for the theatre.

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