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January 05, 2005
XM Connect and Play Technology and Antenna Unveiled
The XM Connect-and-Play antenna is similar in size and form factor to the current XM home antenna currently shipping with all of XM's "plug and play" and XM2go products. The antenna plugs directly into an XM-Ready product (explained below), such as a home stereo receiver, for listening to XM Satellite Radio, with no other accessories needed.
Utilizing XM's industry-leading chipset technology as well as a new proprietary chip and signaling protocol, the XM Connect-and-Play antenna is capable of receiving XM's satellite and terrestrial signals as well as channel tuning, decoding and audio transmission. It will be the only accessory needed to get XM through an XM-Ready audio system.
XM plans to launch the XM Connect-and-Play antenna in March 2005.
The centerpieces of the XM Connect-and-Play technology are XM's "Connect-and-Play" chip and data-port, a low-cost, mini-serial bus connector (Mitsumi part CAM-C16). For a low cost, manufacturers of popular consumer electronics products, such as stereo and home theater receivers, DVD players, table top radios and portable media players, can now add the XM "Connect-and-Play" chip and data-port, making their device instantly "XM-Ready."
Through this new technology consumers simply plug an XM Connect-and-Play home antenna (MSRP: $49.99) into an XM-Ready audio product and activate the service to receive XM's 130-plus digital radio channels. No additional accessories or installation are required.
The first compatible XM-Ready products are planned to be available at retail March 2005 as well. Additional XM-Ready products will be introduced throughout the year.
January 5, 2005 04:37 PM
Comments
How do you change the channel on this thing? Does it plug into the RCA jacks?
Posted by: Toucan Sam at February 13, 2005 09:57 PM
