| C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â is the PC industry's first
multi-channel wireless network audio technology, designed to replace the wire
between the PC and existing home audio set-ups through a standard 802.11b/g
wireless network.
On the PC side, users simply install software - no additional hardware is
required. C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â uses the PC's existing network
devices (wired or wireless). On the remote sides users connect a low-cost
hardware adapter (the C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â Receiver) to their
speakers or home audio system.
C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â can improve the PC's role as the media
center in the digital home by removing the wiring hassle between PCs and living
room audio systems (stereos, A/V receivers, surround systems). With the
C-Media Network Audio Driver (NAD) installed on any PC or
Notebook, you can listen to all of your audio, regardless of the music software
application, through your high quality home audio system without the pain of
stringing wires. Downloaded or ripped music files (of any format, including
protected AAC and WMA files), Audio CDs, PC Games, Internet Radio, VCD, DVD and
more are supported. C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â supports lossless PCM and
Dolby Digital formats to the remote Wi-Sonic¢â audio receiver where it is
connected to the user's audio system and heard in real time.
The C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â audio receiver can additionally be
made to act as a standard 802.11 b/g Access Point and/or Router.
For higher performance, the connection between the PC and the Wi-Sonic¢â audio
receiver can also be made through a standard wired Ethernet connection.
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| C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â
Audio Receiver Hardware |
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Compact, low-cost hardware
platform with embedded RISC CPU |
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High quality analog stereo
outputs |
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24-bit Digital Audio S/PDIF
optical output (TOSLINK or COAX) (Package WS-021) |
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LED status
indicators |
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Wireless Network IEEE 802.11b/g
for maximum convenience |
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Wired Ethernet 10/100Mbit port
for higher sampling rates and interference avoidance |
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Embedded network security engine
supporting WEP (64/128 bits), WPA and WPA2 standards |
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Built-in 802.11b/g Access Point
and Router function |
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Browser-based configuration
available (as an alternative to C-Media's Wi-Sonic Wizard
application) |
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| C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â PC Audio
Software |
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C-Media Network Audio Driver
(NAD) provides a standard audio device output on the PC which allows any audio
application to send audio over the network to the Wi-Sonic
Receiver. |
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C-Media Wi-Sonic Wizard enables
easy setup and configuration |
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| C-Media Wi-Sonic¢â Audio
Center Features |
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Auto-Discovery of Wi-Sonic¢â audio
devices |
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One-click Easy-Connect GUI to
help the user select the Wi-Sonic¢â wireless audio receiver as their output
device |
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Dynamic Sync and adjustable
transmission FlexBuffering technology allows the user to tune their audio system
for optimal performance with different applications (50ms~3000ms buffer
size) |
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C-Media proprietary real-time
Wi-Sonic¢â Streaming protocol |
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2CH analog output (multi-channel
analog output planned for future upgrade) |
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Optional Dolby® Digital Live 5.1
(AC-3) real-time encoder converting all PC digital audio sources (game audio,
MP3, VCD, WMA, Internet Radio ¡K) into 5.1 channel Dolby® Digital stream through
S/PDIF output to external decoder (Package WS-021) |
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C-Media Xear 3D¢â Virtual Speaker
SHIFTER technology |
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HRTF 3D positional sound engine
enhancement |
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Supports the industry standards
of 3D Audio for for PC Games, including DirectSound¢â 3D, EAX¢â 1.0&2.0, and
A3D¢â 1.0 |
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10-band Equalizer with 12 preset
modes |
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27 global environment
effects |
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Friendly Graphical User
Interface |
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3D Audio demonstration
programs |
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Auto Setup CD
package |
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Currently Supports Windows XP and
Windows 2000 |
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Products supporting Dolby
technologies need to be licensed by Dolby Laboratories. Contact C-Media for more
info on royalties and options. |
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