Give Your Ride a Voice!
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- "Go Ahead Punk ... Make
My Day!" ... Imagine this familiar voice sounding out from under the hood
of your ride; or you pull up in front of your girlfriend's house and
announce your arrival with "I Got You Babe," or you are out on your boat
and you press a button on your FX-550 - and all around you can hear the
theme song from "Jaws." With Horntones the possibilities are endless.
The Horntones FX-550 System is the first mobile audio system that
supplements the sound of a vehicle's horn function by sounding any MP3
audio clip. The FX-550 introduces a new dimension to the automotive
customization aftermarket.
According to Horntones President Mike Kosco, "The brain-seed for this
invention occurred at a coffee shop back in the summer of 2005, when a
group of teenagers were heckling me about the Incredible Hulk that is
airbrushed on the hood of my H1 Hummer. I thought to myself ... I wish I
had a button I could push that would make my car growl!" Kosco continues,
"Well, the Hummer now growls and makes hundreds of other sounds too, from
simple voice clips to entire theme songs."
The FX-550 Horntones System is a three-piece system which includes the
FX-550 Player, the AP-150 audio amplifier and the rugged SR-100 speaker.
The Horntones FX-550 Player can store 256 mega-bytes of tones and is
simple to use. It has 9 preset buttons and 2 negative-trigger inputs for
interfacing with other vehicle functions. Tones are organized into
"Themes." Each Theme allows new tones to be assigned to the 9 buttons.
Themes can be as varied as Horns, Tailgate Party, Concert, Car Show,
Soccer, Carpool, Movies, Politics, Advertisements or whatever you like.
Adding new tones to the system is simple using a standard USB thumb
(flash) drive. The company's website, http://www.horntones.com, includes a
"Virtual Player" that allows users to completely configure their FX-550
online and then simply save the resulting file to a USB thumb drive. The
thumb drive is then brought to the FX-550, plugged-in and new tones and
configuration settings are automatically loaded. The FX-550 does not
require removal from the vehicle for tone updates.
Custom, user-authored tones can also be added to the FX-550 using the
horntones.com "Virtual Player." Custom horntones can be created using any
MP3 editing software.
Kosco added, "We first previewed Horntones at the 2007 Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year and were overwhelmed by the
positive response." The Horntones FX-550 System will debut in October at
the 2007 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas.
Pricing and Availability
The Horntones FX-550 System is now shipping and can be purchased at
http://www.horntones.com. The cost of the FX-550 System is $250USD, plus
shipping.
Horntones is a Nevada Corporation.
Contact:
Mike Kosco
Horntones Corp.
Voice: 949-429-7900 x111
Fax: 949-481-2742
Email: mike@horntones.com
http://www.horntones.com
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SOURCE Horntones Corp.
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Related links:
http://www.horntones.com
CONTACT:
Mike Kosco of Horntones Corp.,
+1-949-429-7900 x111, Fax, +1-949-481-2742, mike@horntones.com
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