iBiquity Releases Reference Designs for Digital HD Radio(TM) Receivers |
Solutions Will Help Receiver Manufacturers Produce Lower Priced HD Radio
Products and Get Them to Market Faster
HONG KONG, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HK Electronics Fair -- iBiquity Digital
Corporation, the sole developer of digital HD Radio technology, announced
today that it has released new reference designs for tabletop and home HD
Radio receivers. These designs will serve as the technical foundation for
entry-level consumer HD Radio products and are now available to all HD Radio
licensees. The reference designs provide a fast-track solution for OEM
Consumer Electronics manufacturers looking to integrate HD Radio technology
into current and future AM and FM radio product lines.
"With much of the upfront design work completed, these HD Radio reference
designs will play an important role in lowering overall engineering expenses
for consumer audio manufacturers and speeding time-to-market for new HD Radio
receivers. These designs are also flexible enough to adapt to a wide range of
audio products, including platforms supporting other digital radio products,"
said Jeff Jury, chief operating officer, iBiquity Digital. "We expect to see
HD Radio receivers using these reference designs to be introduced by
manufacturers in time for the upcoming International Consumer Electronics Show
in January 2006."
iBiquity's HD radio reference designs utilize existing HD Radio chipsets
in a flexible, cost-optimized hardware design that is supported by
standardized software drivers and simplified production testing equipment.
These initial designs will be followed by a planned series of HD Radio
reference designs intended to simplify the task of adding basic HD Radio
capabilities and new HD Radio data features to current and future designs.
About HD Radio(TM)
Over 2,800 radio stations in the U.S. are in the process of converting to
the HD Radio system with more than 500 HD Radio broadcasters currently on the
air. HD Radio technology transmits digital audio and data alongside existing
AM and FM analog signals, allowing listeners with HD Radio-compatible
receivers to enjoy CD-quality sound, while virtually eliminating the static
and hiss typically associated with analog radio. Beyond delivering superior
sound, the technology provides a platform for advanced new services, including
scrolling text on receiver display screens (e.g., artist names & song titles,
weather forecasts, school closings); delivery of real-time traffic updates to
vehicles; and multicasting -- a feature that allows FM stations to broadcast
up to eight digital streams of programming over a single frequency and in
addition to existing analog signals. HD Radio receivers are now available or
will be in soon from: ADA, Alpine, Boston Acoustics, DaySequerra, JVC,
Kenwood, Panasonic, Radiosophy, Rotel, Sanyo, and Yamaha, with many more under
development. For more information, please visit: http://www.hdradio.com
SOURCE iBiquity Digital Corporation
back to topRelated links:
CONTACT:
Gil Chorbajian of Ogilvy Public Relations,
+1-518-355-0966, gil.chorbajian@ogilvypr.com, for iBiquity
Digital Corporation; or Vicki Stearn of HD Radio(TM),
+1-410-872-1565, stearn@ibiquity.com
