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The XM "Connect-and-Play" chip makes a wide variety of home entertainment systems capable of receiving XM Satellite Radio. (PRNewsFoto)
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Yamaha will offer a variety of affordable A/V digital home theater receivers, such as the Yamaha RX-V757 (pictured), that are equipped with XM Satellite Radio capability. (PRNewsFoto)
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The XM Connect and Play Antenna is designed for a wide variety of home entertainment products that have XM Connect and Play technology. The antenna plugs directly into an XM-Ready product, such as a home stereo receiver, for listening to XM Satellite Radio, with no other accessories needed. (PRNewsFoto)
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XM is transforming radio, an industry that has seen little technological change since FM, almost 40 years ago. XM's programming features 100 coast-to-coast digital channels: 71 music channels, more than 30 of them commercial-free, from hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; and 29 channels of sports, talk, children's and entertainment. For the first time on radio XM brings to the car the same diverse selection of news sources available in the home on cable and DIRECTV. (PRNewsFoto)
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New XM Connect-and-Play Technology to be Integrated Into Broad Range
of Yamaha Products
BUENA PARK, Calif. and WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Yamaha Electronics Corporation, the leader in digital audio and video
technologies, and XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio
company with more than 3.2 million subscribers, today announced a new
partnership to bring to market the first XM-Ready home entertainment products.
Yamaha will manufacture four new receivers and several new home-theater-in-a-
box (HTIB) systems with XM "Connect-and-Play," a revolutionary technology
designed to integrate XM into a broad range of home entertainment products.
The first Yamaha XM-Ready receivers will be available at retail in early
April.
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Through this new technology, consumers simply plug an XM Connect-and-Play
home antenna (MSRP $49.99) into the XM-Ready Yamaha AV receiver and activate
the service to receive XM's 150-plus digital radio channels. No additional
accessories or installation are required. Using 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.
"The partnership between XM and Yamaha is ushering in a new era of home
entertainment innovation," said Phil Whitworth, XM's director of product
marketing. "The inclusion of XM Connect-and-Play technology in these new
products continues Yamaha's tradition of ingenuity and excellence in home
audio, while providing consumers with a simple way to enjoy XM's award-winning
service."
"We are excited to partner with XM to be the first A/V receiver company to
bring next-generation satellite radio to consumers," said Alex Sadeghian,
senior product marketing manager, Yamaha Electronics Corporation. "XM is the
perfect complement to our already strong line of home theater products."
Yamaha's line of XM-Ready receivers include two 6.1 channel receivers, the
RX-V457 (85W x 6) and RX-V557 (90W x 6), and two 7.1 channel receivers, the
RX-V657 (95W x 7) and RX-V757 (100W x 7). The receivers come with all of the
latest surround sound formats, with Yamaha's proprietary YPAO System featured
on the RX-V657 and RX-V757, which automatically analyzes the acoustics of the
user's room and adjusts various speaker parameters to provide the optimum
sound at the listening position.
In addition, Yamaha will release four XM-Ready receivers from their HTR-
series with features similar to RX-V series. The HTR series will be available
in April for mass-channel distribution from $349.95 to $849.95 MSRP. Yamaha
will also introduce several XM-Ready HTIB solutions from its YHT line of
products.
For more information, write Yamaha Electronics Corporation, P.O. Box 6660,
Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9105; email infostation@yamaha.com;
or visit http://www.yamaha.com/home.
About Yamaha
Yamaha Electronics Corporation (YEC), USA, based in Buena Park,
California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha. YEC offers Home Theater
components and systems, featuring A/V Receivers, Amplifiers, DVD/CD, Speakers,
Mini-Systems, Video Projection, as well as A/V & IT Convergence Products.
About XM Satellite Radio
XM (Nasdaq: XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio service with
more than 3.2 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in
Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame,
XM's 2005 lineup includes 152 digital channels of choice from coast to coast:
67 commercial-free music channels, featuring hip hop to opera, classical to
country, bluegrass to blues; 64 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy,
children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced
traffic and weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide. XM
was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment
Awards. XM Satellite Radio is the industry leader in sports radio programming,
offering thousands of live sporting events each year. XM is the Official
Satellite Radio Network for Major League Baseball (MLB) and the PGA TOUR, the
Exclusive Satellite Radio Service for NASCAR and the Indy Racing League, as
well as the Official Satellite Radio Service for ACC, PAC-10 and Big-10
collegiate football and basketball.
XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for
the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota,
Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more than 120 different vehicle
models for 2005. XM also is available in Avis, National, and Alamo rental
cars. XM is the exclusive in-flight entertainment service for AirTran
Airways, and will soon be available on JetBlue flights. Consumers can
experience XM over the Internet through XM Radio Online at
http://listen.xmradio.com. For more information about XM hardware,
programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com.
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