Specifications

Figure 3 Functional diagram of the AudioTron [3]
To operate the AudioTron the user must install software to enable interaction with the
Windows file system and internet. The same software is used to compile the song play
list. The user can navigate through the songs on the player using remote control or
controls on the player and the song information is shown on a display on the front panel.
After the release of the AudioTron, Motorola released a similar device called SimpleFi
[4]. This is basically a better looking version of the AudioTron with a wireless
connection.
Figure 4 Motorola SimpleFi [4.]
The setup of the SimpleFi is fairly similar to the AudioTron except that a wireless
network is required to be setup on the PC; therefore, the extra cost of the SimpleFi can
be attributed to installing the USB wireless network device on the computer.
At the moment these are the only two players available commercially that can play
MP3’s through a network connection. Table 1 displays their contrasting features. The
AudioTrons good features are its ability to play so many different formats and that it is
cheaper than the SimpleFi. They both require the user to have a computer nearby to run
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