1. Introduction

Small and enclosed in a metallic case with a sleek plastic finish- the Noxon is intended to be discrete and hidden away as it streams audio around your house or office over a Wi-Fi network. You pilot the system with a small bluish display and a remote control.

You can also control the system's settings from your PC with Terratec's proprietary Noxon Manager software. The only two physical connections the device has comprise its power supply (external) and the audio output (a 3.5 mm jack). The network connection uses the Wi-Fi 802.11b standard - not extremely fast, but the bandwidth is obviously amply sufficient for an audio link.

Noxon's primary purpose is to wirelessly share audio files from a PC or Internet radio stations with stereos or other PCs in different rooms or offices.

Technical characteristics :

Standards : UPnP, IEEE 802.11b (802.11g compatible) Transfer rate : 1 / 2 / 5.5 / 11 Mbit/s (Auto Fallback) Network security : WEP encryption, 64/128 bits Connection : WAP (Wireless Access Point) and Ad-hoc (peer to peer)

Audio file formats :

Internet radio (streaming MP3) MP3 (up to 320 kb/s, CBR/VBR) ID3 V1.0 / V2.0 M3U PLS WMA-9 (up to 320 kb/s)

Minimum system requirements:

Wi-Fi 802.11b or 802.11g adaptor

Or

Wi-Fi 802.11b or 802.11g (recommended) router PC 500 MHz minimum, 64 MB of memory with Windows 2000 or Windows XP UPnP server software Broadband Internet connection (recommended)