VidaBox Unveils LC-300 LiivController
Published: PRODUCTS
VidaBox has introduced its latest multiroom audio control and automation system powered by the vAutomation control platform: the LC-300 LiivController. Joining the previously announced LC-200, the LC-300 combines automation controls, multiroom audio, and a Drop-n-Rip Blu-ray drive.
LiivController provides multi-zone A/V management by turning any iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a Wi-Fi touch screen interface. Each LiivController features seven 3.5-mm ports that can be used as IR blaster, video, contact closure, or voltage sensor ports. The system also includes a built-in IR learner and is expandable using Global Cache for control of more than 100 networked devices. Any A/V component can be controlled via IR, TCP/IP, and RS-232 commands sent from LiivController.
The LC-300 also provides four zones of synchronised multiroom audio without the need for additional matrix switchers, and it is expandable any time for up to 20 zones with optional ZoneXpander units. Running on 36W, this combination A/V automation controller and music server plays music from its built-in internet radio streams, stored music collections across the network, and auxiliary sources such as iPod docks, complete with two-way feedback. The vAutomation 2.0 platform can also be used to control any VidaBox media centre or extender.
The touch screen interfaces on the vAutomation 2.0 platform are based on predefined templates and reportedly require minimal programming. All programming is web-based and can be done straight from an iPad.
Both the LC-200 and LC-300 LiivController units offer four zones of synchronised multiroom audio, and the LC-300 adds a Blu-ray drive for ‘Drop-n-Rip’ archiving.
Shipping: Q1 2012
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