Crestron Expands Popular Adagio® Entertainment Series

New AMS-AIP is the groundbreaking combination of home theatre, distributed audio and home control. [The following is a release from Crestron]

March 14, 2008

At EHX Spring 2008 Crestron will highlight its award-winning Adagio® family, including its new Adagio Media System with Advanced Image Processing (AMS-AIP). The AMS-AIP is an affordable solution that is easy to setup, easy to use and combines audio distribution, sophisticated surround sound processing, professional-quality video scaling up to 1080p and on-screen display for AV and home control. The new AMS-AIP also features the Audyssey MultEQ® XT automatic surround sound equalization and state-of-the-art Gennum VXP digital video processing. The AMS-AIP features professional surround sound processor and powerful 100w 7-channel amplifier designed to drive any 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 theater speaker system. DTS 96/24 decoding achieves superlative sound quality from the latest generation of DVD titles. Integrators need not be an acoustician to achieve a perfectly equalized room or theater. The Audyssey MultEQ XT automatically corrects time and frequency response problems, effectively removing sound distortion at every listening position, to create the optimum listening experience. In addition to analog stereo inputs and 7.1 surround input, the enhanced AMS-AIP accommodates a full range of video sources including HDMI, HDTV/component, S-Video, and composite sources. The AMS-AIP also adds the latest generation high-definition scaling and de-interlacing with true 10-bit video processing to support display resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 and HDMI, DVI, RGB, or component connectivity. Adding DVI offers compatibility for connecting multimedia computers and a wide range of professional video source components. With PIP and PBP, the AMS-AIP enables dual video source display or video and graphics, simultaneously. AMS-AIP also includes stereo audio distribution to support 4 to 6 rooms. The integrated multi-room amplifier delivers a robust 45 watts per channel to each of 4 rooms, while a fifth stereo room or up to 2 mono rooms can be supported using one or two of the surround amplifier channels. Each room includes independent volume, bass, and treble controls. The AMS-AIP may be expanded to accommodate additional rooms simply via Adagio Audio Expanders (AAE). The AMS-AIP front panel with backlit LCD display provides a powerful, yet simple user-interface for system set-up, or to control a home theater or distributed whole house AV system. Plug-and-play connectivity with Crestron 12-button keypads or the advanced APAD Wall Mount LCD Controller enables versatile control of the AMS-AIP in every room. The APAD extends the many functions of the AMS front panel to each room, providing true feedback display of audio sources, CD titles, artists, and songs, plus audio settings and many other parameters. Integrators will also appreciate the ease of setup that the Adagio Composer software affords. Composer prompts integrators through a few simple steps for quick and easy installation that is perfectly customized for the environment. To learn more about the AMS-AIP, visit EHX booth #602 or go to www.crestron.com

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