Friday, August 17, 2007

DRM to introduce latest products at IFA

Digital Radio Mondiale has announced that the following DRM products will be on display at the IFA in Berlin which takes place from 31 August to 5 September 2007:

The Morphy Richards DRM/DAB capable receiver. More than 1500 devices have been sold online. The Advanced Digital Receiver (ADR), a new DRM car receiver prototype from Bosch/Blaupunkt. Digital long, medium and short wave can be received with the latest integrated standard AM/FM RF front-end Himalaya’s DRM 2009, which is on the market now and can be purchased online. This standalone radio supports DAB/DRM/AM/FM services. It is a portable receiver that can be run either on AC or by batteries. With the SDcard slot, it can also be used as MP3 player STARWAVES’ Car Box: a DRM/DAB digital radio converter box for vehicles or boats that can also receive analogue short, medium and long wave broadcasts
TechniSat´s MultiRadio 1 which can receive analogue FM, long, medium and shortwave as well as DAB and DRM transmissions. The device is equipped with integrated high quality stereo-bass reflex loudspeakers and a detachable ferrite antenna.

Russia’s first DRM prototype radio from Sarapulsky Radiozavod The ADSST-260 Multimode tuner IC from Analog Devices, suitable for AM, FM, DRM and DAB The Blackfin based Digital Radio from Analog Devices DRM will take part in a talk session called “Talk im TWF” on Sunday afternoon, 2 September. DRM Chairman Peter Senger and expert speakers from DRM member companies Fraunhofer IIS, Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt, Robert Bosch GmbH and Leibniz University Hanover will provide an up-to-date overview about DRM 30 and the current DRM+ developments. The event starts at 2 PM followed by a Question and Answer Session at 3:40 PM and takes place in Hall 5.3, Forum Area.
(Source: Digital Radio Mondiale/Radio Netherlands Media Network Weblog)