Berlin, Germany - The DRM Consortium introduces its most recent advancement at IFA in Berlin, one of the keyevents for the global consumer electronics industry. This year the DRM Consortium will be showing the latestDRM capable receivers at the Digital Radio Stand, Hall 2.2, booth 107. DRM+ will be featured in the Scienceand Technology Forum (TWF), at the Fraunhofer IIS stand, in Hall 5.3, booth 15. There are currently more than 700 hours per day of programming broadcast in FM-like quality around the worldusing the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) digital radio system. It offers listeners the possibility of receiving excitingand exclusive radio content from the world´s leading broadcasters without connecting to the internet. The DRMdigital radio system operates on the long, medium and short wave bands but has recently been extended to thebroadcasting bands below 120 MHz for the digitalisation of the FM band. This extension of the DRM standard iscalled DRM+.During IFA, the DRM Consortium in association with 004 GmbH, eCommence service providers and officialsupporters of DRM, will showcase the following receivers on the Digital Radio Stand, Hall 2.2, booth 107 :
- the Himalaya DRM2009, a DRM and DAB capable receiver. Additionally, two DRM receiver prototypes(DRM2008 and DRM2012), each based on its own unique hardware architecture, will be on display.
- Morphy Richards' receiver supports DAB/DRM/AM/FM with MP3/WAV playback. It is a portable, AC/DC,digital multi-band receiver with scheduled recordings and EPG for DAB.- Starwaves' Car Box is a DRM / DAB digital radio converter box for vehicles and boats and can also receive analogue short, medium long wave and FM broadcast.
- TechniSat´s MultyRadio can receive analogue FM, long-, medium and shortwave as well as DAB and DRMtransmissions. The device is equipped with high quality stereo-bass reflex loudspeakers and an SD card reader.
- Sarapulsky Radiozavod showcases an automobile digital radio receiver suitable for AM, FM, DRM. Textinformation as well as USB port and a record option are integrated in this receiver.
- Analog Devices will present its Digital Desktop Audio Developer's Kit. The Digital Desktop Audio system is a digital radio and an audio player based on the Blackfin Processor. As a digital radio, the unit performs as an internet radio and a DRM radio.
The results of recent DRM+ field tests from Germany will be presented publicly during IFA session entitled "Talkim TWF" on Tuesday, September 02, from 11:00 am to 1pm. Expert speakers from the DRM Consortiumand the German DRM Forum will contribute to the session which takes place in TWF Halle 5.3.Detlef Pagel, Chairman of the German DRM Forum, expressed his confidence in the success of DRM +worldwide: "DRM+ is more than the digitalisation of the FM band, DRM+ leads to a highly efficient usage ofspectrum and allows for more station to launch on-air with low-cost energy consumption. For listeners, DRM+,like DRM, offers an undisturbed mobile reception and digital quality sound and a wealth of optional featuresincluding DRM surround sound and data and text services such as Journaline".
(DRM Press Release)
Aug, 27, 2008
Contact: Fanny Podworny, DRM, pressoffice@drm.org
Telephone number: +44 20 75 57 32 71
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