Netgear MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Player

Liberate Your Digital Music and Listen Anywhere at Home
Finally, you can enjoy your digital music files and unlimited, worldwide Internet radio, together with your friends and family, in any room of your home. Netgear's MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Player connects your existing home stereo to your home computer network so you can listen to your MP3, WAV and Windows Media® format digital music files – with the great sound quality of your stereo speakers – wherever you like to relax and entertain. You can also listen to thousands of streaming Internet radio stations for music, sports and news from around the world. The Netgear MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Player is compatible with your 802.11b or 802.11g wireless network, and it’s very simple to set up and use. Easy-to-install software automatically finds all your music files by title, artist, album, genre or playlist on any networked PC. The Netgear MP101 then collects them into one complete database so you don’t have to do the work. Sit back and put your feet up – remote control and a crystal clear, four-line display let you select music without even getting out of your chair.

Everywhere You Are
Listen to your MP3s, WAV and Windows Media format digital music files and stream Internet radio in the comfort of your living room, away from your PC. With multiple Netgear MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Players, you can enjoy music throughout your home, for "whole-home digital audio." **

Easy as 1, 2, 3
Connect the cable to your stereo, install the software on one networked PC, and you’re ready to listen! The Netgear MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Player’s media server software automatically finds all the MP3, WAV and Windows Media® format digital music files stored on any networked PC in your home, and the Netgear media server software recognizes your existing organization by title, artist, album, genre, and playlist to suit any mood. From the comfort of your couch you can use the remote to listen to worldwide Internet radio stations and the Rhapsody digital jukebox.

Crystal Clear
Hear your music at its best! Enjoy 100% digital, high-quality sound through your existing stereo, boom box, headphones, or powered speakers.

Fully Equipped
Protected with hardware-based Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 64-bit & 128-bit encryption security. Remote functionality means you can easily browse and program your music from across the room without leaving the comfort of your couch. Gives you remote access to your Netgear MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Player with PC or PDA web interface*.

** Internet Radio & Online Digital Jukebox are subscription based services provided by Rhapsody™ Digital Music Service (Digital Jukebox Service not yet available in Europe).

* Web Interface not available

Product Specification

Product Highlights

• Streams and plays MP3s and Windows Media format digital files from all of your networked PCs and Internet radio directly to your home stereo
• Compatible with your existing 802.11b or 802.11g wireless home network
• Remote control and vivid LCD interface for easy browsing of music collection
• Aggregates MP3 and WMA files from all the PCs on your home network
• Listen through your stereo, boom box, headphones, or powered speakers
• Compatible with Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP

Wireless Features

• Confirms to IEEE 11Mb/s 802.11b specification
  - Frequency band : 2.4GHz
  - Modulation : Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
  - Non Overlapping Channels : 3
• Data rates of wireless : 11Mbps (Fallback to 11, 6, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps, Automatic Rate Selection)
• Operating Modes : Infrastructure and Ad-hoc
• Operating Channel 1 - 13
• Wireless Security
  - upto 128-bit WEP encryption

Digital Audio File Format

• MP3 up to 320 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR)
• WMA 8/9 to 320 Kbps
• WAV files
• Internet Radio (streaming MP3)
  - Requires subscribtion to Rhapsody™ Digital Music Service

Playlist Formats

• M3U
• PLS
• ASX

LAN Ports

• 10/100 RJ-45 Ethernet Port

AV Ports

• Maximum
• Composite Video Output
• RCA Audio Output

System Requirements

• 2.4 GHz wireless adapter or Ethernet adapter with cable for at least one computer
• Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 or XP
• Minimum Pentium 500 MHz processor, 64 MB memory and 20 MB free disk space on at least one PC
• Broadband Internet service (recommended)

Manufactures Warranty

• 2 Years

Package Contents

• Netgear MP101 11Mbps Wireless Digital Music Player
• Remote control (2 AA batteries included)
• UK Power adapter
• Ethernet cable
• RCA stereo audio cable
• Installation guide
• Reference Manual
• Resource CD
• Warranty/Support information card