The ‘Afinity’ Series system embodies all the convenience and utility of a computer, with the fidelity of a conventional hi-fi system. At once, the single-room, single-CD hi-fi systems of old are rendered obsolete. Used together, the Afinity Series components will allow you to enjoy your entire CD music collection and audio and video from a range of other media channels in any six rooms at the touch of a button or screen – and, coming soon, wirelessly from a WebPad or tablet PC.

Living Control’s Afinity Series MusicBox3 is a digital server. It will allow users to store over 2650 hours of music on a built-in 160Gb hard disk, and will facilitate playback of up to 3 independent streams of music simultaneously.

Living Control’s Afinity Series RoomBox4 and RoomBox6 are the digital multi-room distribution systems, custom made for the MusicBox3 server. They will deliver music from six sources to four or six rooms in the home. All the potential of DAB radio, DVD, MP3, digital TV, CD and Living Control’s MusicBox3 is available at the touch of a keypad/screen in any room in high fidelity.

Living Control’s Afinity RoomBox6VX will allow you to switch any video channel to the room you’re in using the same in-room keypad/screen. Now you can enjoy pictures and sound all around the house.

Coming soon: wireless control of your Living Control system. You can use a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a Web Pad to control your entire Living Control multi-room system via the Afinity NetBox wireless control interface.

This is how it works together:

Simply upload all your CDs, or download music from the Internet onto the hard drive of the MusicBox3. Its advanced technology records and stores content simultaneously so that you can store and entire CD in as little as four minutes! Then you can store your CDs in the attic.

Through the RoomBox4 or 6 digital multi-room system, you can select the tracks you want to listen to in any room by name using Living Control’s discreet wall-mounted VideoPads (RoomBox6 only) or DisplayPads in each room - or use a PDA or Web Pad through the upcoming NetBox wireless interface. Playback is instantaneous; there’s no need to wait for a CD to load.

Listen to DAB radio, DVD, MP3, cable/satellite TV, or Living Control’s MusicBox content anywhere in the home. Or view TV or video through the RoomBox6VX.

Mum, Dad and the kids can listen to three different tracks stored on the MusicBox3 in three different rooms simultaneously.

The soon to be released NetBox wireless interface will let them surf the Net or control the system in any room.

Like all Living Control systems, the ‘Afinity’ system from Living Control will free your home from the eyesore impact of conventional single-room media systems, and liberate your time in so many ways.

The ‘Afinity’ components and other audio sources may be stored out of sight, but all your favourite entertainment channels and the power of the Internet are literally at your fingertips, wherever and whenever you want to enjoy them in the home.

No more fiddling with jewel cases, no more gazing at racks of CDs to find that special track, and no more chance of loosing it.

What’s more, no more ugly hi-fi systems or even computer systems occupying space and gathering dust in each room.

With ‘Afinity’ from Living Control, the much vaunted convergence of audio and IT is complete, and the “invisible” whole-house entertainment and media system has truly arrived.

MusicBox3 Home Server
In an ideal world, how would you want to control your music? You’d probably want to listen to any track in your collection at the touch of a button, anywhere in the home. This level of intuitive replay remains a pipe dream for most music lovers, but with the MusicBox from Living Control, you can have it, right now! The MusicBox is a true convergence product, embodying all the convenience and utility of a computer, with the fidelity of a conventional hi fi system. But there’s more. The MusicBox is a digital server, capable of delivering music, stored on its hard drive, instantly to anywhere in the home. High quality audio has never been easier to enjoy or more accessible. Simply upload all your CDs, or download music from the Internet onto the hard drive (titles are retained automatically), and then select the tracks you want to listen to using Living Control VideoPads or DisplayPads in any room. Mum, Dad and the kids can listen to three different tracks in three different rooms simultaneously – it’s that clever. No more fiddling with jewel cases, no more gazing at racks of CDs to find that special track, and no more chance of loosing it. With the MusicBox, all your favourite music is literally at your fingertips, wherever and whenever you want to listen to it in the home. Say goodbye to space hungry hi-fi and CD storage systems. Your music and your home are liberated from the limitations of old technology. With Living Control’s Music Box, music knows no limits.

Central Processing Units (CPUs)

These are the sleek aluminium faced boxes that form the heart of any ‘Afinity’ multi-room system. They take the input from multiple sources and distribute it to all the rooms on the Living Control network.

RoomBox6

RoomBox6 is a digital multi-room distribution system, custom made for the Music Box server. It will deliver hundreds of CDs and individual downloads, radio and TV channels from six sources to six rooms in the home. All the audio potential of DAB radio, DVD, MP3, digital TV, CD and Living Control’s Music Box at the touch of a screen in any room in high fidelity. As a member of Living Control’s range of “Afinity” components, the RoomBox6 provides the instant utility of a PC with the performance of conventional hi-fi. And it will operate with Living Control’s revolutionary upcoming NetBox wireless interface to provide the ultimate in 21st Century media distribution and control.

RoomBox6VX

Sporting the stylish new Afinity series chassis and livery, the RoomBox6VX delivers all the features of the RoomBox6, and adds Video Switching capability to all six rooms. Video and audio signals are switched simultaneously, so you can enjoy sound and pictures from all of your home’s media sources in any of six rooms with the tap of a button.

RoomBox4

RoomBox4 is a digital multi-room system distributing six sources to four rooms. It’s the “entry-level” Afinity multi-room system, but its market-beating virtues of sheer quality, performance and operational simplicity, distinguish it above all as a member of the Afinity family. Built-in 40Watt amplifiers deliver clear hi-fi quality sound where you need it most, and by using DisplayPad S as its user interface, superior design is consistent throughout the system. Compatible with the powerful MusicBox server and NetBox wireless control, RoomBox4 is the perfect way to start enjoying the new multi-room listening experience.