With the new NOXON 2 audio, Terra Tec Electronic guarantees pure wireless music pleasure throughout the entire house. The device sends the music collection stored on the hard drive of your home computer as well as thousands of web-based radio stations to every corner of the house-wirelessly. Prerequisites are a WLAN network (ideally a router with a wireless access point), broadband Internet access (such as DSL) & an active speaker system or stereo system. Eye candy included: because the unit itself shines in silver metallic finish, the surface is a trendy creamy color & the display lights up in blue. The functional design is simple: With perfect ease, the NOXON 2 audio establishes an ad-hoc connection to a laptop or connects to a wireless network through a WLAN router. An integrated USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 host adds the finishing touch for complete music diversity: Use it to connect a portable MP3 player (with mobile storage compatibility) or a portable USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 hard drive containing your personal play lists. The NOXON 2 audio plays MP3 & WMA audio formats at up to 320 kbps. The audio player is designed for 54 Mbit networks (802.11g) & can also be operated on 11 Mbit networks (802.11b), while the external antenna ensures good signal quality. WEP & WPA encryption support provides secure data transport from the sender to the receiver. Its just as easy to tune in to any of the infinitely many, mostly ad-free, niche radio stations on the Internet. You dont even need the computer to do so: as long as theres an access point available, the NOXON 2 audio can connect to the Internet on its own. The remote control that comes with it lets you switch stations at the touch of a button, while the WLAN audio player lets you display stations sorted by genre or language.