URC Network Series offers iTunes Control for lighting fast playlist access
By Dean • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: Industry News
- Photo: Apple
Turn the lights down low, draw the curtains, check the surveillance cameras and now finally access your iTunes playlist through a URC Network Series remote control. Universal Remote Control are now making it easier for those with automated homes to be even lazier and stay entertained with their latest addition of the Apple Music app control for their devices.
Change the music from anywhere in the home
- Photo: Apple
The newly added music app will be added for the MX-6000 Color Touch Screen, MX-5000 Wand Touch Screen Remote and KP-4000 In-Wall Touch Screen. This will allow owners of the Network Series to remotely control iTunes through their PC, Mac or Apple TV via wireless connection through Apple’s Airport Express or even a cable connection. URC have developed the app to be easily accessible and hassle-free with no IR control necessary and users merely being able to switch to iTunes and browse through the cover art interface. But if users want to only change something small like the volume, the controller will adjust the audio level using radio frequencies.
Making it faster
According to Universal Remote Control’s Vice President for Technology, Eric Johnson, this latest addition to the URC Network Series is all about making it a whole lot quicker for URC users to access iTunes in addition to the 16 applications that URC already offers to its users. It’s getting rid of the traditional scavenge for music and adding an even simpler audio entertainment edge to home entertainment. All that we can hope is that Apple also embraces this move by URC and doesn’t change anything which may compromise the functioning of the app in the near future.
Universal Remote Control have been known for taking big steps in home automation and this latest addition though seemingly small and promoting convenience more than anything, could become what swings potential customers from the competition to the URC Network Series.
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