PRESS RELEASE
Wirelessly play music and radio from your handheld iOS or Android device with ‘Pure Stream'
London, 19th July 2012: Pure - the world leading maker of wireless music and radio systems - announces the availability of Sensia 200D Connect, the enhanced follow-up to the multi award-winning Sensia, the revolutionary touchscreen wireless music and radio system. Sensia 200D Connect (SRP £249.99) delivers upgraded performance, room-filling audio, one touch and timed USB recording, and ‘Pure Stream'*, which allows the user to wirelessly play music and radio from their Android Smartphone, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Listen to a world of audio: Stream millions of songs through Pure Music**; thousands of internet radio stations and on demand programmes; music stored on a home computer; ambient sounds; or simply listen to digital or FM radio. Using Pure Stream, users can even send music wirelessly from a personal iOS or Android device and enjoy it in high quality audio through Sensia 200D Connect.
Seamlessly integrated into Sensia 200D Connect, Pure Tag is a free service that allows users to tag tracks they hear on the radio and purchase or bookmark them to discover more about the artist and their back catalogue. There is even a handy ‘Tag' button on the supplied remote control.
The 5.7" colour touchscreen displays visuals relevant to the audio, including digital and internet radio slideshow*** and album artwork. Users can also view weather reports, Twitter feeds, Facebook updates, RSS feeds and photos via Wi-Fi or Picasa. The advanced user-interface delivers smooth scrolling lists fast keyboard entry and responsive search facilities, which all make for a truly absorbing experience.
Sensia 200D Connect supports instant and timed recording of live internet and digital radio to USB memory stick. Users simply touch the ‘record' button on the touchscreen or the dedicated ‘record' button on the remote control or up to three timers can be set to record regular programmes.
Sensia 200D Connect brings music to life using the latest audio technology and Pure's heritage of audiophile tuning. Delivering 30 watts of clear digital sound via DSP tuned high efficiency class-D amplifiers and in-house custom designed full-range speakers, Sensia 200D Connect has impressive stereo separation and completely immersive, room-filling sound. Sensia 200D Connect includes both bass and treble controls for users to set up the audio to their own preference.
Sensia 200D Connect is already a design classic, and coming in striking black or white versions, is destined to be a central feature of any room with a distinctive, elliptical shape. A moulded stand is supplied, which allows the user to angle the radio to an optimum viewing position and a matching remote control completes the look.
Other features include an input for an iPod/MP3 player; two fully featured alarms; countdown timer; sleep timer and a headphone socket. Add the optional rechargeable Pure F1 ChargePAK to listen to internet content anywhere within range of the Wi-Fi network or to digital and FM radio when further afield.
Sensia 200D Connect is available now at just £249.99 (SRP) from all good retailers. For more information, please visit www.pure.com, www.thelounge.com or call 0845 1489001.
* Pure Stream is based on DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology. Pure Stream is also available on One Flow, is coming soon to Contour 200i Air and new products will be added to the range in the following months. Accessed via the free Pure Lounge iOS and Android Apps, Pure Stream allows users to sit back and wirelessly play music stored on their personal device, plus all the cloud-based music and radio content available on the App.
**Pure Music is Pure's cloud-based on demand music service and is available to users in the UK for a monthly subscription of £4.99, with an international roll out to follow during 2012; the Pure Lounge iPhone and Android App are currently free to download for a limited period.
***depending on the broadcaster
About Pure
Pure is the world's leading manufacturer of wireless music and radio systems, the world's leading supplier of digital radios, and the creator of the Evoke-1S, the world's most popular and iconic digital radio. Pure leads the way in wireless music systems and cloud services with the Pure Lounge portal (www.thelounge.com). Pure radios support all the broadcast standards in the DAB family used across all key markets in Europe and beyond. Designed and engineered in the UK, all of Pure's products are manufactured with the environment in mind and at ethically audited facilities. Pure is a division of Imagination Technologies Group plc. See www.pure.com.
