|
[[Image:Audiotron_frontAudiotron.jpg|thumbnail|right|AudioTron (front)]]
[[Image:Audiotron_rear.jpg|thumbnail|right|AudioTron (rear)]]
The [[Turtle Beach Systems|Turtle Beach]] '''AudioTron''' isAT-100 aand AT-101 are [[Rack unit|1U]] rack-mountable, [[High fidelity|hi-fi]] network music playerplayers. An AudioTron can stream music digital music files from personal computers or [[Network-attached storage|NAS]] devices without the need to install customserver driverssoftware on these storage devices since the AudioTron is based on [[Windows CE]] and is therefore a computer that looks like audio hardware.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1572231,00.asp|title = Turtle Beach AudioTron AT-100}}</ref> Supported file formats include waveWave, WMA, MP3 and MP3 playlists. These files can reside on a [[Microsoft Windows]] [[network share]] or on a [[Samba (software)|Samba server]]. AudioTron reads music files over [[ethernetEthernet]] or [[HomePNA|HPNA network]], and generates analog audio via [[RCA connector]]s as well as [[digital audio]] via [[S/PDIF]].
An AudioTron can play [[streaming media]] from [[internetInternet radio]] stations. The Thisformats supported are [[Windows Media]], [[SHOUTcast]] and [[Icecast]]. The Windows Media support is limited to the features available before the release of [[Windows Media Player]] 10. Connecting to Internet radio stations was once supported through a free service called TurtleRadio,. providedWhen TurtleRadio was shut down by Turtle Beach, Turtle Beach disclosed an alternative method available in the device's firmware (using a local file) to load one's Internet radio station list into the AudioTron.
Users operate the AudioTron with a PC/laptop on the same network using the web interface from the built-in webserver, with a remote control, or on the device itself using buttons and a large "Turn & Push Selector Knob" on its front panel. The knob is used to navigate song selection menu on a green two-line green LCD display. Users can select songs by turning and pushing the knob, based on various combinations of Genre, Album, Title and Artist tags. The knob also serves as volume control and playhead control while a song is being played. Standard PayPlay, Pause, Stop, Forward and Rewind buttons can be used to control playback. An infrared remote control comes with AudioTron and can be used instead of the front panel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.controlav.com/audiotron.asp|title = Turtle Beach AudioTron}}</ref>
AudioTron obtains an [[IP address]] from [[Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol|DHCP server]] by default. The ItAudioTron can be configured via buttonbuttons on the front panel or remotely from ana web browser. AudioTron runs a simple web server which can be accessed via any standard browser. The web server also allows users to access the complete selectioncollection of songs online. Users can play songs and or send them to AudioTron's play queue, without using the front panel or remote control. The AudioTron is also able to determine the type of device the web server was being accessed from, and devices such as PDAs will display a simplified remote control screen more suitable to the smaller size of a PDA screen.
First released in 2001, AudioTron was ahead of its time in providing driverless music streaming, S/PDIF and Internet radio support. The AudioTron operated as a standalone music player by making use of the Microsoft SMB file server protocol; that is, it could load music from any SMB file server, although the Audiotron uses NTLMv1 for authentication and so the Audiotron does not work well in modern SMB environments.<ref>http://connectedmag.net/Audio/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=22602{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As a workaround when using Samba on a unix-like system, it is possible to configure Samba to allow NTLMv1 authentication (not recommended), or to make the Samba share containing music files accessible to guest (unauthenticated) users. For example, when playing music from a [[Vortexbox]] server, the unit will be able to access the read-only Music share.
First released in 2001, AudioTron was ahead of its time in providing driverless music streaming, S/PDIF and internet radio support. However, production of this device stopped in 2004. Turtle Beach continued to support TurtleRadio for free until March 2007. After the TurtleRadio website was retired, users can longer stream radio directly from the internet.
Production of this device stopped in 2004.
Turtle Beach continued to support TurtleRadio until March 2007. After that time, the TurtleRadio website was retired and users had to [http://www.turtlebeach.com/support/index.php?View=entry&EntryID=114314465 change the configuration] of their AudioTron to use a local file to set the list of radio stations that their AudioTron could stream. In March 2010, Turtle Beach implemented a redirect that allows the AudioTron to be used with the [http://www.listenlive.nl Webstation Radio Database]. Similar to the TurtleRadio website, users can create accounts and select their own favorites from thousands of radio stations which will then be available on the AudioTron. Otherwise change the default TURTLERADIO PLAYER ID to read as 'Audiotron' which will give 1000 radio stations under 56 categories.
==External links==
*[http://www.turtlebeach.com/sitesupport/products/audiotron/producthomeindex.aspphp?CategoryID=253 Turtle Beach AudioTron websiteWebsite]
*[https://archive.today/20130105225204/http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/audiotron/ Audiotron Discussion List]
*[http://www.listenlive.nl Audiotron Radio station database]
*[https://file-ext-map.sourceforge.net/ Samba File Extension Mapping VFS Module] a Linux daemon for realtime on-the-fly conversion of [[flac]] and [[ogg]] files to an Audiotron compatible [[WAV]] stream.
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Digital_audio_playersInternet audio players]]
| 