The Turtle Beach AudioTron is a 1U rack-mountable, hi-fi network music player. AudioTron can stream music digital music files from personal computers or NAS devices without the need to install custom drivers on these storage devices. Supported file formats include wave, WMA, MP3 and MP3 playlists. These files can reside on a Microsoft Windows network share or on a Samba server. AudioTron reads music files over ethernet or HPNA network, and generates analog audio via RCA connectors as well as digital audio via S/PDIF.
AudioTron can play streaming media from internet radio stations. This was supported through a free service called TurtleRadio, provided by Turtle Beach.
Users operate AudioTron using buttons and a large "Turn & Push Selector Knob" on its front panel. The knob is used to navigate song selection menu on a two-line green LCD display. Users can select songs by 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 Pay, 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.
AudioTron obtains IP address from DHCP server by default. It can be configured via button on the front panel or from an 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 selection of songs online. Users can play songs and or send them to AudioTron's play queue without using the front panel or remote control.
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.