he Melody Media is not only a good-looking, good-sounding CD Receiver, it also gives you effortless access to a myriad of different music sources. Firstly, it gives you high-quality playback of CD content as well as MP3 and WMA files from CD-R/RW. And as it is a receiver, a radio is built-in and you can select analogue FM radio with RDS or take advantage of digital radio broadcasting DAB and DAB+, which offer superior sound quality and supplementary information. The USB port is iPod-digital-compatible and is “Works with iPhone” certified. But it doesn’t stop there: you can also connect the Melody Media to the Internet or your PC via the Ethernet input on the back. The DLNA 1.5 certified Melody Media plays thousands of free-of-charge Internet radio stations from all over the world via vTuner. You can even access your own music library on your PC. Whatever you want, the powerful 60W rms x2ch plays music loud and clear… and effortlessly, because the large display makes operation easy. The Melody Media has it all.
DAB+
DAB is a digital radio system. It offers near CD-quality sound, more stations, additional radio and data services and therefore wider choice of programs, the ease of tuning and interference free reception for the listener, plus the information potential of data, graphics and text. DAB is broadcast on terrestrial networks, and you are able to receive it using solely a tiny nondirectional stub antenna.
Made for iPhone / Made for iPod
‘Made for iPod’ and "Made for iPhone" means that an electronic accessory has been designed specifically to connect to iPod and has been certified to meet the Apple performance standards. Current Marantz products carrying the 'Made for iPod' logo are compatible with the following iPod models: 4th Generation iPod or higher, iPod Classic, iPod Nano (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation), iPod video and iPod Touch. For 5th Generation iPod, iPod Nano or iPod Touch the audio transmission is digital. 'Made for iPhone' adds the iPhone compatibility to this list.
M-XPort
The Marantz eXtension Port is a dedicated 9-pin connector on the rear-side of a product. This port can be used for a wide variety of applications by connecting a dedicated device such as a network client, DAB tuner module, iPod dock, or others. Please check Bluetooth explanation for more details. Further devices will follow.
PC Audio streaming
Digital media stored on a computer or NAS (network access storage - network hard disc drive) is becoming more and more popular. But listening to the music only "on the go" via your portable media player or sitting in front of a PC is not a must anymore. With our products supporting audio streaming you can enjoy the music via the HiFi system in a high-quality, and while sitting on your couch.
vTuner
vTuner connects your Internet-enabled product to the wide world of streamed music and talk. vTuner hosts thousands of Internet radio stations and podcasts on a reliable and maintained platform. The amount of content they offer keeps growing. Stations can be searched by several criteria such as region and genre, etc. but it is also possible to search a station by name or add a URL of a specific station if not listed yet. vTuner doesn't need a subscription and is free of charge with the enabled Marantz products.
Windows 7
The Windows 7 compatible logo ensures that the product carrying the logo is tested with and compatible to the Windows 7 operation system.
