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AVA Series - Sky

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Ava

Why AVA ? To ensure that you really enjoy your digital entertainment, as you deserve, we at Tranquil have brought together the very best available technologies, we call this the AVA series.

This unit is equipped with analog tuners for use either with regular TV signals or alternatively connection to your Set Top Box - i.e. Sky. The IR receiver is external to the unit and provides hand set learning and IR blasters (2) to control your Set Top Box.

This is the ultimate low profile, fan less, powerful Media Center appliance.

For further information please visit the AVA Series information page.

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Fan less design, with almost zero noise (23.7dBA running MCE)
Low profile, to sit along side your other Audio Visual products
Easy setup and use, for everyone
Automatic computer Power on Demand facility
Very low power consumption, for our environment
Based on Windows Media Center 2005
Safe and secure against all intrusions or potential problems
Self optimising, to ensure peak performance at all times
Easy connection to today's display devices

What is included :

Powerful, yet efficient CPU and fast memory
High capacity storage for approx 150 hrs of digital quality TV recording
(there is an option to double this)
Slot loading CD / DVD burner drive, to allow playback of almost all disk formats as well as creation of CDs or DVDs too
VGA or DVI connectivity for today's flat screen TVs
Wireless (Wifi) module - as well as the integrated 10/100/1000 network adapter
Multi Media card reader
Wireless remote control unit
Wireless remote keyboard (FREE until 20th December 2005 - Normally £99.00)

New!! Extend your storage with a Netgear SC101 Network Storage devices, based on the Zetera platform see PC Perhipherals page for more information

Price: £984.00 (Excluding: VAT at 17.5%)

Select Colour

Select HDD

Select CPU

Choose Input

Choose Display Ouput

Select Display Cables

Select Audio Cable

Select extend your MCE Storage

Unit Specification

Case Dimensions	387 (w) x 365 (d0 x 66 (h) mm
Case Materials	Aluminium, steel, polycarbonate – choose Metallic Silver or Matt black chassis
Systems cooling	Passive (Fan less) TCC heat pipe (CPU) Passive (anti-vibration) caddy for HDDs
Power Consumption	Min 3W, Max 68W, Typical 38-45W
CPU	Speed Step controlled 1.7GHz Pentium Mobile (upgradeable to 2.0GHz)
RAM	1GB DDR333 (Corsair)
HDD	160GB/8MB Quiet Samsung SpinPoint - with active noise reduction - second drive optional
Optical Drive	Panasonic slot loading MultiDrive, for CD, DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM etc
Tuners	2x Analog (Hauppauge) – for connection to SCART of STB – ie SKY
A/V connectivity	Video - VGA + DVI (optional DVI to HDMI) Audio - Analog (L & R) or SPDIF (Optical)
Mass	8.2Kg
Approvals	CE & FCC
Warranty	24 months C&R

Tranquil Media Center Output Options

Due to copyright protection being applied to many modern DVD disks, known as DVD9 format, and Microsoft Media Player / Media Center 2005 DRM policies, it is NOT possible to play these modern DVD9 copy protected DVDs in any Media Center PC fitted with a TV output card (Composite Video / SVideo) - as it is considered that this output device could be a Video Recorder. This policy is not applied by Tranquil PC, but by Microsoft’s Media Player.

Therefore ALL Tranquil Media Centers will now be supplied with DVI and VGA output options only. The Composite TV / Svideo option will only be available if specifically requested.

This is a better option, as most applications and clients will run a Media Center unit on a Plasma, or LCD screen, which generally have VGA or DVI inputs. The picture resolution and quality is far superior on a VGA screen, and even better on a screen equipped with DVI.

Running a Media Center on a regular TV (Composite Video / Svideo) is possible, if you choose not to use protected DVD9 disks, but the resolution really does not do justice to the Media Center.

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