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SAT 201 MULTIMEDIA
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Two top Companies, namely Navisystem and Radiomarine, with a
history in finding new technological solutions for entertainment
and management of two way data flows on board vessels, put
forward a jointly developed system epitomizing their individual
know how. The Sat 201 Multimedia, thanks to which, by simply
using a key-board and monitor, it is possible to thoroughly
check the aerial system intent on providing a service, such as
satellite TV reception, internet connections, and management of
the aerial's system technical resources. It is a form of evolved
decoder which, in addition to its usual tasks such as decoding
digital or satellite signals, is also capable of managing the
very instrument which captures such signals on board, namely the
aerial. All of this allows to have a simplified circuitry and
above all the end user control of it. However for the system to
be effective each single item making up the system must be able
to coherently dialogue with the other. To best achieve this, it
is essential that each component is developed in accordance to
the layout of the whole apparatus following a common project
even if produced in separate firms. This is precisely what the
two Italian companies have done. They have identified the
possibility of producing an integrated system such as the Sat
201 Multimedia, being careful that each side should develop the
part of the system for which it could offer greater experience.
In this respect, Radiomarine has already produced a number of
innovative devices capable of optimizing and simplifying the
data management flows which can either be sent or received by a
moving vessel, and can therefore boast a degree of experience
hard to match for others. Furthermore, stemming from a company
such as Radiomarelli which has been present in the
telecommunications and development of naval solutions' market
for a long period of time, Radiomarine is sure to capitalize on
their great experience. Navisystem, on the other hand, has
filled a relevant role in the development of aerial systems
dedicated to the reception and transmission of radio signals
through satellites, therefore the meeting of the two companies
would inevitably result in the creation of an efficient and
above all simple, integrated system. Let us take a closer look.
As previously mentioned, Sat 201 Multimedia is a box capable of
managing both the Navisystem aerial and the software and
hardware components produced by Radiomarine. It is effectively a
motherboard fitted with a software which has been developed to
bring together the functions of the two main items making up the
system. On the one hand the management of the aerial's main
functions including monitoring the signal received, on the
other, Radiomarine's system software for onboard entertainment,
namely Playtime and Communicator to quote an example. Playtime
is in turn a decoder which guarantees TV, radio, video on
demand, reception signals as well as controlling DVD
player/recorders, MP3s, remote surveillance systems, internet
and e-mail interfaces, as well as intranet and external
communications including weather forecast services, video-
conferences such as those used in Telemedicine. All this is
made possible because Playmate has a 200 GB hard disk capable
of memorizing data, films, music, documents, Meteosat images, e-
mails and everything considered useful to keep, both for
entertainment purposes and for cruising safety. Communicator, is
the heart of the communications systems developed by
Radiomarine, a simple instrument which allows access to a wide
variety of information and services such as Meteosat, or
Meteomed or Meteofax or Metar ( weather forecasting services)
the latter through continuous connection to airport met.
services. Communicator allows net connection through UMTS
technology or in the absence of a suitable signal, through
satellite, with the possibility of monitoring the satellite used
and the option of choosing another. This allows the user to
manage costs choosing the more convenient provider both from a
technical and cost competitive point of view. Thanks to these
systems, Radiomarine is able to offer an integrated platform of
vital importance for voyage safety together with an innumerable
amount of entertainment choice available today. To achieve all
this it is fundamental that one may count on an aerial system
that can fulfil the requirements without presenting any limit to
the potential of the whole system; it is for this very reason
that Radiomarine has recognized Navisystem as being the
suitable partner for the development of an integrated system,
choosing to collaborate with them on a common project which
allows a reduction of otherwise necessary apparatus, in favour
of an increase of functions possible in a much facilitated form.
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