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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Steven Krampf, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Evan B. Ross, Needham, MA (US);
Trung Quoc Phung, Milton, MA (US);
Steven Krampf, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Evan B. Ross, Needham, MA (US);
Trung Quoc Phung, Milton, MA (US);
Chestnut Hill Sound, Inc., Waban, MA (US);
Abstract
An entertainment system comprising a base unit with a transceiver for interacting, at times, with a control unit via a communications link, and a control unit for controlling the base unit, the control unit being dockable with the base unit to establish direct electrical connection between them, and including a transceiver for interacting with the control unit via said link when undocked. The control unit is a separate aspect of the invention or system. The base unit may contain a tuner, preferably with bandless tuning capability, and may be designed to receive into a universal docking arrangement a digitally controllable auxiliary audio source such as a portable MP3 player or other device. The base unit may further provide alarm clock functionality with numerous features including a 'fail-safe' volume control system and fail-safe alarm time setting capability.