PhatNoise Announces Family of Seamlessly Integrated Digital Music Players

From the Car to the Home to the Gym and Beyond, Consumers Can Now Access Digital Music Anywhere With Complete System From PhatNoise

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 -- PhatNoise Inc., the leading provider of automotive digital entertainment solutions, announces the expansion of their product line with two new digital media players. The new PhatNoise(R) Home Digital Media Player and the new PocketBox(TM) Portable Digital Media Player join the company's flagship PhatBox(R) in-car player, allowing consumers for the first time to enjoy their music collection literally wherever they go.

The car, home and portable players all take advantage of the intuitive PhatNoise Music Manager software, with one-click CD conversion and powerful customization and music organization tools. The software optimizes any music collection for enjoyment on the road and in the home player using the rugged portable DMS(TM) Cartridge, which stores thousands of tracks on a compact hard drive. The software also maximizes the storage of the 128MB PocketBox, with direct USB transfer that automatically compacts files to provide hours of on- the-go music from the ultra-light player.

Working together seamlessly to create a uniquely accessible digital music experience for consumers, each of the new products shares the PhatBox heritage of innovation, quality, and ease of use.

"PhatNoise has developed a complete digital music system that moves beyond the single device concept, and allows for true portability of digital music," said Dan Benyamin, CTO and co-founder of PhatNoise. "Digital music fans can now extend their collection to all the places they listen to music most, be it the living room, the automobile, or virtually anywhere else."

About the PhatNoise Home Player

The new Home Player offers audiophile quality sound components and a rich video interface for home entertainment centers. Simply plug in any PhatNoise DMS Cartridge, and enjoy hundreds of hours of digital music. The Home Player features an easy-to-read backlit LCD display panel providing song information and a full browsing menu. Built on PhatNoise's latest technology platform, the Home Player's powerful processor supports video display of song information and plays a wide range of digital audio formats.

  Key Features
   -- A sleek high-end stereo component with an aluminum front panel.
      Approximately the size of a DVD player.
   -- Digital and analog outputs for superior sound quality.
   -- Infrared remote control for browsing by artist, album, genre or custom
      playlist with PhatNoise's exclusive SSA(TM) organization technology.
   -- Displays music library, album art and song information on a TV screen
      via S-Video output.
   -- Built-in USB port for future networking capabilities.

  Pricing and Availability

The PhatNoise Home Player is available for December delivery at www.phatnoise.com for $349.

About the PocketBox Portable Player

The PocketBox, a personal digital music player no larger than a pocketknife, enables users to take their digital music with them on the run. The PhatNoise Music Manager software lets you organize playlists for the PocketBox, and transfer music files directly from the PC via a USB cable.

  Key Features
   -- Plays MP3 and WMA files.  Records and plays back Voice Memos.
   -- 128MB flash memory for 4 hours (4 CD's) of WMA encoded music.
   -- 12 hours of playback time with a single AAA battery.
   -- Three line graphical display with backlight.
   -- USB Mass Storage Compliant for secure transportation of data files.
   -- Unique automatic transcoding feature converts standard-sized music
      files to allow room for more songs.

  Pricing and Availability
  The PocketBox is available now at www.phatnoise.com for $139.

  About PhatNoise

PhatNoise Inc. is an innovator in the drive to create seamless automotive access to the digital world. The company's advanced platforms and software for digital media offer complete solutions for introducing digital content and technology into the automobile in intuitive and highly integrated applications to enhance the consumer entertainment experience. PhatNoise creates products and technology for license and distribution by leading partners in the automotive, consumer electronics, and multimedia industries, including the Kenwood Music Keg and the Volkswagen/Audi Digital Car Audio System. For more information on PhatNoise and its technologies and products, visit www.phatnoise.com .