Marantz RC-9500 Programmable Touchscreen Learning Remote

"Marantz America recently announced the introduction of a bold new look and feel in versatile programmable learning remote controls: the compact touch-screen RC9500. Featuring a USB interface and new full-color LCD touchscreen display, the U-shape RC9500 provides easy, complete control of every component in a home entertainment system and offers customizable programming along with a host of sophisticated control capabilities. In addition to its ease-of-use and unique cosmetic, the RC9500 offers greater versatility than most dedicated custom installation control systems. Because the RC9500 recognizes both BMP and PNG images, it can utilize both types of images from earlier remotes as well as new transparent images. In addition, the remotes advanced Wizz.it9 software has the same look and feel as the Wizz.it1 software utilized in the well-known RC5400. The RC9500 features 48 MB of flash memory and a high-performance Motorola DragonBall MC68328 processor for ultrahigh storage capacity and complex management capabilities. The RC9500 is USB 1.1, W98SE, WME, W2K and WXP compatible. Setup can be further customized via a PC interface and Windows PC programming software that enables users to import custom animation's, channel icons and even their own graphics and photos. Completely customizable, the RC9500 features fifteen tactile buttons that allow programming of any audio or video component selected, along with conveniently located hard buttons and a cursor control for most-used functions. It also features an extensive complement of additional features, such as exclusive Jump Forward / Jump Backward commands and a programmable ""Instant Surf"" button that calls up any channel at the touch of a single button. The RC9500 offers a host of convenient functions such as one-screen access to all the controls of any selected component, and macro capability that enables the user to trans