Home Controller HC-500

Features and Benets

The Control4® Home Controller HC-500 makes it easy for everyone to instantly enjoy
their favorite music wherever they are, whenever they want. The HC-500 digitally
stores the music collections of everyone in the family and delivers simultaneous audio
streams over a home network. Utilizing online music recognition, the HC-500 makes
managing music collections a breeze. Music can easily be selected by artist, song,
genre, or even album cover art.
But it doesn’t stop there. The HC-500 is a lso the center of a complete home automa-
tion system. It’s a sophisticated yet simple platform to control lighting,
security, temperature and more throughout the home.
It’s all part of the Control4 vision. We bring the benets of a truly automated home to
more people with solutions that are affordable, easy to install and designed to adapt
to any home or lifestyle.
Rip your music CDs onto the HC-500 in
minutes. Import MP3s from your PC.
Play your favorite music by connect-
ing your handheld MP3 player. All while
running your entire home automatio n
system.
Serious Music Server
• 160 GB hard drive — Store the entire f amily’s music collections — a pproximately 2,000 CDs.
• Multi-room audio — Distr ibute analog audio to three se parate zones.
• Digital audio streaming — St ream audio throughout the ho use via the home network.
• Online music recognitio n — Catalog an entire digita l music collection and sear ch by artist,
genre, song, or album c over art.
• Customized playlists — E asily create playlists fo r every occasion and moo d.
Powerful Home Automation Controll er
• Complete control — Full com plement of IR, contact, re lay, and serial connections to c ontrol the
whole house.
• Standards-based c ontrol — Devices through out the home are controlle d via communication
over ZigBee™ (802.15.4) mesh networking a nd Ethernet (802.3).
• Seamless integration — Works with Control4 and a comprehensive array of third-party components.
Easy to Set Up and Use
• Multiple interfaces — U ses Control4 Touch Screen s, Keypads, System Remote Contro ls, or the
included on-sc reen display.
• Connections made eas y — Clearly marked connect ors on the back of the device
make setup easy.
• High denition — HD on-scre en navigation provides larg e, bright, clear 16x9 graphics.

Control Your Music, Control Your Home

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