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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
CSR Licenses aptX Audio Codec for Bluetooth Stereo to Audio Precision
CSR plc (LSE: CSR) today announced it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Audio Precision, one of the world's leading designers of audio analyzers, to enable them to incorporate CSR aptX Bluetooth audio compression technology into their recently announced Bluetooth I/O hardware module for APx Series audio analyzers, which allows comprehensive audio testing over Bluetooth wireless technology.
CSR aptX™ audio codec technology has achieved a significant milestone, as Audio Precision indicated it will become a standard component of the Bluetooth test suite available for its family of APx Series audio analyzers.
“With customers such as Bose, Sennheiser and other leading makers of consumer, professional and industrial audio products, Audio Precision is one of the world’s leading test and measurement companies, and their inclusion of the aptX codec in their Bluetooth test suite clearly indicates the industry’s demand for aptX as a fundamental Bluetooth technology,” said Noel McKenna, Senior Director of aptX for CSR. “We are pleased to welcome Audio Precision into the aptX family, and look forward to working with them to help bring aptX technology to more of their customers.”
Although standard Bluetooth technology offers the ability to stream stereo audio wirelessly from handsets and other audio devices to headphones and speakers, the bandwidth-constrained audio does not come close to what consumers have come to expect from their electronic entertainment systems. CSR aptX audio coding technology solves this problem, breaking the bandwidth barrier to deliver CD-quality stereo audio wirelessly over Bluetooth connections for a variety of consumer electronics applications.
“Codecs like CSR’s aptX are the key to improving audio over Bluetooth wireless, and to implement them correctly requires systematic audio testing with the technology in question totally integrated inside the analyzer,” said Tom Williams, VP of Marketing for Audio Precision. “Many of our customers are aptX licensees, so we’ve made the investment to add aptX to our standard Bluetooth test suite.”
The Audio Precision Bluetooth I/O hardware module lets engineers measure their Bluetooth devices directly from within the user-friendly APx software, eliminating the uncertainty and inconvenience of adapters, and making Bluetooth audio test faster, easier and more reliable. In addition to the aptX codec, APx analyzers support A2DP, HFP, HSP, and AVRCP profiles and SBC and CVSD codecs, allowing more than 30 one-click acoustic and electronic tests to be carried out in seconds on Bluetooth-connected headsets, hands-free devices, automotive head units, A/V receivers and smartphones.
About CSR
CSR is a global provider of innovative silicon and software solutions for the location-aware, media-rich, cloud-connected world. Our platforms are optimised for the automotive navigation and infotainment, digital cameras and imaging, connected home infotainment and wireless audio markets. We provide solutions to complex problems in the audio-visual, connectivity and location technology domains across a broad range of markets, with a technology portfolio that includes GPS/GNSS systems, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FM, NFC, aptX and CVC audio codecs, JPEG, MPEG, H.264 imaging, IPS printing, microcontrollers, DSPs and broadband receivers. CSR's technology solutions and market platforms enable its customers to deliver a superior user experience and are adopted by leaders in the auto, computer, home and mobile markets. More information can be found at www.csr.com
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