Anyone heard of the Rockford Fosgate Omnifi?

Posted by: unsquare

Anyone heard of the Rockford Fosgate Omnifi? - 21/01/2003 21:43

I finally took my Feb issue of WIRED out of the plastic...flipped to the PLAY fetish section to look at the new gadgets. I found something of interest.
It is a Hard Drive based MP3 player for the car from Rockford Fosgate called the Omnifi.

Not much info there...just the usual tease.
Mentions a 20 Gig HD, and a WI-FI add-on!
The unit is $599 + $99 for the wireless upgrade.

The mag layout shows some sort of a proprietary HD enclosure for it.

Anyone hear about this thing? Apparently it debuted at CES...no mention of it on the RF site though.
Posted by: Half_Geek

Re: Anyone heard of the Rockford Fosgate Omnifi? - 22/01/2003 01:55


Have a look at http://www.simpledevices.com/index.shtml which has a little more info.
Posted by: unsquare

Re: Anyone heard of the Rockford Fosgate Omnifi? - 22/01/2003 17:26

I saw that...but the picture there is a detail-less rendered thing. The picture in WIRED looks like an actual product. I wonder when it is is supposed to be produced.

If my Empeg had wireless access I'd be in heaven.
Posted by: Glen_L

Re: Anyone heard of the Rockford Fosgate Omnifi? - 15/04/2003 14:09

It looks like this thing is nearing release, more details are available.

http://www.omnifimedia.com/products/omnifi_details.jsp?productId=12541

Posted by: spider

Re: Anyone heard of the Rockford Fosgate Omnifi? - 15/04/2003 16:42

way more interested in this:
Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten
Mobile MP3/WMA Juke Box Player/Recorder
http://www.eclipse-web.com

HD1213 Hi-fidelity 20-Gigabyte MP-3/WMA Player/recorder. Supports real-time ripping or Post 5-min recording in vehicle,(128kb/s)for Top-40 songs on your drive. Supports WMA/MP3 (computer) to 320kb/s. Controlled By Eclipse CDC Radios.

http://www.cesweb.org/awards/inn_images/innovations_2003/1284/mainphoto1284.JPG

However the Omni: http://www.cesweb.org/awards/inn_images/innovations_2003/1535/mainphoto1535.jpg might actually be made buy Fujitsu Ten as last years rockford line was. They (Fujitsu Ten) also make oem units for Toyota/Lexus.