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X10.com® Hooks up with Music.com to Offer Free Shot at Creating 21st Century Wired Home in New Millennium Contest

10 contest winners to each receive X10.com’s leading-edge wireless mini-color video camera kit

SEATTLE and MORRISON, NJ - January 27, 2000 -X10.com (www.x10.com/pressroom46.htm) and Music.com (www.music.com) are providing serious music lovers a free taste of the Wired Home revolution by teaming up to give away 10 XRay Vision™ kits, X10’s leading-edge wireless video camera technology to view pictures and sound from any room in the home via the Internet.

X10.com’s XRay Vision features the XCam2™, a lightweight mini-color video camera with a built in transmitter and external power supply. The XCam2 also includes a built in microphone and can be mounted anywhere in the home or office. Anyone can see what’s happening up to 100 feet away by simply plugging the wireless receiver unit into the back of a TV or VCR.

Using the included USB converter and free software from X10.com, XRay Vision customers are able to see the same images remotely from any computer via the web. Imagine the benefits of being able to keep an eye on a home or business from literally anywhere in the world, or give distant relatives a seat at the holiday celebration.

Music.com is uniquely positioned to become the premier online destination for music lovers of all persuasions. From recognized artists to emerging bands and much more, Music.com offers the largest selection of musical genres on the web. The site is a highly interactive community and the premier homepage for people who enjoy, perform, compose and produce music.

“The New Millennium contest with X10.com is a great opportunity for our technology savvy community to create a wireless home of the future,” said Jon Baum, Music.com’s Director of Promotion. “Music lovers also want to make life simpler and more enjoyable. “XRay Vision is the perfect way to start building a wireless system for both fun and security.”

The New Millennium contest begins January 26th and will run though February 16th. Anyone who answers an X10 trivia question is eligible to receive one of the 10 Xray Vision kits. Contest details are available at music.com.

“X10.com has joined forces with enthusiast web communities like Music.com to get the right groups of people excited about creating wireless systems in the home to not only see what’s going on at the front door or in little Johnny’s room, but to extend the reach of their PC’s,” said Alex Peder, president, X10.com. “We want these groups to put our products to the test while at the same time setting up state-of-the-art wireless home entertainment systems controlled from the PC. X10.com also believes that once someone experiences our products, the chances are good we’ll see them again to expand or upgrade their newly christened Wired Home.”

About X10.com

Based in Seattle, X10.com is a division of privately held X10 Ltd., the world leader in design and manufacture of proprietary home control, entertainment and security technology products for over 20 years. To date, X10 has shipped well over one hundred million units of home control products worldwide. X10 has received numerous consumer and industry awards. X10.com sells and promotes X10 products direct to the consumer through its web site at www.x10.com/pressroom46.htm Recently, Media Metrix has ranked X10 as a top one hundred e-commerce Web site based on traffic and sales.

Contact: X10.com, Jeff Denenholz, PR Director, 206-241-3287, jeffdenenholz@x10.com

About Music.com

Music.com is a privately owned company based in Morristown, NJ. Music.com owns and operates the web site located at www.music.com and is uniquely positioned to become the premier online destination for music lovers of all persuasions. Music.com offers a variety of music-related features, reviews, contests and interactive items for all of their visitors.

Contact: Music.com, Chris Bergen, Artist and PR Manager, 973-540-9999, Cbergen@staff.music.com.

 

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