X10.com® ’s FireCracker™ Home Control Starter Kit and Revolutionary Slimline™ Wall Switch

The Easiest Way to Get Connected to the Home of the Future

Seattle — September 21, 1999 —X10.com is yet again making it possible for computer enthusiasts everywhere to experience first hand the thrill and excitement of the premier starter solution for home control available by offering customers the opportunity to purchase both its hugely successful free FireCracker starter kit and the company’s super-thin, lightweight wireless remote wall switch known as the Slimline.

The Slimline Switch is the size of traditional light switch wall plates, uses a combination of the existing AC wiring in your home and Radio Frequency signals to automatically control almost anything electrical from anywhere in the home, and will even brighten or dim incandescent lamps at the touch of a button. Mount the Slimline Switch on the wall next to your bed, in a bathroom, living room, kitchen, garage, or den and never again will you stumble around in the dark searching for a switch or wonder if you left the coffee pot turned on. The Slimline Switch works in conjuction with X10 technology in the form of wireless lamp and appliance modules to send commands remotely via the powerline.

X10.com has given away more than 100,000 FireCracker home control starter kits which consist of a lamp and transciever appliance module that are controlled with a handheld remote control using the same powerline and RF technology as the Slimline Switch. The FireCracker kit also comes with a computer interface to allow anyone to send commands from their PC screen.

For first time X10.customers who purchase the Slimline Switch to experience the power of home control, the FireCracker kit becomes the perfect seemless addition to their new wireless home of the future. Now you can automatically control lights and appliances from anywhere in the home by using either the handheld remote or by simply pushing a button on a Slimlime Switch located where ever you may be at the time. You can even adjust the lighting levels throughout your home with both controllers or even from your desktop computer.

"X10.com really broke the mold by subsidizing free FireCracker kits as part of our quest to attract millions of new customers to the Wired Home revolution," said Alex Peder, president X10 (USA) retail sales division. "The way that the FireCracker and our new revolutionary Slimline Switch work together in concert simply and easily to create a 21^st century Wired Home is nothing short of amazing. We will continue to add more and pieces that enhance the capabililities of our market leading home control, entertainment, and security products."

Availability

The Slimline Switch is available for $19.95.

For a limited time only, everyone can join the Wired Home revolution by taking advantage of X10.com’s decision to offer their home control starter kit known as FireCrackerÔ , a $73.00 value, for only a handling fee of $5.90.

Both the Slimline Switch and FireCracker Kit are available at www.x10.com/pressroom25.htm or by calling 1-800-675-3044.

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/pressroom25.htm Recently, Media Metrix has ranked X10 as a top one hundred e-commerce Web site based on traffic and sales.