Dual-Mic Bluetooth Speakerphone Solution Delivers Premium Audio Experience with Loud, Clear, Noise Free Voice

(Phoenix, AZ – October 26, 2009) - Acoustic Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of high quality audio solutions for hands-free products, today announced its single and dual microphone SoundClear ATS612x hands-free car kit solutions.  Chosen and trusted by the world’s top electronics companies, SoundClear eliminates noise, cancels echo, and enhances speech leaving only clear, loud, natural voice in both directions.  The dual microphone ATS6122 solution enhances the voice experience by eliminating a wider spectrum of unwanted noises while boosting voice quality.  Designed to give OEMs and ODMs the greatest freedom to create stylish and innovative products, ATS6122 is flexible to work with varying microphone types and configurations while the ATS6121 single microphone solution is ideal for more cost sensitive designs.  Using CSR BlueCore5-Multimedia, combined with Acoustic’s Intelligent Adaptive Processing™ features including Automatic Volume Control and Automatic Level Control, SoundClear is enabling the easiest to use, highest sound quality Bluetooth car audio products on the market today. 

“Acoustic Technologies continues to deliver high quality hands-free solutions via its SoundClear single and dual microphone car kit offerings on CSR’s industry leading BlueCore-Multimedia devices”, said Anthony Murray, Senior Vice President of CSR’s Audio and Connectivity Business Unit.  “CSR eXtension Partners, such as Acoustic, enable our customers to differentiate with market-leading Bluetooth audio solutions.” 

The ATS6122 dual mic SoundClear solution for Bluetooth car kits offers the following key features:

w        Up to 24 dB Noise Cancellation

w        Up to 45 dB Echo Cancellation

w        Supports varying microphone types and configurations

w        Automatic Level Control

w        Automatic Volume Control

w        Pre-speaker Compander Maximizes Volume and Eliminates Distortion

w        Dynamically Adjusts to Changing Environmental Conditions

w        Full-Duplex, Echo Free with Smooth and Natural Speech Quality

w        Proven with ASR and Voice Response Systems

w        Simple and Fast Tuning with RAPID^™ Tool

The technology is based on spatial and spectral processing techniques optimized for high quality hands-free voice.  Tested for compatibility with local and server based automatic speech recognition solutions, SoundClear eliminates noise while preserving the speech’s original pitch and tone which results in superior recognition rates with services such as GOOG-411 and Bing 411.  And Automatic Volume Control boosts the volume level as ambient noise levels increase always maintaining the ideal loudness level without requiring the user to press a volume button while Automatic Level Control dynamically adjusts for varying line and signal levels to give consistent speech quality no matter what the network or phone is used.  All features are programmable via the RAPID™ tuning tool.

“Our hands-free car kit solution was tremendously successful during its limited exclusive Tier 1 release period and we are now offering this product for broad adoption by all leading hands-free accessory makers”, said Bob Ackmann, CEO of Acoustic Technologies, Inc. “The new SoundClear dual mic hands-free car kit product delivers clearer, louder, full-duplex voice that is fully compatible with ASR and voice response systems.”

The ATS6121 single microphone and ATS6122 dual microphone solutions are available for immediate design-in for customers that seek loud, noise free, echo free remarkably clear voice quality in their Bluetooth car kits.  Optimized application specific SoundClear solutions for the CSR BlueCore5-Multimedia device are also available for dual-mic and single mic Bluetooth headsets and car radios.

About Acoustic Technologies
Acoustic Technologies creates high quality hands-free audio processing software for leading consumer electronics companies.  The SoundClear brand of patented full-duplex communication, echo cancellation, and noise reduction solutions is enabling significant advancements in hands-free voice quality and is proven in over 30 million products around the globe.  SoundClear provides natural bi-directional communication in Bluetooth headsets, car radios, GPS navigation devices, and hands-free car kits.   Visit www.acoustictech.com for additional information.

SoundClear is a registered trademark of Acoustic Technologies Inc.  SoundAdvice, SoundTools, SoundSolution, RAPID and Intelligent Adaptive Processing are trademarks of Acoustic Technologies.  All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT:
Michelle Pollard
Acoustic Technologies, Inc.
Phone:  480.507.4300
Michelle.Pollard@acoustictech.com
www.acoustictechnologies.com