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Product Information
Product Overview
The iBridge Bay (BGB2) is a table-top device that
allows you to use an Apple
®
Mac
®
computer as a
remote source for a Russound RNET
®
multiroom
system. Used with a Russound RNET A/V Decoder,
it provides RNET access to a Mac’s iTunes
®
media
library.
With a Russound RNET system, the Bay treats the
iTunes media library as a fully functional RNET
smart source. It gives the system’s keypads, touch-
screens, and remote controls full control of iTunes:
Play, Pause, Next Song, Previous Song, Playlist Up,
and Playlist Down. The UNO-TS2 touchscreen adds
the ability to select music by playlist, genre, artist,
album, and song.
The iBridge Bay also enables program information
to display on the RNET system’s keypads and
touchscreens. They show playlist, artist, album, and
song title information from iTunes.
The iBridge Bay uses Russound software (iBridge
Bay Application) to interface with iTunes on the Mac.
The Mac uses Front Row, a user interface for media
(music, video, DVD) selection on the Mac. The
default settings for the iBridge Bay launches the
Mac’s Front Row interface and the iBridge Bay on
startup.
The iBridge Bay can be used two different ways in
an RNET multiroom system. It can be used as an
audio only source in audio zones, or it can serve as
an audio and video source, also displaying video,
photos, and movies in multiroom zones equipped
with a video display.
When used in zones with a video display, you can
use a Russound SRC2 remote control aimed directly
at a keypad or touchscreen to directly control Front
Row on the Mac while watching changes occur on
the video display.
The iBridge Bay supports Mac models running OS X
10.4 or higher and iTunes. It connects via a single
CAT-5e cable to an RNET A/V Decoder at the sys-
tem controller.
