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The transceiver and receiver are physically identical except for the label on their fronts. The top and bottom of both units are made of aluminum with the rounded corners, while the sides are made of a dark transparent black plastic. A power button and pairing button are on top. On the back of each unit is a RCA audio out, DC power port, and a small antenna. The transceiver and receiver use small DC power adapters that feature a green LED. Two aluminum cradles (stands) are included so that the units can be used vertically.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/15.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/15th.jpg" width="250" height="166" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The mini amplifier features aluminum panels on the top and bottom. Its sides are felt textured, black plastic. On the back of the unit there is an RCA audio in, volume control knob, power switch, and DC power port. The left side of the amplifier features a pair of bare wire speaker out terminals. A laptop style DC power adapter is used by the mini amplifier.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/19.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/19th.jpg" width="250" height="116" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Ironically, for something that is meant to replace wires there sure are a lot included ;-). Bluetake includes a variety of cables and adapters making just about any kind of audio connection possible. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/08.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/08th.jpg" width="250" height="176" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">For starters, there are two RCA male to RCA male to cables (one heavy cable and one lighter cable). </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/12.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/12th.jpg" width="250" height="148" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">There is a RCA male to 3.5" stereo female jack which allows you to connect the receiver to multimedia speakers. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/09.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/09th.jpg" width="250" height="235" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">There is a RCA male to 3.5" stereo male jack which allows you to connect a portable audio device (such as CD or mp3 player) to the transceiver. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/11.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/11th.jpg" width="250" height="175" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">There is a pair of RCA male to bare wires which allows you to connect the speaker out terminals of a home theater receiver to the transceiver. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/10.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/10th.jpg" width="250" height="200" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">Lastly, there is a pair of bare to bare speaker wires. The speaker wires are not color coated (to distinguish polarity); therefore, the only way to tell one wire from the other is that one of the wires has faint technical printing on it.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/01.jpg"></a><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/14.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/14th.jpg" width="189" height="250" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left"><strong>Setup and Usage:</strong></p> <p align="left"> Essentially, the Hi-PHONO is a product that can wirelessly carry a stereo audio signal up to 50 meters. Its applications are limited only to the user's imagination. Bluetake, however provides 4 example applications of the Hi-PHONO.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/17.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/17th.jpg" width="250" height="53" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>One application of the Hi-PHONO is to setup remote stereo speakers. An example would be to have a stereo receiver in one room and with the help of the Hi-PHONO, have its speakers in another room. To set this up, simply hook the stereo receiver to the Hi-PHONO's transceiver in one room, hook the speakers to the mini amplifier and mini amplifier to the receiver in another room.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/21.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/21th.jpg" width="250" height="117" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Another application of the Hi-PHONO would be to remotely hook up a portable music player to a set of powered multimedia speakers or bookshelf speakers. To set this up, simply hook up the music player to the transceiver with the RCA male to 3.5" male cable. If bookshelf speakers are going to be used, hook them up to the mini amplifier and hook the mini amplifier to the receiver. If powered multimedia speakers are going to be used, then use the RCA male to 3.5" female cable to directly connect the receiver to the speakers (omitting the mini amplifier).</p> <p>Another application of the Hi-PHONO is to use it to hook up remote computer speakers for either a simple stereo setup or to setup rear surround speakers. A simple stereo setup would be the same as the setup for hooking up a portable music player except the transceiver will be hooked to the line/speaker out of the computer's sound card. To use the Hi-PHONO to hook up rear surround speakers, hook up the transceiver to the rear speaker out of a surround sound card. Take some time to adjust the volume of the rear speakers to provide the optimal surround environment.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/20.jpg"><img src="atruereview/hi_phono/20th.jpg" width="250" height="91" border="0" alt="Bluetake Hi-PHONO Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Station Kit"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Lastly, the Hi-PHONO can be used with a home theater system to hook up rear speakers without having to use long wires. To set this up, use the RCA male to bare wires to connect the rear speaker terminals of the surround sound receiver to the transceiver. Then with the mini amplifier hooked up to the receiver, plug the rear speakers to the mini amplifier.</p> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/index.php"></a> <a href="hi_phono/index.php">Previous (Introduction & Features)</a></td> <td><div align="right"><a href="atruereview/hi_phono/bluetooth2.php"></a> <a href="hi_phono/bluetooth2.php">Next (Performance & Conclusion)</a></div></td> </tr> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer" class="clr"> <div class="rk-1"> <div class="rk-2"> <div id="the-footer">  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>