Home Controller HC-500
Control Your Music, Control Your Home
The Control4® Home Controller HC-500 makes it easy for everyone to instantly enjoy
their favorite music wherever they are, whenever they want. The HC-500 digitally
stores the music collections of everyone in the family and delivers simultaneous audio
streams over a home network. Utilizing online music recognition, the HC-500 makes
managing music collections a breeze. Music can easily be selected by artist, song,
genre, or even album cover art.
But it doesn’t stop there. The HC-500 is also the center of a complete home automa-
tion system. It’s a sophisticated yet simple platform to control lighting,
security, temperature and more throughout the home.
It’s all part of the Control4 vision. We bring the benefits of a truly automated home to
more people with solutions that are affordable, easy to install and designed to adapt
to any home or lifestyle.
Features and Benefits
Rip your music CDs onto the HC-500 in
minutes. Import MP3s from your PC.
Play your favorite music by connect-
ing your handheld MP3 player. All while
running your entire home automation
system.
Serious Music Server
• 160 GB hard drive — Store the entire family’s music collections — approximately 2,000 CDs.
• Multi-room audio — Distribute analog audio to three separate zones.
• Digital audio streaming — Stream audio throughout the house via the home network.
• Online music recognition — Catalog an entire digital music collection and search by artist,
genre, song, or album cover art.
• Customized playlists — Easily create playlists for every occasion and mood.
Powerful Home Automation Controller
• Complete control — Full complement of IR, contact, relay, and serial connections to control the
whole house.
• Standards-based control — Devices throughout the home are controlled via communication
over ZigBee™ (802.15.4) mesh networking and Ethernet (802.3).
• Seamless integration — Works with Control4 and a comprehensive array of third-party components.
Easy to Set Up and Use
• Multiple interfaces — Uses Control4 Touch Screens, Keypads, System Remote Controls, or the
included on-screen display.
• Connections made easy — Clearly marked connectors on the back of the device
make setup easy.
• High definition — HD on-screen navigation provides large, bright, clear 16x9 graphics.
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