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Flight Display
Systems’ JetJukebox
has a simple
interface for users
to choose movies,
photos or music.

NEW PRODUCTS

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what the company called a “smart light,” eliminating the need
for a separate control box, further simplifying CMS integration.
The QUASAR II features higher resolution, enabling more
vivid colors and dynamic scenes than previous products.
Meanwhile, EMTEQ’s
Universal intelliUSB SR is
the company’s latest entry
in the market for in-flight
recharging of personal
electronic devices. The intelliUSB SR incorporates
technology enabling it to
accommodate the unique
requirements of the top
three USB-based rechargEMTEQ’s QUASAR II mood lighting
enables more vivid colors.
ing protocols, allowing
it to charge more than 90
percent of the market-leading tablets, phones and eReaders all
from one port. All this, despite an in-cabin port measuring
1 ⅛-by-¾ inches with a compact box hidden behind a wall
panel or in the seat. This ultra-small design allows the intelliUSB SR to be seamlessly integrated into the cabin without calling attention from the overall design yet being easily accessible
for passengers.
To learn more, visit www.emteq.com.

Flight Display Systems
Flight Display Systems manufactures more than 120 unique
in-flight entertainment products for the retrofit and refurbishment market. The Georgia-based company also offers ruggedized LCD panels used in military surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, including NVG-compliant and touchscreen
monitors. Jay Healey, vice president of sales, highlighted his
company’s latest products for attendees at the AEA Convention,
including entries in the Wi-Fi, media-server and touchscreen
in-flight entertainment management markets.
The company’s new FDWRTR-2 stand-alone wireless router
is being STC’d in a variety of aircraft, Healy told attendees. Designed primarily as a means to distribute in-flight entertainment
content, the router does not require Internet access and works
with all Wi-Fi-capable tablets and phones.
The router complements, which can store up to 100 movies.
It includes its own internal server memory and features six USB
ports. The media player allows up to eight devices to log on
simultaneously and view the content of their choice. It features
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a touchscreen-enabled menu system available from virtually
any iPad, iPhone or Android device, plus a worldwide moving
map and data base.
The company also announced a ground-side solution for
managing iPad and other portable devices, the 10X PED, which
it said “is a cost-effective ground solution for operators who
want to manage multiple iPads.” The new device charges and
syncs up to 10 iPads at once in secure storage. And after the
iPads are synched, all fresh content can be played back on the
new Flight Display Systems FD171DMT, a 17-inch widescreen
HD display, which is designed for bulkhead mounting aboard
Hawker, Citation, KingAir and Learjet aircraft.
To learn more, visit www.flightdisplay.com.

FreeFlight Systems
“Solutions to complex problems” is how FreeFlight Systems’
Pete Ring, aftermarket sales manager, characterized his company’s new products. But during his presentation to the AEA
Convention, he also announced FreeFlight Systems is committing to its continuing support for the Capstone Data Interface
Protocol, an industry standard defining technical requirements
for an RS-422/RS-232 data connection between cockpit displays and ADS-B datalink radios utilizing ADS-R and TIS-B
traffic data, as well as FIS-B datalink weather, NOTAM and
other information from an ADS-B In datalink radio. Implementing Capstone at the airframe level provides owner flexibility
when configuring ADS-B avionics, the company said, noting
Aspen Avionics, Avidyne and other industry leaders also have
announced support for Capstone.
Ring introduced FreeFlight’s FDL-1090 TX, the company’s 1090ES ADS-B Out solution for aircraft operating at
flight level180 and above. The new radio is part of a modular
system that can be expanded with the TSO-approved RANGR
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FreeFlight’s FDL-1090 TX

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