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Philips Pronto hosts Advanced Touch Screen design training (3/9/2009)

CEDIA US Expo 2009

On Saturday September 12, the Philips Pronto Team will host an Advanced Touch Screen Design course at the CEDIA Expo in the Georgia World Congress center, Atlanta. Creating stunning touch panel interfaces while preserving simplicity for the end user is an art. Guest speakers Kevin Fitzpatrick, TEC Supervisor at Russound and Dave Sereno, CEO at OnlyOneRemote will join the Philips trainers to share their experiences with User Interface Design.

The Pronto Control panels are known for their great displays, ranging from the 2.8” QVGA display of the TSU9300 up to the razor-sharp 6.4” VGA screen of the TSU9800. Their graphical capabilities include support for various image formats, transparency and animations. An extensive and recently renewed graphical library is part of the ProntoEditProfessional software.

As a guidance on how to make use of the endless possibilities Pronto offers, default configuration files are provided for each of the panels covering the most common control activities. Yet each installation is different, imposing specific requirements on the user interface. No installer can escape from it, as it is key to the customer’s satisfaction of the entire installation.

Good graphical user interface design is not only about the visuals. A stunning interface needs to be easy enough for anyone to use yet sophisticated enough to satisfy the control connoisseur. Pronto offers all the tools to do so. In this session installers will have the opportunity to discuss their projects.

Kevin Fitzpatrick, TEC Supervisor at Russound comments "Russound prides itself on developing intuitive, easy to use interfaces and the 2 way control available with Pronto remotes is a perfect fit. With the control and RNET feedback it's like holding a Russound keypad in your hand."

“Our goal is to provide dealers with a totally customized and intuitive interface that makes it look like they spent hours creating it”, explains Dave Sereno, CEO at OnlyOneRemote.

The Advanced User Interface Design course is part of the Pronto Training program offered at Cedia. The program consists of 4 sessions organized throughout the show:

Session 1, Friday September 11:
Get to Know the Entire Philips Pronto Family, Including the new TSU9300
Session 2, Friday September 11:
Test drive the ProntoEditProfessional 2 software in 90 minutes
Session 3, Saturday September 12:
ProntoScript - for serious programmers only
Session 4, Saturday September 12:
Advanced Touch Screen design

All Pronto courses have been approved for CEDIA Continuing Education Units.

To regsiter for the trainings, please visit www.cedia,net/expo or send an email to prontoteam@philips.com clearly stating for which training(s) you would like to register.

During the show, available seats can be booked at the Philips Pronto booth # 2018.

www.pronto.philips.com