The MP101 Wireless Digital Music Player connects any stereo system in the household to the home network, enabling consumers to enjoy their collection of digital music files stored on any PC. They can listen to their stored digital music through any stereo in the living room, bedroom, kitchen or wherever stereo speakers might be located.

Compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networks, NETGEAR's MP101 Wireless Digital Music Player features an antenna to enable a wireless connection to the home network at one end, and connects to the audio input jacks of any stereo system at the other end. The MP101 organizes a digital library of MP3 and Windows Media music by using the customers' existing tags for artist, genre, album, track and playlist to aggregate music from all the PCs on the network into a single database. Listeners can use the MP101's remote control and its large built-in LCD display to select the playlist from any PC, sending the music directly to the stereo speakers. Besides music files, the MP101 streams worldwide Internet radio and RealNetworks' RHAPSODY digital music subscription service, offering music enthusiasts a whole-home "wireless hi-fi" experience.

Included with the purchase of the MP101 is a 30-day free trial to the RHAPSODY digital music subscription service. NETGEAR is offering customers access to RHAPSODY's 400,000-CD jukebox for legal, stress-free music enjoyment without fear of record industry copyright infringement. Support for Internet radio brings alive thousands of voices from around the world offering free news, sports, and music.

NETGEAR's MP101 Wireless Digital Music Player is powered by industry standards such as the Digital Home Working Group and Universal Plug and Play. The MP101 includes NETGEAR's media server software for Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 and XP.