DETAILED DESCRIPTION The problems stated above, as well as other related problems of the prior art, are solved by the present invention, a multimedia entertainment unit for a vehicle.
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided an entertainment unit for a vehicle.
The unit includes an assembly housing adapted to mount against an interior surface (preferably the roof) of the vehicle.
A bus is adapted to couple at least one of video and audio signals from each of a plurality of input devices.
At least one display device, houseable in the assembly and operatively coupled to the bus, is adapted to reproduce the video signals.
At least one wireless transmitter operatively coupled to the bus, is adapted to wirelessly and simultaneously transmit a plurality of audio programs to a plurality of wireless headphone sets.
According to a second aspect of the invention, the wireless signals are at least one of radio frequency and infrared signals.
According to a third aspect of the invention, the plurality of input devices include at least one of a television tuner, a video cassette player (VCP), a compact disk (CD) player, a digital video disk (DVD) player, an AM/FM radio, and a video game player.
According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the plurality of input devices include an external audio/video signal processor adapted to input at least one of the audio signals and the video signals from an external source.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the external source is a portable media device.
According to a sixth aspect of the invention, the unit further includes signal processing facilities adapted to perform at least one of signal processing and signal conversion, with respect to at least one of the audio signals and the video signals.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, the signal processing facilities are adapted to perform at least one of digital signal processing, encoding, decoding, encrypting, decrypting, compressing, decompressing, analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), digital-to-analog conversion (DAC), and error correction
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