— Featuring a 2.4-inch TFT LCD touchpanel, the MRKP2 offers contractors and system integrators the ultimate in customization for system configuration —

SYLMAR, CA, June 23, 2010 — Xantech Commercial unveils the company’s new MRKP2 keypads. The MRKP2 employs a hybrid keypad design that combines keypad simplicity with full LCD touchpanel features, including transport controls for operating A/V components along with advanced navigation features. With a 2.4-inch TFT LCD keypad, the MRKP2 offers the ultimate in user experience by combining the benefits of hard keys and touchscreens.

Compatible with Xantech’s MX88 and MRC88m, visually the MRKP2 has an updated, contemporary industrial design. The unit is QuickConfig (QC)-enabled, meaning that it is configurable with or without Xantech’s Universal Dragon™ software, and it mounts in UL/CSA standard two-gang electrical backboxes and open-back low-voltage frames.

The LCD touchscreen can display up to seven lines of metadata, and employs user-selectable backlight color (blue and green) for its hard buttons. The MRKP2’s built-in interference-resistant wide-band IR receiver, along with a powered interface to Xantech external IR receiver modules makes it even more valuable to contractors and system integrators. Additionally, the MRKP2 is hot-swappable.

The unit, along with bezel & trim-plate, ships in standard white; to match any installation, almond, ivory and black colors are available with the KCK2 trim kit sold separately.