Digital wireless speaker system

A high fidelity, wireless transmission, stereo audio system for use with at least one audio source which provides an audio input signal, said audio system arranged for wirelessly transmitting over the air an electrical signal, susceptible to RF dropout, representing said audio input signal, said stereo audio system comprising:

• a transmitter arranged to be coupled to said at least one audio source and comprising:
• input means for converting said audio input signal into a first digital serial bit stream signal at a high digital audio bit rate, said first digital serial bit stream signal comprising a first embedded synchronization signal for distinguishing left and right audio data in said audio input signal;
• forward error correction encoding means for encoding error correction into said first digital serial bit stream signal to produce an encoded digital serial bit stream signal at the high digital audio bit rate, said encoded digital serial bit stream signal comprising a second embedded synchronization signal detectable by a receiver decoder for initiating decoding;
• convolutional interleaving means for interleaving said encoded digital serial bit stream signal and for introducing a third embedded synchronization signal therein to form a second digital serial bit stream signal at the high digital audio bit rate, said third embedded synchronization signal being detectable by a receiver deinterleaver for initiating deinterleaving;
• carrier signal producing means for producing a carrier signal of a predetermined frequency of at least 2.4 GHz;
• modulation means for modulating said carrier signal with said second digital serial bit stream signal to produce a modulated carrier signal;
• first antenna means for emitting over the air said modulated carrier signal at a power level not exceeding approximately 1 milliwatt;
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• a receiver located within a range of approximately 10 to 300 feet (3 to 90 meters) of said transmitter and being coupled to an audio transducing device, said receiver receiving and demodulating said modulated carrier signal into an audio output signal.