Cabin Interior and Electronics
Channel Tracker Provides Painless IFE Upgrade
Channel Tracker, introduced last month by Innovative Advantage of Redmond, Wash., is a way to

Channel Tracker, introduced last month by Innovative Advantage of Redmond, Wash., is a way to upgrade an existing in-flight entertainment system to high definition (HD) without tearing out the current interior.

At its simplest, Channel Tracker is a card that fits into a slot of the AVDS node and connects to the existing cabin management system video switch. In the test aircraft, the existing video sources and a new Blu-ray player were connected to the AVDS video inputs and the new high-definition monitors to the AVDS outputs.