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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 6 | June 2022
InStudio
Intercoms & Talkbacks
The April 2022 NAB Show and May 2022 ISE proved convenient
launch platforms for a wide range of new intercom and talkback
equipment, contradicting the trend from owner-driver hardware
and software into pay-as-you-go online services - by David Kirk...
AEQ's new XPeak's intercom system
supports up to 28 user terminals
in desktop, rack, wired belt-pack,
wireless belt-pack and PC formats.
All
terminals interconnect through
the internet to allow coordination
of
remote productions. User
terminals have Bluetooth and USB
connections, facilitating connection
with smartphones and PCs. AEQ's
Talent IP codec provides connectivity
for professional microphones and
headphones for the host or guests
of a program, from any location. A
stereo signal can be added to the
microphone feed via an external
connector or Bluetooth. Telephone
interviews
from applications
has
expanded
such
as Skype and WhatsApp can be
incorporated into the programme.
Clear-Com
the
feature set of its Arcadia Central
Station, including integration with
HelixNet Digital Partyline. Housed in
1U, Arcadia powers the company's
wired and wireless analog and digital
intercom systems, together with
Dante connectivity. It supports 1.9
GHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5 GHz systems
working together
simultaneously.
New features also include a 5 GHz
scanning tool
for FreeSpeak Edge
systems, along with increased
beltpack
capacity
systems and an increase in licensed
port capacity. The 5 GHz scanning
tool will
open frequency
FreeSpeak
wireless
Edge transceivers
systems
for FreeSpeak
display and recommend
channels
and
beltpacks, assisting deployment
of
without
interference from other Wi-Fi-based
device traffic. " HelixNet integration
is what
everyone's been waiting
for, " explains Product Manager Kari
AEQ's Xpeak
intercom system
both. " This new firmware update
can be downloaded at no charge
to all new and existing users, "
says Gary
Rosen,
VP
of
Global
Sales. The latest member of the
CrewCom family, the CrewCom CB2
is a full-duplex wireless intercom.
Available in 2.4 GHz and 900 MHz
(where legal) frequency
,as well as 900 MHz Oceania and
2.4 GHz CE
compliant
models,
the system includes the CrewCom
CB2 basestation and up to six
normal mode or 16 high density
mode CRP-12 radio packs. Two CB2
base stations
can be combined
options
Eythorsson. " Customer excitement
upon hearing about
this
new
feature has been encouraging, and
people are really pleased with how
comprehensive the integration is,
along with the sheer capacity we're
able to offer in a single rack space.
With this
latest update,
endpoints
Arcadia
provides full support for up to 64
HelixNet
24 HelixNet-enabled
The ITC-300 can be integrated
- including
HelixNet Remote Stations, Speaker
Stations, and
Arcadia now offers up to 128 IP
ports, (previously 96), to allow an
additional eight FreeSpeak beltpacks
making a total of 40, and up to 24
ports for HelixNet channels while still
providing additional intercom access
through eight 4-wire ports,
four 2-wire ports and up
to 64 Dante audio ports.
Datavideo's
ITC-300
for
is a 1U 8-channel wired
digital
intercom system
allowing direct connections
of up to 8 belt packs. With
the ITC-300, a director is
able to speak to the team
crews located at multiple
sites
simultaneously
individually.
or
Beltpacks - over
channels,
into any rack system or used with
Datavideo switchers such as the SE500HD,
SE- 650, SE-2200, SE-2850
and SE-3200.
Pliant Technologies introduced at
ISE 2022 a high density mode for its
CrewCom and CrewCom CB2 wireless
intercom systems. For CrewCom,
this new software-selectable mode
supports up to 32 radio packs on
a single radio transceiver while
dynamically
allowing any
four of the radio packs
to communicate in
full-duplex
across
up to
four
available talk paths. For
CB2, the high density
mode supports
16 radio packs on a
single base station. In
addition, users
have the flexibility
deploy
normal
mode,
Datavideo's ITC-300 high density mode or
will
to
as
to double that
Pliant Technologies' CrewCom
capacity. Features
include two intercom channels as
well
interconnectivity with
industry standard two-wire and fourwire
intercom systems. CrewCom
offers 7 kHz voice quality with
four-conference or two-conference
full-duplex radio packs, based on a
scalable network platform.
Riedel's new 16-key
ESP1216HL
expansion panel is designed
for use with the company's 1200
SmartPanel
series. Connected
to
a 1200 series panel, each ESP1216HL
adds 16 hybrid lever keys and
two touch-sensitive colour displays,
supporting up to 96 additional keys
with total of six expansion panels
connected. " The SmartPanel concept
decouples the panel's capabilities
from its hardware and turns it into a
generic device on which customers
can install different apps to enable
different capabilities, " says Benjamin
Lampert, Product Manager, Panels,
at Riedel Communications. " Uniting
powerful
intercom, control
audio monitoring functionality
combination of
empowers
Clear-Com's Arcadia Central Station
and
in
a single keypanel, the 1200 series
SmartPanels
deliver a unique
capabilities
users
while saving
valuable rack or desk space. "
that
all
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