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Williams IR Plus Assisted Listening System with integrated WiFi

Written by Karin Cahill | 21/08/20 01:28

Launched at ISE 2020 in February, the Williams AV first-ever IR assisted listening system with integrated Wi-Fi is due to land in Australia in September 2020. 

Designers no longer have to choose between IR or Wi-Fi when designing a room system – they can now offer both capabilities into their room design.The IR Plus features a distributed IR emitter array architecture allowing up to four emitters either stacked together for large room arrays or distributed throughout the room to accommodate wings in-room design, balconies or other obscured venue locations.

The rack mounted or remotely located IR modulator comes standard with support for up to four IR emitters. Each emitter runs back to the modulator via a Cat-6 cable, providing the audio and power needed to support the remote emitter. Very large room applications can be supported by adding up to four IR modulators to support a total of 16 IR modulators.

The IR Plus system can be controlled and monitored remotely via an internal webpage, allowing for easy and flexible setup and control. The integrated Ethernet provides easy connection to the building network or a dedicated system-only network.

The IR Plus system also feature a WaveCAST network output for streaming audio via Wi-Fi when combined with a wireless access point. The WaveCAST Wi-Fi Assistive Listening Output features an iOS or Android app for supporting mobile devices. The WaveCAST Wi-Fi system can also be used with the Williams Sound WF R1 Wi-Fi receiver for those that don’t want to use mobile devices or for those looking for ADA compliance from a wireless system.

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