Networked AV Podcast Show 7

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Public Relations Manager Dan Wright and Eric Anderson, product manager of the Etherscope Network Assistant for Fluke Networks, an Everett, Wash., company that specializes in providing IP network diagnostic, troubleshooting, and certification tools. In this edition, Wright and Anderson discuss the convergence of AV and IT and the fact that as networking technology permeates the AV profession, tech people there are finding increased use for devices that were formerly considered to be strictly IT tools.
Show Notes:

• The Fluke Networks Etherscope Series II Network Assistant
• The role of optical time division reflectometers (OTDRs)
• How AV techs are broadening their knowledge base to include OTDRs
• Industry trends recognizing the ongoing merger of AV and IT technologies

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House of Worship Show 57

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Max Kopsho, director of training and consultant relations for Kramer Electronics, a manufacturer of a wide variety of audio, video, and computer signal management devices. Kopsho provides details in how churches can perform an upgrade to HD, use FireWire in their video production, and tackle issues presented by church architecture in projector placement and image geometry. He also offers suggestions in video cabling with an eye on the future.
Show Notes:

• Devices that can correct for off-axis projector mounting
• How FireWire can be used and extended in range
• Tools used to adjust delay in video signals to correct for skew
• Sources of technical information on video technology from Kramer

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Networked AV Podcast Show 6

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In this edition, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Nathan Green, vice president of New Level Radio, a Colorado company that uses the Barix Extreamer and IP-conveyed audio to provide commercial clients with a custom designed in-store radio environment. Green reveals how the company uses its own production and server facilities to supply regular monthly programming updates and configure backup and failsafe hardware to keep the service up and running in the event of power outages or network trouble.
Show Notes::

• The Barix Extreamer
• How the Barix IP audio network is set up
• Companies using retail IP audio
• New technology advances for the Barix Extreamer

House of Worship Show 56

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In part two of his talk with Dave Whittaker of the Hollywood United Methodist Church, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles discusses loudspeaker control, patchbay installation, and projection challenges. Whittaker also notes that with some skillful social engineering, quite a few useful items of equipment were donated from sound and video production firms in the Hollywood area. He takes us through the process he used to modify the equipment for its repurposed use at Hollywood UMC.
Show Notes:

• The placement of Renkus-Heinz Iconyx 24 loudspeakers in the church
• The location of the church’s Renkus-Heinz IC7 loudspeakers
• The SymNet Express 8×8 Cobra DSP used for loudspeaker control
• How the Mackie Onyx Series mixer was interfaced with a custom patchbay
• The use of keystone correction on the Mitsubishi 500 series projectors.