Califone PA616 manual Infrared Classroom Audio System, Public Schools Amplify Teachers Classroom

Infrared Classroom Audio System

Our infrared audio system offers all the benefits of wireless sound amplification at a more affordable price. Two ceiling-mounted infrared receivers are powerful enough to accommodate classrooms up to twice the size of the average elementary school classroom or about 2,000 square feet.

The two non-powered “array” speakers (PI30-SP) not only cover a greater area, but because they also focus the sound directly at the students, everyone benefits from better sound distribution from the front to the back of the room. Teachers wear a comfortable rechargeable beltpack transmitter with a headset mic. When the teacher mic is turned off, students can use the wireless handheld mic to ask questions or to give presentations. Both are stored in a wall-mounted lockable console that also contains the master volume controls & inputs/outputs for computers and media players. Both teachers and students can narrate or provide commentary during slide/video/oral presentations or classroom reviews.

PI30-IRSYS $998

PI30-INSTInstallation of system $447

Case Study: PI30-IRSYS

Aiken County, South Carolina

Public Schools

Amplify Teachers

in the Classroom

As the Title 1 Coordinator for J.D. Lever Elementary School, Christie Valenzuela and other staff members wanted to make sure that each student had the same opportunity to learn as everyone else. Located in rural Aiken County, South Carolina, the district decided that one way to meet students’ needs would be to install an amplification system in each classroom so that students seated near the back of the class could hear the teacher just as well as students near the front. “Through our research, we discovered that many schools who integrated this technology

PA Systems PI30-IRSYS

Two ceiling

mounted infrared

receivers

Wall-mounted control panel

Wireless mic

& charger

Rechargeable

beltpack

transmitter

with headset

Two non-powered

array speakers

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saw increases in their state assessments,” Valenzuela said. “We reviewed many systems, but ultimately chose the Infrared Classroom Audio System from Califone as it brought the most return on our investment.” The school purchased 32 systems and mounted the two included array speakers on one of the classroom’s walls for maximum projection. Each teacher wears a microphone and students use the handheld microphone when asking questions or giving presentations (both mics can not be used at the same time). “The students really enjoy using the technology because they feel more important since their voice is being amplified and heard by the rest of the class. The teachers appreciate the amplification – not feeling strained at the end of the day,” Valenzuela said. Helping to meet the needs of all students, the amplification systems were most positively embraced by the parents

of those students with hearing impairments.

In addition, the school’s speech teacher believes the systems have helped tremendously as they do not add to the classroom’s ambient noise level at all, allowing students to hear their teachers and lessons more clearly.

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The PI30 speaker is compatible with all Califone UHF speakers

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