Sony PCS-1P Outstanding Audio Quality, Scalable, Fexible Design, Security, Memory Stick Support

■Outstanding Audio Quality

Audio quality is a vital part of any video conference meeting and the success of any meeting greatly depends on it. The PCS-1P therefore supports MPEG4 14 kHz wideband audio to provide crisp and clear sound quality. Furthermore, the built-in echo canceller capabilities of the PCS-1P and the available microphone options ensure that the PCS-1P can be used for a variety of room installations.

■Scalable, Fexible Design

The PCS-1P offers a highly scalable, flexible video- conferencing solution to suit the needs of any organisation, from desktop users and smaller meeting rooms right up to large boardrooms. The main Communication Terminal measures a compact 258 x 54 x 171 mm (WxHxD), and can be sited separately from the Camera Unit to ensure greater flexibility in installation and configuration. The Communication Terminal and Camera Unit are together small enough to be positioned on top of a television or video monitor. Alternatively, both units can be mounted on a dedicated camera stand (PCS-STP1) or integrated separately into a meeting room.

■Security

The PCS-1P supports both ITU-T standards-based encryption and Sony proprietary encryption that provides additional security with encrypted key exchange, to safeguard audio, video and data against unauthorised interception, ensuring that confidential information remains secure throughout the conference.

■Ensuring Quality on your Network

Maintaining consistent picture and audio quality levels is a common concern when running videoconferences over the Internet and data networks. The PCS-1P offers advanced functions to enhance Quality Of Service and provide a more satisfying, reliable and productive videoconference:

Adaptive Rate Control

The adaptive rate control function varies the bit rate of transmitted audio and video data corresponding to changing network conditions, selecting the most appropriate frame rate at a particular instant. Video bit rates are automatically lowered when network traffic becomes congested, and increased when network performance increases to deliver the best possible conferencing quality at all times.

ARQ (Auto Repeat reQuest)

The ARQ function maintains picture quality by buffering and re-sending lost data packets to improve audio and video performance even when network conditions are less than optimal.

■Memory Stick Support

User benefits:

• Easy data sharing:

During a videoconference, by using the Memory Stick SlideShow, images that are received can be saved on a Memory Stick to be reviewed later.

• Private PhoneBook function:

Users can store their own private phonebook on a Memory Stick. A selected phonebook entry can also be configured for automatic dial-up when the Memory Stick is inserted into the PCS-1P.

• Installation and upgrading:

A videoconferencing system can be installed and upgraded straight from the Memory Stick. Multiple installations can be done by simply copying and pasting the system settings and PhoneBook to another PCS-1P or PCS-11P.

• Information retrieval:

Call log files from the PCS-1P can be saved to a Memory Stick, providing all the relevant information about the system usage: the username, time of usage, bandwidth used, etc, thus facilitating invoicing for your company.

Memory Stick

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