Califone PI30-IRSYS User Manual
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Califone Infrared Classroom Audio System.
It Does More and Costs Less!
Califone addresses the most common obstacles to quality classroom and lecture hall sound-high cost, poor installation,
PI30-IRSYS | PA Systems
By utilizing “array” speaker technology, our innovative system increases the key signal-to-noise ratio to produce a more evenly
distributed sound with twice the coverage and receptivity of other systems. In addition, the volume level is the same at the
front and rear of the classroom, increasing students’ attention to verbal instruction. The speakers target the sound pattern
inadequate acoustics, and high levels of ambient noise — with our Infrared Classroom Audio System.
directly at the audience — not randomly bouncing it off of walls — which improves teaching and listening, and
comprehension for all students.
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Array speakers distribute sound better for enhanced audio coverage
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Infrared Classroom Audio System
Our infrared audio system offers all the benets of wireless sound amplication 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 benets 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-INST Installation of system $447
Two ceiling
mounted infrared
receivers
Wall-mounted
control panel
Wireless mic
& charger
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Rechargeable
beltpack
transmitter
with headset
Two non-powered
array speakers
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
amplication 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
saw increases in their state assessments,”
Valenzuela said. “We reviewed many systems,
but ultimately chose the
Audio System
most return on our investment.” The school
purchased 32 systems and mounted the two
included
array speakers
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 amplied and heard by
the rest of the class. The teachers appreciate the
amplication – not feeling strained at the end of
the day,” Valenzuela said. Helping to meet the
needs of all students, the amplication 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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Infrared Classroom
from Califone as it brought the
on one of the
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The PI30 speaker is compatible with all Califone UHF speakers
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Make Sure They Can Hear You... This Time and Every Time!
The better your students can hear you, the better their behavior, attention, and academic achievement —
and the less the vocal strain for you. Whether yours is an issue of poor acoustics, noisy heating and air conditioning units,
chatter from neighboring classrooms, or students with hearing disabilities, Califone has the right amplication solution.
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Our line of classroom-proven wired and wireless audio systems delivers optimum sound reinforcement throughout the room.
Califone® array speakers are ideal for mounting on whiteboards!
Wireless LCD Transmitter
This 16-channel UHF transmitter upgrades the traditional AV cart to a high tech toolbox with cable-free access to professional
sound presentations anywhere in the school building. Teachers can use this to transmit from any audio source including
their oldest audio content on aging media. LCD-16 $155
Two line-outs on the PI30 & PI30-PS allow for daisy-chaining additional speakers
LCD-16 front & side views
The LCD-16 can be connected with any media player (including computers
and MP3 players) to transmit wireless audio to any Califone UHF speaker
including the PI30 on page 7 and the PA300+UHF on page 12.
Array Speakers
There are many applications for this technology from providing narration to an existing
presentation to ESL/ELL or other direct language instruction for a large group. The speakers are specically designed
to increase the “signal-to-noise-ratio,” which means targeting the sound to the audience instead of having it
bounce around the classroom indiscriminately. A signicant advantage to this technology is that students at the back of
the class will hear the same quality audio as those in the front. They are ideal for use with whiteboards.
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Case Study: PI30
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PI30
Our top of the line Array Speaker
features wireless reception to give
schools the greatest exibility on how
or where they enhance audio. In addition
to its volume and tone controls, the
PI30 has two separate line outs for
connecting additional wired speakers
and for other applications such as a
dedicated amplication system
for students with special needs.
PI30 $209
PI30
Powered speaker with line-in,
xed and variable line outs, mic and
DC functioning, 16-channel UHF
wireless reception
PI30-PS
This powered speaker with line-in,
mic and DC functions has the same
evenly distributed sound qualities as
the PI30 but without UHF capability.
PI30-PS $184
PI30-PS
Powered speaker with line-in,
xed and variable line outs, mic and
DC functioning (non-UHF)
PI30-SP
This speaker is the non-powered
speaker in this series. It is the same
caliber as the speakers detailed
above, but operates on existing power
supplied through the speaker wire
carrying the audio, providing installation
opportunities in previously underserved
areas of the school.
PI30-SP
Non-powered, non-UHF
PI30-SP $104
PI30-LCD
This packaged set delivers the “best of” wireless audio for schools, classes & meeting rooms. Our PI30 array
speaker is paired with the LCD-16 (page 6) to provide quick and easy set-ups of cord-free audio transmission
from mobile AV carts, LCD projectors, computers, and media players by simply setting both units to the
same frequency. Additional Califone UHF speakers can linked by matching their frequencies too.
Phoenix, Arizona
Dysart Unied School
District Projects Loudly
with Array Technology
Part of a rapidly growing community located
outside of Phoenix, Arizona, Dysart Unied School
District had only seven schools ve years ago
and now has 23 buildings and nearly 30,000
students. Meeting the challenges of a growing
(& diverse) student population and addressing
the instructional needs of teachers, the district
decided to install new projectors and speakers
in their schools. “We had television sets in each
classroom, but the technology was very limited,”
said Ezra Williams, the network specialist for the
district. “We wanted to provide technology that
would offer options for instructional purposes in
nearly ve hundred classrooms. And the speakers
from Califone gave us the ability to have a high-
quality sound system that would connect with the
projector system.” The Array Speakers (
allow teachers to amplify music, videos and other
online interactive programs played directly from
their laptop connected to the projector system, all
without adding new ambient noise to the classroom
— giving the students a greater opportunity
to listen and learn. In addition, DUSD chose
to provide 20 classrooms with wireless lapel
microphones during installation, and now over
100 teachers have requested a lapel mic for their
classroom. “Teachers who have hearing impaired
students in their classrooms nd the amplication
to be extremely helpful,” Williams said. In addition,
the district chose to keep some of the speakers
on mobile carts with microphones. This allows
teachers to request the portable sound system for
activities that may not be in a classroom or for
an administrative meeting. “The teachers are so
ecstatic about receiving the new audio technology
— no more checking out boomboxes or checking
into the media labs.”
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No other speakers increase the signal-to-noise ratio better than Array speakers
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PI30-LCD $356
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