RF Venue announced that it has developed four- and eight-channel wireless In-Ear Monitor Upgrade Packs that bundle a professional-grade helical antenna and an IEM signal combiner with everything needed to interconnect, power and manage multi-channel wireless IEM systems to improve reliability and reduce interference and dropouts.
“Combining wireless IEM transmitters to feed a single antenna is critical to multi-channel systems in order to minimize intermodulation artifacts arising from multiple adjacent transmitters interfering with one another,” says RF Venue president Chris Regan. “And optimally positioning a highly efficient external antenna improves performance another order of magnitude. Our new In-Ear Monitor Upgrade Packs conveniently gather all the elements necessary to eliminate dropouts in your wireless IEM system.”
The RF Venue CP Beam Antenna that’s included in both packs is designed to help ensure consistent signal with IEMs regardless of bodypack receiver orientation. It has a patented folding design to foster quicker deployment and efficient stowage. The four-channel Upgrade Pack includes the COMBINE4 active IEM transmitter, which can manage up to four in-ear monitor transmitter signals, while the eight-channel Upgrade Pack includes the COMBINE8 for combining up to eight transmitters.
The COMBINE4 and COMBINE8 bring together multiple in-ear monitor transmitter signals into a single rear panel mounted antenna connector. Coupled with a CP Beam Antenna mounted outside the rack for better line-of-sight and improved wireless performance, the Upgrade Pack systems can prevent interference between multiple adjacent wireless transmitters and antennas. COMBINE4 and COMBINE8 may be used with any brand in-ear monitor transmitter operating between 470-608 MHz and set to an output power of 50 mW or less.
Both provide DC power to transmitters for a cleaner installation in the rack by removing the need for wall wart power supplies. The Upgrade Packs also include a double-shielded RG8X25 coaxial cable needed for system interconnection.
The four-channel Upgrade Pack has a MAP of $1,599 (USD) while the eight channel Upgrade Pack has a MAP of $2,499 (USD). Both are available for immediate shipping.
