PROMAG THIRD QUARTER 2014 - VOLUME 22 NUMBER 3 | Page 15

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The Samsung video wall routes audio visual via
Crestron AirMedia

7" Crestron TSW-750 touch panels were mounted
on each lectern

The brief was to equip the four training rooms in the same style as
Samsung’s Main Building. The rooms have movable tables – as opposed
to a fixed lecture hall configuration – and this posed special challenges.
A solution was required to allow maximum flexibility for trainers and
to take into account that the rooms would be used by many different
trainers; therefore requiring a system that was fool-proof and simple to
operate. In short, Corporate AV Integration wanted to create something
elegant.
The first call was to go for the new Crestron AirMedia. The AirMedia
is a presentation product that allows you to make presentations from
just about any device (be it mobile or PC laptop) fast and easy. As the
Crestron website notes, “There are no wires to hook up, no complicated
settings to configure and no AV or control system is needed. Simply
connect via the local Wi-Fi network and start sharing content from your
portable device.” Corporate AV Integration then installed a fixed popup
input for VGA and HDMI on each lectern.
For simplicity and to eliminate multiple buttons, always-on systems
were chosen. 7" Crestron TSW-750 touch panels were mounted on each
lectern. The TSW-750 wakes up with a touch and then automatically
starts a conversation by asking whether you’d like to use AirMedia,
or a laptop wired connection, or switch the lights on and off. Choose
the AirMedia option and it automatically switches on the nine-screen
Samsung video wall and routes audio visual via AirMedia.
The two larger training rooms can accommodate around 40 people and
Corporate AV Integration wanted a neat voice amplification solution.
They installed a Beyerdynamic GM 304 podium microphone. This mic
is always on and provides a subtle, natural lift to the voice. A mute
button on the Crestron TSW-750 gives you the option to turn it off. A
Beyerdynamic Opus 650 wireless microphone is also available in each
room, should presenters want to walk and talk.
Further to the above, Corporate AV Integration combined the control
and signal routing in the two main rooms by installing a Crestron
DMPS-300-C. Th