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AVT live! Exhibitions 2007 Broadcast India, Mumbai
01. - 03.11.2007
Stand C119
AVT in Amsterdam
AVT on the Road in Germany
Impressions from IBC 2007
Roadshows in 2007 take place in Münster, Hamburg, Leipzig and Mainz
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his year, AVT is having its annual national roadshows in October and November. For all interested in participation, four different roadshow locations were selected. AVT decided in favour of the cities Münster (17.10.07), Hamburg (14.11.07), Leipzig (28.11.07) and Mainz (04.12.07).
Products MAGIC Audio Codecs can be used world-wide .. 1 In addition to Euro ISDN, US and Japanese ISDN Protocols are now also available Easy if you know how... ....................................... 2 MAGIC Tips DAB News............................................................ 2 MAGIC AE1 DAB Audio Encoder now with DAB+ MAGIC Battery Pack... ........................................ 3 Compact battery for the MAGIC Systems
AVT in Australia Production Audio Services shows AVT products in Sydney
At the end of July 2007 AVT first presented its Audio products together with its Australian distributor, Production
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Audio Services Pty Ltd., at the SMPTE Trade Show at the Convention & Exhibition Centre in Sydney. The fourday exhibition, in which over 200 national and international exhibitors took part and which takes place every two years, offered the mainly Australian and New Zealand visitors the chance to have a look at the current products and developments in the broadcast area.
The special highlight of the roadshows will be the live demonstration of the MAGIC XIP Audio Codecs for Audio over IP transmission, as well as the presentation of the concepts for the new IP telephone hybrids. Of course, the ISDN products, such as, e.g., the double hybrid MAGIC TH2 and the
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Events AVT on the road in Germany............................... 1 Roadshows in 2007 take place in Münster, Hamburg, Leipzig and Mainz AVT in Amsterdam .............................................. 4 Impressions from IBC 2007 AVT in Australia................................................... 4 Production Audio Service shows AVT products in Sydney Miscellaneous Audio over IP News. ............................................ 1 N/ACIP working group agrees on new standard AVT Sales in Switzerland ..................................... 3 RED AUDIO Pro, Renaud Delapraz
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MAGIC ISDN Telephone Hybrid System, will also be shown at the one-day shows. Another point on the agenda is an exchange of experiences and ideas between AVT and the participants to discuss and collect suggestions for future developments and extentions of existing products. As usual, AVT will naturally also take care of the
physical well-being of its guests with free food and drinks and hopes for a large attendance.
Audio over IP News N/ACIP working group agrees on new standard
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n 8th September 2007 in Amsterdam, the N/ACIP working group of the EBU agreed on a common standard for the Audio over IP transmission. The project group, which consists of representatives of the broadcasting stations and codec manufacturers, announced in the EBU press release that the new standard was based on open IETF standards such as RTP and SIP and that it could be seen as an extension of the Voice over IP Standard. As one of the co-
dec manufacturers, AVT took also part in the working group and will implement the Audio over IP standard as soon as possible for the MAGIC AC1 XIP Audio Codecs. For MAGIC AC1 XIP Systems which have been bought before the availability of the new standard, AVT will provide a software update free of charge. The complete EBU press release concerning this topic can be found on the AVT website under www.avtnbg.de.
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MAGIC Audio Codecs can be used world-wide
AVT Sales in Switzerland Renaud Delapraz, RED AUDIO Pro
In addition to Euro ISDN, US and Japanese ISDN Protocols are now also available
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he AVT MAGIC Audio Codecs can now also be used in countries where the Euro ISDN Protocol is not available. In addition to the Euro ISDN DSS-1 Proto-
col, which is used in Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and in the Middle East, AVT has now implemented the National ISDN-1 ISDN protocol for North America
and the INS-NET64 Protocol for Japan. Today, almost all national ISDN standards, such as, e.g. 1TR6 in Germany, VN4 in France or 5ESS in the USA, are replaced by
the international standards named above. In addition to the ISDN dial-up protocols, ISDN
Easy if you know how... MAGIC Tips TIP 1: Switching off the ring tone of the MAGIC TH2 or TH2 POTS Telephone Hybrid by using a TTL contact If you use the internal ringing tone over the Piezo sounder of the MAGIC TH2/TH2 POTS, incoming calls can be disturbing during ON AIR programmes. To avoid this problem, the microphone fader can now be connected with a TTL contact of the system, whereby the ringing tone over the Piezo sounder is switched off as soon as the fader is set to high. Now, incoming calls are only indicated visually. TIP 2: Measuring the busy/drop tone with the MAGIC Systems with POTS interface Since the signalling of the busy/drop tone of POTS telephone lines is different in some countries, a measuring tool to recognise the busy tone has been implemented in the MAGIC systems. The measuring can be done via the Windows PC software. In this way, the systems always recognise for sure when the connection is dropped.
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Leased Line Modes can also be selected. The AVT Audio Codecs provide Leased Line Modes for 2B channel (128kbit/s) and 1B channel (64kbit/s) connections. When a 1B channel connection is used, the user can differentiate between the use of the first or the second B channel. For Japan, the Leased Line Modes have been extended by special signalling procedures.
ISDN protocols also available for MAGIC TH2 Telephone Hybrid
Of course, the ISDN protocols have been also implemented for the MAGIC TH2 Telephone Hybrid. The ISDN double hybrid can now be operated with ISDN lines that use the Euro ISDN, the NationalISDN-1 or the INS-NET64 protocol.
DAB News MAGIC AE1 DAB Audio Encoder now with DAB+
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he MAGIC AE1 DAB Audio Encoder with Monitoring Decoder is now available in two versions that are realised by different DSP modules. In the ’’normal“ DAB version, the Audio Encoder provides the ISO/MPEG Layer 2 algorithm, whereas in the DAB+ version, the new MPEG-4 HE-AAC V2 coding standard is supported. This new algorithm is characterised by a high efficiency in the use of the DAB capacity. MAGIC AE1 DAB systems that were bought in the past can also
be upgraded into DAB+ systems with the help of a DAB+ Upgrade (DSP module plus firmware). In the near future, AVT will also offer complete solutions for DAB with Ensemble Multiplexer. These complete solutions will also support operation via IP networks. For more information about the latest DAB developments at AVT, please keep an eye on our website, www.avt-nbg.de.
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tries, distributors are taking care of AVT’s international customers and ensure optimal and extensive product consulting directly on site. Through this network of international partner companies, AVT’s product presence in the broadcasting stations is growing and growing. In the following newsletter editions, we would like to introduce some of the AVT distributors. In this edition, we will begin with Mr Renaud Delapraz from RED AUDIO Pro, AVT distributor for Switzerland. RED AUDIO Pro is located in St. Légier and has been selling the AVT Audio products since the year 2002. Mr Renaud Delapraz, Sales and Marketing Director and company owner at the same time, has already been working in the broadcast industry for more than forty years.
Renaud Delapraz, Managing Director and owner of the Swiss company RED AUDIO Pro
College“. During the following years, Mr Delapraz worked for miscellaneous companies in a variety of capacities including international service training, factory quality control, sales and marketing management. He
has travelled to almost every and we were sure that they nation on the globe, estab- could be an optimal solution. lishing local service centres, Until today, we have been presenting product seminars, very successful with the AVT and gathering the most ade- products and we have installed more than fifty sysquate local representatives. In 1996, Mr Delapraz found- tems in public as well as in ed his own company named private radio stations in SwitRED AUDIO Pro, which zerland.“ distributes various products for the broadcasting sector. The co-operation with AVT started after the IBC 2002 in Amsterdam. Mr Contact Info Delapraz remembers: ’’we were searching Renaud Delapraz for new soChemin de la Bergerie 27 lutions and casa postale 35 improve1806 Saint Légier ments for Switzerland the Swiss radio and TV stations. At Phone: +41 21 944 6394 the IBC, we Fax: +41 21 944 6603 saw the Email:
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MAGIC Battery Pack Compact battery for the MAGIC Systems
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VT introduces a new battery pack for the MAGIC series. The lithium bat-
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Born in 1939 near Montreux, Switzerland, he started his career in 1962 as Service Manager for the French speaking region of Switzerland, shortly after he had finished the ’’Geneva Technical
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tery can be mounted on the bottom side of the units and forms a compact unit
together with the system, which is perfect for mobile use because of its light weight. With a size of 193 x 24 x 135 mm and a battery life of 1.5 hours, the new battery offers - even during a power blackout - an uninterruptible operation. If the battery pack is connected to the external power supply of the system, the
system is supplied with power and at the same time, the battery is charged during operation. The unit also has a charging control which is signalled by LEDs. The battery pack will be available from November 2007.
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