IPEVO VX-1 Internet Conference Station Turns Your iDevice Or Mac Into a Teleconferencing Center

If you have a computer or tablet, you have the ability to teleconference. However, one aspect of the experience often comes up short: sound quality from your device’s built-in speaker and microphone. Common complaints include:

– The speaker’s not loud enough. Laptop and tablet speakers are designed for personal use, and so they’re often not loud enough for a room full of people, even at maximum volume.

– The mic’s only designed for one person. Built-in microphones can only capture the closest person’s voice clearly. As a consequence, everyone in the meeting feels they need to yell and/or crowd around the microphone, rather than sitting comfortably.

– Echo noise. Frequently, the person on the other end of the teleconference hears their own voice because their voice is played and then recorded into the mic again. This can strain comprehensibility during a meeting, leading to people needing to repeat what they just said. Plus, it’s extremely annoying.

– These issues interrupt, slow, and add frustration to remote meetings. But all of these issues can be overcome with the IPEVO VX-1 Internet Conference Station.

IPEVO’s new VX-1 Internet Conference Station.(http://www.ipevo.com/vx-1) is a better way to teleconference. Thanks to an advanced 16-bit Digital Sound Processor with built-in hardware acceleration and echo cancellation, VX-1 delivers more natural sound playback on both ends of the conversation. VX-1’s superior human voice reproduction is the net best thing to having everyone in the same room. It’s the next best thing to being there.

When it comes to room coverage, VX-1’s five microphones provide ample, customizable reception range across a full 360 degrees. Use Omnidirectional microphone to capture everyone in the room, or use one of four Unidirectional microphones to capture sound in one direction and reduce unwanted environmental noise. Your choice.

VX-1 utilizes sophisticated noise reduction and echo cancellation technology, thanks to a special 16-bit Digital Signal Processor (DSP) with built-in hardware acceleration. This DSP features 16 kHz sampling rate signal processing for exceptional echo cancellation and adaptive noise suppression. The result is clear voice transmission on both ends of the conversation.

One standard side effect of DSP is that it distorts voices, making transmitted voices too flat, too high, or otherwise different-sounding than the speaker’s natural voice. This is a common flaw in many conference stations on the market. To compensate for this DSP effect, VX-1 features another specialized sound processor that enhances, clarifies, and smoothes voices. This includes rich reproduction of both low frequencies and high frequencies across a wide dynamic range. So whether low pitch, high pitch, male or female, all voices are optimized and clearly intelligible.

Additionally, VX-1 is a full duplex system, meaning that both sides can communicate at the same time — just as if you were in the same room. This is in contrast to half-duplex, where only one side can speak at a time.

VX-1 also features a Zone Enhanced Mode that uses directional microphones. This mode is designed for maximum reduction of unwanted environmental noise. In Zone Enhanced Mode, one of four unidirectional mics (Uni Mics) is active. Mics are easily selectable with the Zone Enhancement button. Uni Mics have a longer range and higher sensitivity than the Omni Mic, and they primarily receive sound coming from one direction. In fact, they’re specifically tuned to exclude sound coming from other directions. Each Unidirectional Mic has an optimal pick-up range of 10 feet. The maximum pick-up range is 16 feet

VX-1 is plug and play on computers with no external power required. However, if you are using VX-1 with an iDevice via 3.5mm cable, it is required to have a external power source. You can use an iDevice’s USB AC adapter (not included) or your computer as a USB power source for VX-1.

Features Summary:

– USB plug-and-play convenience for PC or Mac; VX-1 is ready to go out of the box and is compatible with many popular VoIP applications, including Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, Skype, WebEx, FaceTime and more.

– 3.5mm audio jack and cable included; turn your iDevice (iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch) into an instant conference station for group chats
– 5 mics – 1 Omni Mic and 4 Unidirectional Mics – for clean and crisp voice communication in 360 degrees for all your virtual meetings
– A 16-bit Digital Sound Processor (DSP) features full duplex, environmental noise suppression and echo cancellation with 16 kHz sampling rate signal processing
– A separate sound processor enhances voice processing, delivering a wide dynamic range for natural, intelligible conversations
– Volume control, one-touch mute, and microphone selection are all within easy reach; – LED indicators let you know your status at a glance

Technical Specifications:

Input and Output:
Type B USB Connector x 1

Interface: Type B USB 2.0 Full-Speed (Compatible with USB 1.1)
Power Supply: USB bus-powered (5V / 500mA)
Max. Power Consumption: 2.5W
3.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack x 1
Microphones
High Sensitivity Omnidirectional Microphone x 1
High Sensitivity Unidirectional Microphone x 4
Frequency bandwidth: 50 ~ 20,000Hz Speaker
Speaker Frequency bandwidth: 20 ~ 20,000Hz

Size and Weight:
Dimensions (Ø x H): Ø188 x 50mm/ Ø7.4 x 2.0inches
Weight: 17ozs/480g

Operating Systems:
Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Mac OSX 10.5 and up

USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable for USB Doc Cam and IS-01 (32 Feet)
$39.00

USB 2.0 Extension Cable for USB Doc Cam and IS-01 (16 Feet)
$6.50

X1-N6 Internet Conference Station sells for $219.00

VX-1 Internet Conference Station product pages:
http://www.ipevo.com/vx-1
http://www.ipevo.com/prods/VX-1_Internet_Conference_Station

IPEVO Inc.
http://www.ipevo.com/

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