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RF Venue’s Customers Drive its Success

  • Singular focus: No RF dropouts or interference, so your message is heard
  • Proven technology: Over 10,000 global installations
  • Continuous innovation: RF Venue provides equipment unique in the industry, challenging old myths and assumptions with patented products that address the biggest challenges in RF
  • Broad applicability: RF Venue products work with any brand wireless microphone or IEM system
  • Trust: RF Venue customer satisfaction score is twice as good as the average company’s. And its Net Promoter Score is +67—few companies anywhere have a better one
  • Affordability and reliability: RF Venue products usually cost the same as or less than products from other companies. Example: Two antennas can be replaced with just one RF Venue Diversity Fin antenna — superior performance at lower cost

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Why In-Ear Monitors Drop Out

After 10,000 wireless projects, we've seen and heard it all. Here are the key concepts and techniques to prevent dropouts and interference in your in-ear monitor system.

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Why Do IEMs Drop Out Anyway?

"We recommend RF Venue to our customers because their products are built with quality, and they deliver clean RF frequencies to the microphones and IEMs we install and provide. I am confident in using wireless products since we have started using RF Venue products. Dropouts are near zero for our large corporate events using 30 or more wireless units." - Creative AVL Solutions
After the initial setup, IEMs generally drop out due to a lack of quality signal at the IEM bodypack receiver.
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After the initial setup, IEMs generally drop out due to lack of quality signal at the IEM bodypack receiver.       
 

Understanding Polarization

 

It is essential for in-ear monitor systems to get a good signal to the bodypack receiver. Many belt pack receivers only have a single antenna, which is a big barrier to getting great reception. Receivers like this are more likely to drop out than the dual antenna diversity systems that are common in wireless microphones and higher-end IEMs. Another thing that can make an IEM encounter dropouts is that the belt pack is in motion, so the position of the person wearing it can interfere with the signal. Plus, the pack sits beside or behind the person using it, requiring the signal to pass through or alongside their body, which is nontransparent for RF energy.

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How to Set up Your In-Ear Monitor System for Success

Use a Helical Antenna 

 

Helical antennas are the top antenna choice for IEM transmission because the circular motion of the RF field distributes the signal through all possible polarization angles. This removes the greatest risk of dropouts since most IEM belt packs have only a single whip antenna.


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Use An IEM Combiner

 

When you are using an in-ear monitor system, using a combiner is especially important. Without it, multiple IEM transmitters will end up transmitting on top of each other, which can be a disaster for your system. These antenna farms create noise and intermod problems that can wreak havoc on both IEM performance and neighboring wireless microphones. The solution is a clean rack with an IEM combiner and a helical antenna.

 

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"At the end of the day it is all about hearing what is spoken. RF Venue systems give you the tools and the confidence to produce reliable and repeatable results that make sure the word is heard!"  - Vox Church

 

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Coordinate IEM frequencies with wireless mics

 

The more wireless devices that are in a space, the more difficult it becomes to maintain reliable performance. More devices require more empty space to operate in, and since the spectrum is constantly shrinking, empty space is hard to come by. In addition, every time you turn on another transmitter, you increase the amount of intermod in your workspace.

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Use bandpass filters for wireless mics when running IEMs

 

Bandpass filters allow the frequencies inside the bandpass range to pass through unaffected but block RF from outside the bandpass — the signals from the IEMs — from getting into the receivers for the wireless mics. This means that, as far as the wireless mic receivers are concerned, the in-ear monitor  signals will be knocked down by about 40db, so they will not interfere with your wireless microphones.

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What RF Venue Customers Say

We recommend RF Venue to our customers because their products are built with quality and they deliver clean RF frequencies to the microphones and IEM's we install and provide. I am confident in using wireless products since we have started using RF Venue products. Dropouts are near zero for our large corporate events using 30 or more wireless units.

Gary McAnelly, Creative AVL Solutions

We recommend RF Venue products because they are not only well engineered, but thoughtfully engineered to solve RF problems across all manufacturers and product platforms. That's a rare and valuable approach to a product line.

Edward Vigueira CTS, PSX Technologies