Audio-Technica has expanded its 3000 Series Frequency-agile True Diversity UHF Wireless Systems with the addition of a network port. The ATW-R3210N receiver allows network control and monitoring along with the same ease of set-up, versatile operation and sound as established 3000 Series components.
Expanding on the functionality of the standard 3000 Series Wireless System, Audio-Technica claims the new network control and monitoring option is unique to a wireless system in this price category, as it allows the 3000 Series to be compatible with Audio-Technica’s proprietary Wireless Manager software, a Mac OS/Windows application for remote configuration, control, monitoring, spectrum management and frequency coordination of compatible Audio-Technica devices in sound reinforcement or installed sound applications.
The software package offers a broad range of control and management functions of networked receivers, grouped into three tabs – Device List, which auto-discovers connected compatible Audio-Technica hardware and allows users to populate a device list of Audio-Technica and other manufacturer’s wireless systems; Frequency Coordination, which allows real time spectrum scanning via the 3000 Series Wireless with Network option or other Audio-Technica connected network-enabled receivers, or the option of using the pre-loaded television channel database for off-site planning; and Monitor, which allows live monitoring of connected systems with the option of filtering the displayed devices by assigned tag groups. Parameters monitored include AF, RF, battery and transmit power.
Audio-Technica’s 3000 Series wireless systems have the flexibility to operate within the congested UHF spectrum with a 60MHz tuning range – more than twice that offered by the previous versions. The 3000 Series systems are available in two frequency bands – DE2 (470–530MHz) and EE1 (530–590MHz). Frequencies can be scanned and selected on the receiver and then synced with the transmitter via IR sync functionality. The 3000 Series even lets users set a backup frequency that can be quickly swapped by pressing the transmitter’s multifunction button in the event of interference.
The Audio-Technica 3000 Series receiver ATW-R3210N with optional network control and monitoring (indicated by an ‘N’ in the model number) is now available in Europe at a price of 549€/£499 inc VAT.
