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 Zephyr
Xport is a Winner For NFL Football
KFMB Chargers Broadcasts Powered by Zephyr Xstream,
Zephyr Xport
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Press
contact:
Clark Novak
eMarketing Specialist
+1-216-241-7225
09
February 2004, Cleveland, Ohio
With
more than 10,000 Telos Zephyr ISDN Transceivers sold worldwide since 1994,
Zephyr is the industry’s favorite remote codec. Zephyr Xstream is a
particular favorite with sports broadcasters, who place high value on its
rock-solid reliability and superior audio quality. Now, sportscasters have
discovered Zephyr Xport, the portable codec that connects to any POTS or
ISDN phone line to deliver stunning 15 kHz broadcast audio.
One
example is Midwest Television’s 760/KFMB (www.760kfmb.com),
home station for San Diego Chargers football. “We’ve used ISDN and
Zephyr Xstream for a long time to broadcast Chargers play-by-play,” says
John Rigg, Radio Engineering Supervisor for KFMB, “but we needed a way
to streamline our post-game shows, which are done on-location from the
stadium, and also to reduce the amount of remote gear we carried. Xport
helped us do both.”
“When
the game ends, there’s always a rush to pack up our broadcast booth,
which travels with the Chargers’ equipment to the next venue. The
Chargers begin loading their stuff for transport the second the game is
over, and if our remote equipment isn’t on the truck with it, we have to
carry it back ourselves on our return flight. Making this deadline was
always a challenge because the post-game show kept our remote kit in use
for at least an hour after the game.”
“Then
we heard about Zephyr Xport, and it solved our problem perfectly,” says
Rigg. “Xport can use ISDN or POTS; and it connects to the same
Zephyr Xstream in our studio that we use for the ISDN remotes. So instead
of waiting for the broadcast to finish, our road crew packs up the remote
kit right after the end of the game while our host goes into the next room
with his mic and headphones, plugs the Xport into the [POTS phone] jack in
the wall, and does the post-game show. When he’s finished, he puts the
Xport under his arm and catches his flight! Meanwhile, all the other
remote gear is already on its way to the next stadium on the Chargers’
truck.”
“Xport
also helped us cut in half the amount of remote gear we take on the road.
We used to take a full second kit with us – another Zephyr in case the
main was damaged, a POTS codec in case the ISDN line didn’t work – you
get the idea. Now, we just keep the Xport on ‘hot’ standby in POTS
mode during the game; it replaces all that redundant equipment. It’s
light, too — only weighs a few pounds, compared to a 70-100 pound road
case.”
“We
love our Xport,” adds Rigg.
Zephyr
Xport combines state-of-the-art aacPlus™ audio coding with a unique DSP-based
modem architecture for rock-solid connections and 15 kHz audio using a
standard analog (POTS) phone line. aacPlus has been described as “the
best low-bitrate codec on Earth,” and has been chosen by XM Satellite
Radio and Digital Radio Mondiale to ensure the highest possible audio
quality over low-bit transmission paths. An ISDN option can be ordered at
time of purchase or added later; ISDN-equipped units can use either
Low-Delay MPEG AAC (MP4) or G.722 coding for connectivity to the widest
variety of third-party ISDN codecs. Xport also contains a built-in mixer
with mic and line inputs and selectable dynamics processing by Omnia
Audio.
Zephyr
Xstream owners can hear an instant demonstration of Zephyr Xport’s
superior audio capabilities by connecting to the Zephyr Xport
Demonstration line. For instructions and detailed information about Zephyr
Xport, please visit www.telos-systems.com/xport/
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Zephyr
Xport — from Telos Systems
(You
can download a print-quality version of this image at ftp://ftp.telos.cc/telos/pix/Xport_r-angle_black.tif)
Telos Systems, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio
with offices in Europe and Canada, is a leading manufacturer of ISDN,
coded audio and telephone interface products for talk-shows,
teleconferencing, audio production, remote broadcasts, and intercom
applications.
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