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  • Page 1 INSTALLER guIdE...
  • Page 2 YOU’RE ABOUT TO MAKE LEARNING MORE FUN Welcome to F -- the teacher-friendly way to ront improve the learning environment in every classroom. With your new active learning system, you’ll enjoy greater student attention, less teacher fatigue, and very likely better test scores. To help you start benefiting from your F ront system right away, we recommend that you...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Appendix A ................Pages 28 Pro Digital Teacher's Tips Appendix B .

  • Page 4: Before You Begin

    Visualize your goal When your FrontRow Pro Digital system is installed, it will look something like this: General safety precautions •...
  • Page 5 This will allow children to hear not only your voice, but also the rich multimedia content you’re providing, regardless of where they’re seated. Deciding what other devices you’ll want to connect to your FrontRow Pro Digital system now will make positioning the receiver easier in Step 1. There are four ways to approach integration.
  • Page 6 Cable: stereo RCA to stereo RCA Additional cords may be required Internet Example 4 This is less work for the installer, but slightly more involved for the teacher. 940R (back) Wireless Transmission FrontRow 930R Audio In Audio LCD Projector Computer...
  • Page 7 Get your FrontRow Pro Digital parts ready Check the contents of your FrontRow Pro Digital installation kit against the parts listed below. To help you stay organized, we recommend that you keep the parts needed for each step separate. 1. Open your main component box...
  • Page 8 2. Open your sensor box 3. Open other optional boxes (optional) Receiver Tray 940CS Ceiling Sensor Kit 950WS Wall Sensor Kit 950H Student Mic Kit 204-01-006-00 204-01-007-00 202-01-430-00 950H Student Microphone (2) 950WS Wall Sensor (1) 940CS Ceiling Sensor with mounting bracket 950C Charger (2) Mounting Brackets (1) Sensor Cable...

  • Page 9: Get Yourself Ready

    Step 2: Get yourself ready Nearly everything you need to install your FrontRow Pro Digital system is included in the boxes we shipped. You will need some basic tools and materials, depending on how your classroom is built: 1. What kind of walls do you have?

  • Page 10: Plan Your Installation (Speakers)

    Step 3: Plan your installation (Speakers) Estimated time for this step: 5-10 minutes Your classroom is ready and you’ve organized all the parts and tools you’ll need to set up your active learning system. Now it’s time to decide where you’ll place major components. To help you decide, we’ll use the following layout of a typical classroom as an example: Student desks Windows...
  • Page 11 2. Plan speaker placement Proper speaker placement is critical to getting optimum benefit from any active learning system. Improperly chosen or installed speakers can actually harm intelligibility, so please take the time to plan this step thoroughly. It’s useful to imagine each speaker as a flashlight, and that your goal is to light up the areas where students are sitting.
  • Page 12 Installing ceiling speakers? Use the following guidelines when choosing where to put your ceiling speakers: Define the area where students are sitting -- this is the area you want to cover with speakers; not the entire room. Divide this area into four equal sections. Using a piece of tape, mark a ceiling tile in the center of each of the four sections -- these are the tiles where you’ll mount your ceiling speakers.
  • Page 13 b Installing IR speakers? Use the following guidelines when choosing where to put your IR-Speakers: – Define the area where students are sitting — this is the area you want to cover with speakers; not the entire room. – Mentally divide this area into two equal sections running parallel to the whiteboard/main lecture area. –...

  • Page 14: Plan Your Installation (Sensors)

    6 in. (15cm) between the two whenever possible. Interference and IR Coverage The FrontRow Pro Digital system uses infrared light to transmit the voice signal from the microphone to the sensor in the ceiling/wall sensors. Proper placement of the sensors is critical for optimal system performance.
  • Page 15 Or, a drop mount* may be used to lower the ceiling sensor. X Sensor performance reduced: Not parallel to floor AND blocked by light fixtures. Ceiling Sensor Sensor cable Light Fixture Ceiling Sensor Orientation and coverage optimized Receiver Amplifier Classroom Figure 1: Ceiling Sensor Installation not supplied by FrontRow...
  • Page 16 2. Positioning 2 wall sensors Wall sensors are ideal for complete coverage of rooms, even those with non-reflective or obstructing walls. Use the following guidelines when installing wall sensors: Mentally divide the room into three equal sections, with the main receiver contained within one section. Use a piece of tape to mark a spot for each of the two wall sensors.
  • Page 17 3. Positioning ceiling and wall sensors Combining external sensors is ideal for complete coverage of odd sized or oversized rooms with or without non-reflecting or obstructing walls. Use the following guidelines when installing ceiling and wall sensors: – Mentally divide an odd-shaped room into sections as shown. The receiver and ceiling sensor should cover the larger sections of the room and the wall sensor should cover the alcove or smaller section.

  • Page 18: Install The Receiver

    DO NOT place the receiver in direct sunlight as it will greatly reduce performance. DO NOT bundle the FrontRow power supply (or any power supply) along with the speaker or sensor cable. DO NOT bundle the FrontRow power supply (or any power supply) directly next to OR on top of the receiver.
  • Page 19 Airflow should not be restricted in the rack. The following guidelines must be considered when rack mounting the receiver: Coverage. The FrontRow Pro Digital receiver has an internal sensor that works like the external ceiling or wall sensor.

  • Page 20: Step 7

    Step 6: Connect cables Estimated time for this step: 45 minutes With your receiver installed, you now have a base for routing your cables. DROP-CEILING ROUTING If you want to run cables above a drop (acoustic tile) ceiling, follow the guidelines below. (If you just run cables along the wall, follow the instructions starting on page 17.
  • Page 21 3. Install raceway You can neatly conceal all cables running between the receiver and the ceiling space using widely-available plastic raceway. Cut enough raceway to extend from just behind your mounted receiver to the ceiling. Using a level or tape measure to ensure straightness, attach the raceway to the wall.

  • Page 22: Install Speakers

    Step 7: Install speakers Estimated time for this step: 30 minutes Now that your cables are in place, you’re ready to install your speakers. 1. Plenum-rated ceiling speaker front speaker support tabs back speaker grill speaker input terminals metal tile bridge speaker back can If you’re putting in ceiling speakers, do the following: a.
  • Page 23 c. Assemble speakers, bridges, and tiles 1. Remove the front grill from a speaker. Insert the back of the speaker up through the hole you've cut in the tile and then through the hole in the tile bridge. Be sure the finished side of the tile is facing downward (toward the front of the speaker) and that the ends of the tile bridge are flush with the edges of...
  • Page 24 IR SPEAKERS seating area centerline IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1. Speakers should only be placed on the side walls of the classroom. 2. Walls should have a space approximately 10in wide by 5in tall (25 x 13cm) to solidly mount the wall bracket. 3.
  • Page 25 1. Mark drill holes using template from ceiling 5in. (13cm) min. speaker box. height from ceiling 2. Mount wall plate NOTE: Use hardware appropriate for 7.5 to 10ft your wall type. (2.3 to 3.0m) 3. Attach cables to receiver floor NOTE: Remember to connect one chalkboard speaker to the LEFT channel and...

  • Page 26: Install Sensors

    Step 8: Install sensors (If you are using IR Speakers, skip to step 9) Estimated time for this step: 10 minutes You’re almost done. CEILING SENSOR T-bar support rail If you’re installing a ceiling sensor and have an acoustic tile ceiling (or “drop ceiling”): Locate the tile you marked in Step 2 for sensor placement.
  • Page 27 WALL SENSOR wall sensor features ceiling If you’re installing wall sensors: Locate the spots you marked in Step 2 for sensor placement. Bend sensor bracket so that when placed on the wall, the sensor will face the center of the section of the room it’s serving (see Step 2).

  • Page 28: Test System

    Step 9: Test system Estimated time for this step: 5 minutes It’s important to confirm that everything is working before packing up your tools. Take a few moments to test your work. Use the following baseline settings to start: Ask another person to assess volume levels from front and back of room while you speak All volume controls at "10 o'clock".
  • Page 29 Appendix A: Pro Digital Teacher's Tips Your FrontRow Pro Digital has an energy-saving STANDBY mode. The receiver will automatically go into STANDBY mode 10 minutes after you turn off or mute your microphone or stop playing a secondary audio source (computer, TV/DVD, CD, etc.) The receiver will come out of STANDBY mode automatically when: • You turn on and/or un-mute a microphone.
  • Page 30 Appendix B: Special speaker connections Using three speakers instead of four If your room is too small for four speakers, connect three. Connect speaker wires to the terminals as shown below for best power and sound distribution 940R back ceiling speaker input terminals connection with 3-speaker connection grid Using up to six speakers: If your room is too big for four speakers, daisy-chain six.
  • Page 31 Why do I need to install external sensors? Your FrontRow Pro Digital system uses infrared light to transmit your voice from the transmitter to the receiver, similar to how your remote control changes your TV channels. This light signal needs to either be direct (i.e., ‘line of sight’) or reflected off walls, ceiling, and other surfaces.
  • Page 32 The receiver will not "wake up" from standby mode • The receiver will power-up automatically when: • V olume level on auxilary audio device is set too low. Make sure microphone is on and working correctly, and the receiver is receiving the signal. The receiver keeps going into standby mode when playing auxiliary audio - Volume level on auxiliary audio device is set too low. Adapto LED keeps flashing on and off • T his is normal. The light will turn on when the Adapto platform is processing the speech signal. There is nothing you need to do.
  • Page 33 © 2013 FrontRow Calypso LLC Phonic Ear, FrontRow, Calypso and the names of Phonic Ear, Calypso, and FrontRow products are trademarks or registered trademarks of FrontRow Calypso LLC in the U.S. and other countries. 921-31-210-00/Rev. K 0113...

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