Using the tools from a trusted AV integrator can help your hospitality location serve customers better, bring in more business, and make a better profit. Take a look at the top 8 ways you can use AV to evolve your business.
Say Goodbye to Clunky Menus with Digital Signage No more outdated specials or typos! Digital signage lets you easily update your pricing, specials, and other important information with just a few clicks.
Attract New Customers with Exterior Digital Signs Draw in pedestrians with a sign in the window or drivers with a roadside message board. Digital signs are a must for any business that wants to relay high-quality information efficiently.
Pump Up the Volume with High-Quality Audio No one wants to listen in on a noisy neighbor while dining. High-quality audio systems can pump out relaxing ambient noise to enhance the customer experience and drown out unpleasant sounds in crowded restaurants.
Keep Customers Coming Back with Pleasant Working Environments Irritating sounds can drive customers away, especially in bars and coffee shops. Keep customers coming back with a pleasant working environment and attract a target clientele.
Light the Way with Adaptable Lighting Soft lighting can create a sense of romantic ambiance, while brighter lights convey a sense of excitement and energy. Adapt your lighting to complement natural light and create the perfect ambiance for your customers.
Understand Your Demographic Understanding your business’s primary demographic is a big part of selecting the correct lighting. Cozy bars may draw in more customers with soft, intimate lighting, while a family-oriented restaurant will likely want strong and clear lighting to better tend to childcare needs.
Consider How Lighting Impacts Taste Perception Embracing certain types of lighting can even impact diners’ taste perception. So, choose your lighting wisely to enhance your customer’s dining experience.
Stand Out with Hospitality AV Technology
Hospitality AV technology has the potential to boost sales and support restaurants in attaining a defined brand and reputation for panache. Partner with a trusted AV dealer in your area and let them know the goals you have for your business. Stand out from the competition and refine your space’s ambiance with the latest AV technology!
SPICELAND, Ind. – Comfortable outdoor spaces are more important than ever, in homes, restaurants, healthcare settings, and more. At the 2021 CEDIA Expo, Draper will show how to create and take advantage of those spaces with outdoor shades.
The motorized, wind tunnel tested FlexShade® ZIP filters harsh glare in outdoor covered spaces to provide a comfortable environment for guests and family. The unique ZIP detail along the sides of the fabric keeps the shade panel firmly in place and helps resist wind, weather, and insects.
The Motorized Exterior FlexShade® is an economical and easy-to-use outdoor shading solution. Shades mount directly over the outside of your windows, providing a comfortable outdoor space or reducing interior heat gain and glare. Side channels or cable guides keep the shade fabric in place.
Motorized metal shading systems such as Venetian Blinds by Warema and rack arm systems use louvers to allow just the right amount of daylight while keeping glare and heat gain from penetrating into your interior spaces.
Draper@Home outdoor and indoor shades feature a wide selection of fabrics from U.S. weavers Phifer and Mermet. And it’s all integrated into the smart home of tomorrow.
Experience the indoors outdoors in booth 2212 at the 2021 CEDIA Expo, September 1-3 in Indianapolis. For more information you can also reach out to your Draper representative at www.draperinc.com/contactus.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — AtlasIED is blazing a trail for security integrators interested in adding digital audio solutions to their product portfolios. Introduced last year, AtlasIED’s innovative Atmosphere™ digital audio platform is a complete, turnkey audio system designed and engineered for quick, easy deployment in a wide range of commercial environments, with capabilities particularly beneficial for the distribution of high-performance music, scheduled notifications, and messaging in restaurants, bars, hotels, school campuses, houses of worship, and retail establishments.
Includes Everything an Integrator Needs to Succeed
Comprising a range of advanced signal processors, amplifiers, plug-and-play controllers and accessory plates, simple to configure software, an intuitive mobile interface for convenient operation, and multi-patented built-in intelligence, Atmosphere includes everything an integrator needs to break into and prosper in the commercial audio market, while still providing their customers life safety features through high-priority input options built into the platform.
Modular, scalable, versatile, and incorporating a full suite of revolutionary technologies, Atmosphere can serve the digital audio needs of the smallest cocktail lounge to the largest banquet hall. The family of components has been designed to work seamlessly together, minimizing training time and installation, configuration, and programming headaches for security integrators, and reducing the learning curve for end-users. Because Atmosphere™ is compatible with AtlasIED’s line of loudspeakers (or any standard loudspeaker), the same speakers used for mass communications applications can be used to deliver music.
AtlasIED Atmosphere digital audio platform being used in a bar
“From its inception, Atmosphere was developed to simplify the design, configuration, and installation of a digital audio system so that any integrator, no matter how new or experienced with commercial audio solutions, can deploy a high-performance system,” says John Ivey, president at AtlasIED. “Atmosphere™ represents our continued commitment to helping integrators strengthen, refine, and grow their businesses. While Atmosphere™ is advanced in its capabilities, it sets a new standard for its ease of integration in a wide variety of commercial environments.”
Automation Features Streamline Configuration and Control
Through Atmosphere, AtlasIED offers security integrators an opportunity to deliver a high-quality music and messaging distribution system but without the common installation and configuration hassles of other digital audio systems. Equipped with built-in intelligence and advanced technologies, the Atmosphere™ digital signal processors (two models are available) handle many functions automatically. For example, through data collected and transmitted by an Atmosphere ambient noise sensor, the DSP comes to recognize patterns like the need to raise the volume at a bar during happy hour to compensate for high levels of ambient noise. Unlike systems that rely on external microphones to monitor the environment, Atmosphere™ uses artificial intelligence to analyze and respond to the predictable behaviors of its users, such as consistent commands issued from an Atmosphere volume controller, as well as data sent from an Atmosphere™ ambient noise sensor to the DSP.
The volume level isn’t the only setting that Atmosphere adjusts automatically. Messages uploaded to the DSP as WAV files can be dispatched according to pre-programmed schedules based on priority or when triggered by an Atmosphere™ input device, such as a volume/source/zone selector. And should an emergency arise, the alarm tied into Atmosphere’s™ high-priority input mutes background music and other messaging or tones so that announcements concerning an evacuation, lockdown, severe weather or other situation can play through the speakers.
Intuitive Programming Software Simplifies Setup and Service
No matter a commercial establishment’s audio needs, security integrators can satisfy them quickly and conveniently through Atmosphere’s simple, intuitive programming software. The software guides integrators through the configuration process and provides ample opportunity for customization. Daily schedules can be created for the delivery of music and messages. Speakers can be grouped into distinct audio zones, enabling audio to play in only pre-specified areas. Last but not least, pre-loaded EQ files enable speakers to be easily tuned for the specific application and environment.
Plus, integrators can configure the system to authorize end-users to make minor adjustments via a mobile interface directly from their personal devices; for example, allowing managers to modify the schedule of outgoing messages while staff members are only able to adjust the volume. This minimizes post-installation on-site changes and lengthy end-user training for integrators. Additionally, should any wall-plate accessory of an Atmosphere™ system accidentally break, there’s no need to spend excessive time in the field to reprogram the replacement product. Instead, the system “self-heals,” instantly recognizing the newly installed wall-plate and loading into it all of the original customized settings automatically. Integrators can have the system back up and running in seconds, dramatically reducing time and manpower typically required to service a digital audio system.
Components Comprising Atmosphere Suite
Products currently comprising the Atmosphere digital audio platform include two varieties of digital signal processors (6-input/4 output AZM4 and 10 input/8 output AZM8); two amplifiers (400-watt AZA404 and 800-watt AZ804); six different plug-and-play accessories, including wall-mounted audio controllers (single- and multi-zone options) and remote audio inputs (RCA, Bluetooth, and XLR sources); and an ambient noise sensor. As many as 16 accessories can be daisy-chained to the AZM4 and the AZM8 DSPs. Boasting a clean, modern, industrial design, the components of Atmosphere™ complement the aesthetics of most commercial environments.
ISC West 2021 attendees can see Atmosphere and other AtlasIED communications, security, and audio solutions at Booth 7054.
NEWMARKET, N.H. – Russound, the trusted audio source for integrators and their clients, today announces the MIXAMP-60, an all-in-one mixer amplifier ideal for light commercial and resi-mercial applications. Designed to meet the diverse multi-room audio needs of restaurants, retail stores, medical offices, and schools, the versatile MIXAMP-60 features a wide range of distribution inputs, as well as built-in Bluetooth connectivity, an FM tuner, a USB/SD MP3 player, and the ability to connect up to four external sources.
Many light commercial businesses require a comprehensive multi-room audio solution that offers a way to broadcast ambient background music (BGM), address the public, and page staff. With the launch of the MIXAMP-60, Russound addresses those needs with a single, all-in-one solution that can quickly adapt to and accommodate changing audio input requirements. This versatility and ease-of-use is instrumental to the product’s value because it will likely be employed by multiple users throughout the day, each with a different level of comfort with AV hardware.
“Integrators challenged us to create a mixer amplifier that delivered maximum value and versatility to their light commercial clients while also being easy to install and service,’” said Russound CEO Charlie Porritt. “To meet the dynamic audio needs of these environments, MIXAMP-60’s generous offering of inputs, and particularly Bluetooth compatibility, can easily accommodate a wide range of future uses.”
Top dealers know that future-proofing for clients’ needs is the best way ensure long-term customer satisfaction. To meet those needs and be robust enough to adapt to future needs, the MIXAMP-60 prioritizes flexibility in functionality and in design. In addition to its wide range of audio inputs, the MIXAMP-60 features a 2U rack-mountable form factor with front-facing controls that will allow integrators to install it in just about any environment. These controls include individual and master volume to make installation and use as simple as possible, while the front-panel screen streamlines audio switching.
The MIXAMP-60 is available through Russound’s network of distributors and dealers at an introductory launch MSRP of $299.99 starting May 18, 2021.
