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40th Ave. W. Lynnwood WA 98036 800.774.9099 425.774.6317 FAX
HERE IS OUR SCOPE OF WORK
FOR THE AV PORTION OF WORK
IN THE HOTEL AREAS
Hotel 1000
AV Systems
Comprehensive and state-of-the-art conference, banquet
and meeting facilities are an important part of Hotel 1000.
In the same way that Hotel 1000 strives to anticipate and
meet guest needs with an impressive range of leading-edge guestroom
amenities, a similar effort has been made in the public areas of the Hotel
to provide the latest in integrated AV, display and presentation
technologies. Special emphasis has been placed on guest ease-of-use and
convenience in the provided systems, while at the same time putting powerful
communication, presentation and entertainment tools and technologies within
easy reach.
The systems are designed to provide extensive
event-support capabilities, unobtrusively, without having technology get “in
the way” of a meeting, reception, party, banquet or any type of event that
uses any one of the Hotel’s banquet and meeting spaces. The AV systems are
in place to enhance the experience of our guests and clients, and, as such
are intended to fully support the needs of our guests to communicate,
inform, entertain and relax.
Installed System features:
A combination of installed and integrated flat-panel and
wide-screen projector display technology is used throughout to produce
high-resolution computer and video images. When not in use, video
projectors are stowed unobtrusively out of sight in the ceiling.
Equipment, including a DVD and VCR, as well as multiple
AV auxiliary connection points are part of the permanent room equipment.
These connection points will allow any of a number of possible auxiliary
devices to be connected into the system. This can include such typical
devices as a laptop computer, iPod, camcorder, etc.
Wireless microphones and high-quality audio reproduction
capabilities are also part of the standard inventory.
The combination of wireless touchpanel control technology
(see next section) as well as strategically and liberally placed connection
points means that the formerly common sight of gaffer-taped cabling running
around a meeting-room floor can be eliminated.
User Interface:
Ease-of-use and convenience is achieved through the use
of wireless touchpanel technology, which allow comprehensive “un-tethered”
system control from any location within the meeting rooms. The touchpanel
eliminates the need to navigate multiple controls, panels or hand-held units
that systems of this power would otherwise require.
The touchpanel user-interface is designed to present
control options in logical groupings and in context with the room setup and
configuration. AV system functions are coordinated through intelligent
control of all room technology elements. Controls are designed so that a
single button push can coordinate multiple system functions. A single
button-push to display a laptop, for example, will turn on the display,
select the source device and routes the appropriate audio and video signals
(at the correct volume setting), sets the room lighting, and so on. In
rooms equipped with projectors and screens, the “laptop” selection will
automatically lower the projector and screen into position, and turn on the
projector.
Additionally, should the need arise for technical
assistance, a “HELP” button right on the touchpanel display provides an
instant link to hotel support staff.
“Show-Me” Boardroom:
One of the available meeting rooms is the Boardroom.
Besides having all the technology in place as our other meeting spaces, this
room has some particular enhancements.
As an aid to collaboration, The Boardroom features a
“show-me” feature that will allow up to six simultaneous users to directly
collaborate and securely share their laptop data displays without having to
deal with the inconvenience of too few cables, or system switching issues.
Each interface position includes a small hand-held switch that a meeting
presenter can press to select when their laptop display is to be shared and
viewed on the main screen.
This feature will also be available when the
videoconferencing system is in use in this room; meaning that a conference
far-site/s can also view multiple presenter data displays.
A ceiling mounted document camera is installed in the
room, which allows for convenient, magnified display of print materials.
Configurability and Flexibility; System
Enhancements and Options:
Some of the rooms are divisible into two halves via
movable wall panels. Each half of the room is fully-equipped, thereby
allowing each sub-section to operate fully independently. Yet when the
rooms are combined, control system logic allows the systems of the combined
spaces to be fully coordinated. In either case, the control system
user-interface remains the same, so that the end-user manages the room/s AV
systems in exactly the same manner.
The installed AV systems can be supplemented with a range
of on-site accessories to further extend capabilities. Such amenities as
Video- and audio- conferencing equipment, document cameras, “smart”
technology podiums, wireless microphones and supplemental flat-panel
displays are all part of the standard inventory of available system
enhancements.
Multiple connection points throughout the meeting spaces,
with the option of setting up supplemental flat-panel displays, allows
further flexibility in room layout as well as enhanced viewing for all event
participants.
System “Backbone”
The system, while presenting a very straightforward and
intuitive experience to the user, nevertheless functions behind the scenes
as a single large networked AV system.
As a result, Hotel staff and technicians have powerful
tools at their disposal to highly customize room and event system
configurations in order to meet a very wide range of user-requirements.
Additional touchpanels are located in staff areas of the Hotel in order to
provide technicians with ready access to higher degrees of system control
and support. What this means for meeting and event planners is that there is
a great deal of flexibility in how the individual sub-systems can be
utilized, even though the end-user may never be aware of the system’s true
operating power.
With this system architecture in place, it becomes
possible to use the Hotel’s meeting and public spaces in a much wider range
of ways. For example, it will be entirely possible to “theme” suites of
conference rooms together, or even entire floors or even all the common
areas to unified signage, presentations, background (or foreground) music,
closed-circuit TV feeds and so forth into an AV “environment” that becomes
an integral part of the event itself.
Nearly any source device (DVD, computer, etc.) is
potentially available as an AV source device anywhere on the
network. Displays, nominally intended for signage, are available on the
network for “general” display purposes. Conversely, meeting room displays
can, if desired, function as signage displays. Even the hotel’s background
music system is a component on the AV network.
Since the baseline AV
system capabilities are so advanced, most event AV requirements can be met
with the provided equipment, thereby dramatically reducing the need to make
separate arrangements for AV support staffing and equipment rentals. Due to
the ability to manage and monitor the AV system network, room setups and
configurations (and changes) are now made much more quickly and easily.
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