How well does this work in a board room where some individuals may be as much as 15 feet from the device (especially when soft-spoken)?
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Check out the CHATAttach solution to increase the range of the room. I use the single ClearOne 160 in an office and it works very well - no complaints from folks on the other side.
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We have two of these... one for each of our conference rooms. They work very well, even at extended ranges. However, ClearOne makes an extender if you feel you need better coverage.
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If someone is speaking at a normal volume, 15 feet should be OK but it won't help with a soft spoken person. You may need to daisy chain a second device
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I cannot give you a precise answer but I have information that might help. I have a 12'x24' conference room with a 4'x16' table in the middle of the room that seats 4 people on each side. I have a CM-1000USB microphone in the middle of the table and 2 CM-1000 microphones attached to it on each side (about 5' from center). In a recent meeting, with people in the room and people in several remote locations, the presenter walked around the room the whole time. Even though the presenter wasn't wearing a microphone, the 3 microphones on the table picked her up so well that people in the remote locations had no difficulty hearing the presenter. Note that our meeting software has an audio meter and I am able to adjust microphone volume in Windows, if needed. I rarely need to adjust microphone volume (unless there is somebody who is, truly, softspoken talking). Note, as well, that as with any omni-directional microphone, that all sounds within the range of the microphone are picked up. So, if someone at the table is speaking and someone else is drumming their fingers on the table, both are picked up by the microphone. There are situations where a uni-directional or bi-directional microphone might be more appropriate than an omni-directional microphone.
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I would say about the range of a small conference room. Maybe something like a 12' x 12' room (with the device placed in the center of the room). Depends on the acoustics of the room and how loud/soft someone is speaking.
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I don't know if it will work in the warehouse surroundings, but my granddaughters use them in the neighborhood and they have a good range. Other children have them also so they have several on the same frequency and they are all able to communicate together, using 2-6 maybe more. Hope that helps.
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I have used it once, I could hear OK but the person one the other end was having trouble hearing me, I did have it about 10ft away from me and when I moved is closer it was fine.
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This unit would be OK for a group of up to about 30 people from a range of 20 to 30 feet away from the speaker. The unit I received had a microphone that was fairly insensitive and I had to speak very loud to get full output from the speaker.
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My wife uses it and sits with 3 feet of it. Some programs with quiet talking I notice that the TV audio must be higher than I need it.
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It works great. I used it from 75-feet away, around a corner wall, in a different room, and there was no problem at all. It's a really clever device. We are quite happy with it so far
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Yes. It is sensitive enoigh to pick up people talking and should work fine. The background noise it reads at is around 35. A classroom that's quiet would be around 45. 75 and they are talking too much.
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I have used it effectively around a 15 seater board room table, have not measured the distance.
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I used it in a conference room and it worked fine. I'm not sure how it would work in a large lecture hall. It's pretty inexpensive so not much of a financial commitment to try it out.
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OK, had to actually test it. Works fine. Tried about 15-20 feet away, but since it was line of sight, I also checked it from an adjoining room. Passed with flying colors. 15 feet away on a couch should be fine.
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Just tried the distance and mine seems to work quite well at 20+ feet. Mind you USB receiver is in the front clear view.
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Sandra M, understanding that its not a high quality system its pretty reliable for its price range. If you hold the mic at the bottom where your hand can touch the antenae you may get some interference. I used it in an awards presentation on a stand by the podium. The received was some 60 feet away and it worked fine. So I think you should be OK to go.
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I have the 802, but they are essentially the same. I've been able to pick up voices across a room that is probably 60 feet in depth, maybe more. It has a setting specifically for the scenario you are considering where it boosts the gain to help pick up distant voices. I've not had to use that setting, though. I typically keep mine set on the "meeting" preset, which is for smaller rooms and it works great. As for the battery, it is charged up each time I plug it into a USB outlet for file transfers, so I've never had a problem with the battery failing. My guess is the estimates you are reading are accurate. The manual suggests there are several factors that can dictate how long a battery will last between charges.
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I do not have that problem. My remote controls the device from across the room, which is probably 15 feet, without any difficulty. Sounds like the device or remote is faulty that Barb W. has.
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I have used it in a good sized meeting room and it worked well. We had. 6 people in the room and one on conference call. All were heard well and the change thence callee was able to fully participate. It worked well for us.