Specifications

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Extron’s New Training Facility (cont.)
ergonomic chairs and plenty of desk space.
The A/V training room can comfortably hold
24 students. Similar attention to detail is
apparent in the theater. Its acoustics,
lighting, environmental, and systems control
capabilities are almost identical to the
training room’s. The room features a Sony
VPC-PX304 LCD projector in a rear
projection mode and a Stewart screen, with
a full 6.1-channel SurroundSound audio
system. A Digital Projections Inc. highlight
5000gv DLP projector drives a Stewart wide
screen. This comfortably furnished room can
seat 60 people and is ideal for
demonstrations, sales meetings, and
additional training sessions.
Training Extron’s customer service
personnel is the primary mission of the
computer-based training room. By mastering
the various software applications that
streamline Extron’s customer service process,
our personnel are as well prepared as
possible to address our customers’ needs.
This training room is also an ideal location
for employees to work on their International
Communications Industries Association
(ICIA) Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)
studies. The computer-based training room
is equipped with six computer-training
stations and a retro enclosure that can
display the image from any of the computer
stations, as well as the instructor’s
presentation. Up to 12 students at a time
can be trained. Distance learning is an
invaluable tool for people who are too
swamped at work to come to Anaheim for
Extron School or even to attend Extron
School On The Road. Two distance learning
rooms are dedicated to training A/V
professionals around the world. Just as
exciting is the capability for experts in
remote locales to share their expertise with
the staff at Extron. The attention to detail in
the videoconference rooms is keyed toward
transmitting a sharp video image and crystal
clear audio. Pale blue walls add depth and
eliminate the flat look that video can convey.
Angled 45° lighting alleviates the dark
shadows on presenters’ faces that are
common with standard overhead
fluorescent lighting. Side-deflected
ventilation prevents airflow sounds on the
audio transmission. Although these two
rooms are Extron’s primary sites for distance
learning, any of the other training rooms
can also host a session with distant students
or a remote guest lecturer.
An Extron Matrix 6400 Switcher serves as
a central hub for all of the A/V equipment in
the training facility, with a Matrix 3200
Switcher performing the sub-switching. The
Matrix 6400 receives raw video inputs from
PCs, DVD players, VCRs, terrestrial
broadcasts (HDTV), a DSS satellite receiver,
local video cameras, and CODECs. The
matrix switcher can route any of these
inputs to any of the projectors or retro boxes
throughout the facility. Any of the inputs
can be switched through image processing
devices, such as line doublers, line
quadruplers, scalers, and scan converters.
The training center draws all of its power
from a dedicated, isolated source. This
ensures that all of the video displays in the
training center are free of the hum bars and
common mode noise caused by improper
equipment grounding.
This year, ICIA is scheduled to conduct
Installation, Rental, System Design, and
Facility Design schools at the new Extron
facility. The ICIA classes, which begin on July
9th, 2000, will bring critical A/V training
closer to home for West Coast A/V
professionals.
Extron’s new training center greatly
increases our ability to deliver the
intensive training our customers need. In the
United States and Canada alone, Extron
anticipates training over 2,000 A/V
professionals in the year 2000, either at
Extron School in Anaheim, at Extron School
On The Road in cities across North America,
or during distance learning sessions tailored
to meet your specific needs. Besides its
home in Anaheim, California; Extron School
is also available in Europe and Asia. To
register for Extron School, either On The
Road or at our new training facility,
contact Dayna Kleemann at 714.491.1500,
extension 6350.
Extron thanks
the following
companies for
their generous
contributions to
the S
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Technical
Institute training
facility
Barco
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Christie Digital Systems
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Crestron
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Da-Lite
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Digital Projection
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Display Devices
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Elmo
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Hoover & Keith
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McKay Conant Brook, Inc.
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NEC
•
Panja
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Plus
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Premier Mounts
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Racks by Geovani
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Real Time Services
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Samsung
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Smart Technologies
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Sony
•
Stewart