Sony Contact 1600   

One of the smallest set-top videoconferencing systems in the world, PCS-1600 systems are easy to install. A built-in Memory Stick™ port allows for a better way to share images and inject multimedia life into your meetings. Save ideas, presentations, diagrams and pictures onto the Memory Stick media and incorporate them into your video conference. You can also save pictures, documents and diagrams from the meeting itself, and then edit them on a PC. Color-coded cabling allows set-up in less than five minutes. All that’s left to do is plug your PCS-1600 unit into your network interface, and Sony does the rest. Your system will configure itself automatically and be ready to go in seconds. The optional Smart Management Solutions software provides organizations with centralized scheduling, systems management, and address book control via any PC connected to the company’s LAN/WAN. 

    The Contact 1600 gives you everything you need for communications with standards-based systems all over the world, especially with the optional ability to link multiple sites together at the same time. Communication has never been easier.

There are three basic systems available. The Contact 1600 H.320 runs at speeds of up to 128 kbps at 15 frames per second. It’s ideal for business meetings, remote offices, and home offices. The Contact 1600 U is capable of 384 kbps at 30 frames per second. Ideal for business meetings and conference rooms, this system offers the addition of an optional PCS-I160 dual BRI board. The Contact 1600 ME is also capable of running at speeds up to 384 kbps at 30 fps. It has all of the functionality of the base PCS-1600 U system with the addition of the optional PCS-UC160 Software Key. With the installation of this software key, four site multipoint videoconferencing is possible. The sites can be either video or audio so that mobile participants may be added to the video call.