Overview: Communication Basics

• Develop a knowledge of Production Comms requirements, Production rundowns, and their relationship to Communications systems (IFBs, party lines, pre fades, point to points)
• Identify the types of talkback solutions commonly used in Production applications.
  (4w’s, panels ,radio ,telephony, cameras)
• Understand the terminology used to describe communications equipment and signals
  (ie: ports, matrix, point to point, party line, conference, group 2w, 4w, etc)
• Understand the various types of connections (cables and connectors) required to inter connect the remote stations to the talkback Matrix.
• Understand the requirement for data in a talkback system.
• Understand the role of the control PC in a matrix talkback system
• Care and Maintenance of equipment including weather protection
• Operate a location test set (Listener and Generator)
• Demonstrate the correct safe operating procedure of installing and removing cables
• Fault report documentation

Course Duration:1 Day

Course Code:CommsBasic

Trainer:TBA

Target Group:Existing audio crew, Audio Assistants, Broadcast Engineers,
Technical Directors with some Comms experience.
Riedel Comms crew with little knowledge of RTS

Pre-Requisites:Audio Technician (Basic) course, or industry experience

Number of Places available:TBA (max)

Outcome:Certificate of Attendance