Sonifex COURIER, User Handbook Manual

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Chapter 12 – connectivity
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12. Connectivity
One of the main benefits that you’ll find from using your Courier is the huge
number of ways in which audio/data can be transferred back to your studio.
Whether you’re at your PC workstation, or in a remote location, you can get your
recorded clips on-air quickly.
Courier contains sophisticated built-in communications software and the CO-ISDN
version of Courier allows you to use ISDN lines to transfer either data, or live
audio.
If you’re already in your studio, you can remove the hard-disk or flashcard that you
have recorded onto and plug it directly into a PCMCIA drive bay on your PC (these
are available from most computer dealers, your Sonifex dealer, or contact Sonifex
directly).
Alternatively, you can connect the RS232 or USB port of the Courier to your PC
and use the Courier Configuration Manager software (or Windows Explorer for
USB), supplied with your Courier, to transfer files to and from the PC.
Alternatively, if you can’t get back to your studio, there are a number of ways of
transferring your recordings back, either as data, or as a live audio link :
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Using a standard PC telephone modem connected to the RS232 port of the
Courier, audio can be transferred as data files over a standard POTS telephone
line.
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By using a GSM mobile phone with a built-in modem, audio files can be
transferred back to the studio.
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By connecting an external telephone hybrid to the audio input/output, audio
can be played down a POTS telephone line, or you can speak through the
microphone..
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For CO-ISDN Couriers, an ISDN line can be connected directly to the Courier
to transfer audio files at a higher data rate than over a normal telephone line.
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You can use the Courier as an ISDN codec to send live audio to a codec back
at your studio. You can use the microphone input or play recorded cuts from
the hard disk/flash card across the line. To use the live audio feature you need
either the internal ISDN interface or an external audio codec. Courier uses a
single B channel of an ISDN line at 64kbps to transfer mpeg layer 2 audio.