The HME DX210 is a newly-designed, two-channel intercom system that has advanced the capabilities of the legendary DX200. It offers the perfect blend of wireless intercom performance, system compatibility with wired intercom systems, and ease of use. Operating in the 2.4GHz band, the DX210 delivers exceptional sound clarity and enables interference-free communication for highly demanding productions.

The DX210's wired intercom interface is now compatible with Clear-Com's or RTS' 2-wire systems, and provides two separate 2-wire and 4-wire interconnections. In single channel mode, the powerful 1RU base station supports up to 16 full-duplex and 44 half-duplex beltpacks and/or wireless headsets by linking four base stations.

The DX210 is paired with the rugged BP210 beltpack and All-in-One WH210 Wireless Headset COMMUNICATOR®s, which have two intercom buttons (IC1/IC2) with ISO. The system is also backward compatible with the DX200 COMMUNICATOR models such as BP200, WH200 and WS200 (Wireless Speaker Station).

One of the features in the HME DX210 is a digital auto-nulling circuit, which allows users to eliminate the return audio of the wired 2-wire intercom automatically. The system offers 2-wire circuit protection to prevent feedback from un-terminated 2-wire channels. The DX210 also has an assignable AUX input for program. The DX210 allows for relay (GPO) actuation with ISO function from either base station or any one of the appropriately configured COMMUNICATORs.

The DX210, as with all DX Series systems, features Spectrum-Friendly™ Technology to avoid frequency conflicts and Digital Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) technology for interference-free communication.

HME's DX210 Rescues We Will Rock You in Antwerp

The fast deployment of HME's 2-channel DX210 digital wireless communication system rescued an escalating radio-frequency problem being encountered by the international production of We Will Rock You, which opened this autumn at the Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp, Belgium. The show has used the same RF format for over a decade, with some twelve radio-comms channels, as well as numerous radio mic frequencies, but the reducing RF spectrum available across Europe – due to the growth of digital TV – meant that there was simply insufficient clear radio space available in Antwerp.

The sound for We Will Rock You – a Stage Entertainment production – is being supplied by Orbital Sound, with Orbital's Dan Bailey as Production Sound Engineer, and Richard Sharratt the show's Associate Sound Designer. Tom Byrne, Sales Director at Orbital Sound, explained the background to the radio comms challenge:
"We foresee this kind of problem becoming increasingly commonplace for the larger productions, as the available spectrum – particularly for analogue radio comms – is a diminishing resource. Handling the sound for a big musical, for example, will become more of a challenge, and in some regions it will be practically impossible. The fit-out for We Will Rock You effectively hit a spectrum roadblock in Antwerp, and the only solution was to move the radio comms frequencies up into the GHz area. We identified that the recently-introduced HME DX210 2-channel digital system would be the most appropriate tool for the job. Operating in the 2.4GHz band, the fully-duplex DX210 is therefore in a safe spectral zone. Comprising a base station and twelve belt-packs, we dispatched the system by the quickest courier we could find. It arrived in Antwerp, they switched it on, it worked straight out of the box – problem solved! So the new 12-way HME digital system has replaced the show's previous technology, which was some ten years old and, due to the growing spectrum restrictions, had quite simply run out of road."

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"the perfect blend of wireless intercom performance, system compatibility with wired intercom systems, and ease of use."