Sunday, December 15, 2013

How Are Wireless Surround Speaker Products Powered?

By Mike Heller


When putting in rear speakers for your home theater system, you have several choices. Many people simply hard-wire the speakers to the surround receiver. However, several people like to eradicate the cable clutter by utilizing cordless broadcast. Wireless surround loudspeaker kits are all around these days. Below, I am going to review exactly how these cordless products are powered and show some requirements that the integrated power source of these kinds of products must meet.

The long loudspeaker cable from the front to the back of your room is eradicated through these kinds of systems. Having said that, there will still be cables. Since both the wireless transmitter and also receiver need power, you will see a power cord in between each of those components and the mains electric outlet. You can find different options that supply the wireless receiver with power. One of those choices is to work with an external AC adapter or wallwart that connects to a mains electric outlet. An alternative would be to use a power supply that is entirely built into the wireless receiver.

One particular benefit of a wallwart is that the receiver by itself will be smaller sized. The majority of AC adapters are direct-plug-in kinds. Various other kinds attach to the mains electric outlet by means of a power cord. A lot of today's laptop computers use a similar wallwart. Bundling a separate wallwart is very useful from a maker's perspective since regardless which nation the kit is marketed to, a country-specific ac adapter will be included. Additionally, standalone wallwarts are less costly to have accredited for safety and also are less expensive to swap in case they become defective than changing the whole receiver. Cordless receivers which incorporate the power supply are typically bigger than models with an external supply however are easier to develop.

The power supply of cordless speaker systems should meet several prerequisites. The 1st requirement would be that the power supply needs to be certified to satisfy the local safety rules. The regulations were made to guarantee that there is sufficient safety to prevent injury to humans in the instance of line fault conditions. The insulating material from the mains voltage should meet stringent prerequisites. On top of that, the power supply should not get too hot in the course of normal operation and also possess sufficient protection in the case of an overload. Power sources that have passed safety assessments often bear a UL or CE symbol. If the power source is built-in into the wireless receiver then the receiver has the logo.

The wireless receiver has a high-frequency radio which picks up the wireless signal as well as a power sound amplifier that amplifies the audio signal. These parts need power. Consequently the power source needs to be able to satisfy the voltage and current prerequisites of these two parts. The audio amplifier is essential to drive the loudspeaker that is connected to the cordless receiver. All power sources for audio amplifiers are built to supply a continuous current adequate for the amp to meet the RMS specification for 10 minutes just before getting too hot. The RMS measurement is not very practical though. It really is much more crucial for the power source to be able to sustain short bursts of large current. These bursts happen in spikes in the audio signal. One other requirement would be that the power source voltage must be fairly stable and also contain as little ripple and noise as possible. Various audio amplifiers will be able to compensate for power supply ripple and noise. For minimum noise, linear power supplies are best. This type of power supply is used in many higher-end sound gear. But, this power supply may be quite heavy dependent on the RMS wattage rating of the wireless receiver. The internal components typically operate from different supply voltages. That is why lots of power sources offer more than one supply voltages. Last but not least, the power supply ought to have sufficient overload as well as over-temperature protection in order to keep everything secure in the event of a fault with the audio amp.




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