Anchor Audio Blog

Due to the popularity of our “How to Replace the Battery in Your Liberty or MegaVox Pro” post a few months ago, we felt it was time for the Explorer Pro to have it’s turn in the spotlight. So we grabbed the camera and snapped a couple of pictures to help illustrate the correct procedure on how to replace a dead battery in your Explorer Pro or Voyager systems. For your convenience there are two versions of the procedures - HTML or PDF.

WARNING! This procedure is for experienced technicians only. It is recommended that Anchor Audio perform all warranty related repairs and any service performed without Anchor Audio’s authorization will void all product warranties. This post does not constitute authorization for such repairs. For more information on our Warranty policy, refer to page 38 of our current 2008 Price List.

View the Explorer/Voyager Battery Replacement Procedeure
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Science teacher and Cheer Coach, Brandi Turnbow, at New West School in Los Angeles, California got an AN-Mini for her classroom and outdoor science camp locations. She knew she needed to speak loudly and clearly to make sure every student could hear her above ambient noise in her classroom.

Yesterday, we sat down with Brandi to get her thoughts and experience with the new AN-Mini speaker monitor.

How did you use your AN-Mini sound system?
I am a science teacher and a cheerleading coach. I used the AN-Mini sound system during outdoor science labs and during cheerleading practice. The cheerleading squad also used the sound system during rallies and games.

What other applications can you imagine the AN-Mini being used for?
The AN-Mini sound system can be used for any event that requires your voice to be amplified. All the teachers who saw the AN-Mini wanted one for themselves whether for the classroom or gathering in the auditorium.

Did the AN-Mini help solve any audio problems at school?
The AN-Mini sound system saved my voice. As a teacher and coach I often have to raise my voice above students working in groups, or cheerleaders chanting and cheering. The sound system amplified my voice loud enough that students and cheerleaders could hear me right away and were able to get my directions loud and clear. During rallies the cheerleaders were able to communicate with the crowd and each other using the AN-Mini sound system with less effort and greater success.

Was the system easy to use?
The AN-Mini sound system was so easy to use. The interchangeable microphones take seconds to switch over. It’s easy, you just plug in the microphone or the transmitter, turn up the volume, and you’re ready to go. The carrying case is so light and unobtrusive, it’s like it’s not even there.

Would you recommend Anchor Audio to other people? Who?
The AN-Mini is so versatile it could be used in many different venues. Definitely a must for coaches of any type, PE teachers, camp counselors, lecturers, college professors, large business presentations…the sky is the limit.

Thanks Brandi for your time and support of Anchor Audio products. For more on this story head over to our testimonial page on our main website. Also, don’t forget to check out Anchor’s new mini sound system, the AN-Mini.

Every year at the InfoComm Trade Show, the InfoComm Academy holds general knowledge courses for people who are new to the AV industry, need to fill in the gaps of their technical understanding or just curious about the basics. With over 120 sessions going on in 20+ breakout rooms, sound and voice projection you can imagine are very important. Well this year, the wonderful people over at InfoComm asked us if we could provide some our portable sound systems to go in most of the education rooms spread throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center. Of course we said yes…what a great opportunity not only from a marketing standpoint, but also to help support AV education.

Well, we are happy to announce that the AV education courses were a big hit. Tony Murphy the Managing Director from AV Com, Ireland was very impressed with the sound quality in the rooms that had Anchor sound systems, “I dropped by your booth at InfoComm on Thursday to say that I found the PA systems in all the courses I attended to be of bad quality with the exception of the one course I attended where there was an Anchor unit in the room. I’m delighted to report to you that your system was of the highest quality at one of the world’s premier AV industry events.” Thanks Tony for the positive feedback and next year we’ll try to get the InfoComm Academy to use our systems in every room.

Here are some photos of our PA systems in action during this years InfoComm AV education courses and we are looking forward to supporting next years courses at InfoComm 2009.

We love to hear it when one of our sound systems is able to contribute in a special event like the Parent Child Event at Cesar Chavez Elementary. “This event provided our students with an opportunity to share quality time with their loved ones.” Fidel Garibay, Parent Child Event Committe Representative.

Anchor supplied the school with 3 AN-Mini sound systems (Red, Yellow and Blue), which provided the voice projection and flexibility the teachers needed to help make the Parent Child Event a huge success.

From everyone here at Anchor, we just want to thank the staff and the kids at Cesar Chavez Elementary for their hard work and continued support of Anchor Audio sound systems. Here are some photos of the AN-Mini in action at Cesar Chavez as well as their wonderful Thank You Letter sent to us just a few days ago.