Here's whats in the ‘How To’ Category
How To: Replace the battery in your Explorer or Voyager system
July 15th, 20087 CommentsDue 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.
Explorer/Voyager Battery Replacement Procedure
Download the PDF version here
How To: Verify if your product is still under our 6 year warranty
March 27th, 2008Add CommentsTo answer this question we simply examine the serial number on your Anchor Audio product. Every Anchor sound system, microphone, belt-pack and headset has its own unique 7 digit serial number. Contained in this number is vital information that will help you determine how old the sound system is and whether or not it is still under Anchor’s product warranty. Remember all Anchor Audio portable sound systems are backed by a 6 year warranty and 2 years for microphones, headsets, belt-packs, and batteries.
Now before we discuss how to extract this vital information from the serial number, we must first find it on the unit. Click on the links below to view the most common serial number locations for Anchor products:
Common Serial# Locations
How To: Find the right sound system for your venue
March 17th, 2008Add CommentsNeed a portable PA system you can use indoors and outdoors, play music through and amplifies your voice with the range to cover a crowd size of 2000? By using Anchor Audio’s new website feature, “Product Chooser” finding the right Anchor Audio sound system for your venue requirements is as easy as 1,2,3. In the beta version of our “Product Chooser” you have 3 options to set for your ideal sound system. The first option is whether you need the sound system to work Indoors, Outdoors or both. The second option is whether you need your sound system just for voice amplification or to play music as well. The third option is setting your crowd size. Once you have a selected all 3 options, an Anchor Audio sound system that matches your requirements will appear in the last drop down menu. To select that sound system and find more information on the product, click the “Get Package” button.
How To: Troubleshoot UHF wireless microphone problems
March 4th, 2008Add CommentsNot quite sure what to do when you experience a lack of audio or too much interference when speaking into your Anchor microphone? The following should help you quickly troubleshoot the situation and solve any UHF wireless problems you encounter.
How To: Expand your PortaCom System to allow for 20 users
February 27th, 20081 CommentThe PortaCom was designed to be a flexible, high-performance wired intercom system and it is just that. However, it’s also a very expandable system allowing up to 20 users to talk and listen at same time. To help you configure a system of this magnitude we’ve created this simple diagram (PDF) on how to expand your PortaCom wired intercom system. Download the PDF and make sure you have the following to allow for 20 PortaCom users:
- (1) PC-100
- (1) AC-20>
- (20) H-200 or H-200S headsets
- (20) BP-200 belt-packs
- (1) PGM-100 program mixer
- (9) B3-100 branch boxes










