Where to get personal ALS equipment

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alanlangford
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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Discounted LDS pricing form. Sorry last post pointed to the website that discusses it, here is a link to the form.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... g+2014.pdf
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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The last set of receivers the church got us was from Listen Technologies, not Comtek.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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jrjnewell wrote:Very frustrating and emails to the stake go unanswered.
I'm sorry you've having to deal with leaders who aren't responsive. All buildings should be equipped with the system in the chapel and the building should have received a couple of receivers. The problem might be in finding the receivers. Maybe they're in the library, maybe they're in a clerk's office. Maybe they're lost.

I'm not sure which stake leaders you're emailing, but maybe you should see if you can find a technical person in your buildings who works with the A/V, or maybe a clerk, or maybe track down your stake technology specialist (STS) or the high councilor who is the physical facilities representative (PFR). I hope you can find someone who cares. There are helps out there, but too often, church leaders don't know or are too busy to deal with it. I've found that there are people who go through the motions of going to church, but can't hear anything, and that's sad. I'm a stake A/V person, and I try to get them help. If you can get one of those people who wants to help, but doesn't know what to do, come back here, and we might be able to help that person.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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russellhltn wrote:The last set of receivers the church got us was from Listen Technologies, not Comtek.
With our remodel, we got a nice rack of Listen receivers that sit in a rechargeable base station. I think we got 8 receivers, but the base can hold 8. They are on the same frequency as the old Comtek receivers and they both work.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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There's lots of Comtek receivers on ebay. Anything with 70-76 MHz wide FM (72.1 MHz standard), such as a scanner radio, ham radio, TECSUN X3 or D3, convention translation radio, etc.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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Here's an update for those who wish to purchase their own assisted listening device for the chapel, since the previous links are dead.

New Comtek PR-75a receiver cost around $270 from various sources.
You can buy a new compatible receiver Listen Technologies LR-500-72 through the FM group for $205.
It is also currently available from BHPhoto for $120. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... ay_rf.html
Ebay has used Comtek and Listen Technologies receivers for under $50.
Amazon has several handheld FM receivers that cover 60-108Mhz for under $10. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=60-108+mhz+f ... _ss_fb_1_9
Just tune to 72.1 Mhz. I bought one and it works great.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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The last time we got ALS receivers, I think what FM supplied was the Listen Technologies LR-4200-072.

It's only single channel (but programmable with a Windows computer). The majority of church systems are on the same channel, but if you've got two chapels close to each other, then it will be on a different frequency. This model uses DSP and it make a big difference. No hiss. If you want multi-channel, there's the LR-5200-072.

Yes, they cost more, but the difference in sound quality may be worth it. I'll take it over the Comtek PR-75a any day.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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On a technical note the Listen receivers have a built in antenna so you can use any compatible headset. Comtek and Williams use the headset cord as the antenna and must use one that has the correct length cord.

We order the Williams AV headsets so users can use the same headset in either model receiver.
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Re: Where to get personal ALS equipment

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I have been told by Listen that the 4200’s are multichannel capable. Instead of a channel button it’s a long press on the volume button. This assumes that more than one channel has been activated in the receiver programming.
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