Whether using a flashlight at home, or a remote control for a video conferencing unit at work, we rely on batteries to help us function everyday technologies. Dead batteries can leave a person in the dark—literally—or stranded during the middle of a presentation.

Here are a few tips on how to check the battery life in technologies you use everyday:

Wireless microphones

• Typically contain a four-segment indicator for the life of a battery. Segments can be found on the transmitter on most microphones and on some receivers.
• Rule of thumb for changing the battery: two segments or less = change the battery
• Check the battery life of each microphone before conferences and meetings. If the meeting will last all day, start with a fresh battery.

Wireless remotes

• Typically don’t have meters that show how much battery is remaining
• We recommend that you change the batteries in handheld remotes once a year to prevent failure.
• Frequent use of wireless remotes may require batteries to be changed more often.

Rechargeable batteries

• When buying rechargeable batteries, make sure the charger unit has an automatic shut off when the battery is charged. Over charging batteries will shorten the life of a battery, and even rechargeable batteries have a limited lifespan.
• Crestron, the industry leader in system automation controls, recommends that rechargeable battery units be changed once a year.

It’s a new year; why not start with new batteries in all of your wireless units. Live Technologies can help!

Have your wireless microphones developed buzzing, dropped their signal frequently, or not been working at all? We may know why.

The FCC has licensed a new low power TV station, broadcasting from downtown Columbus, which is affecting wireless units around the Columbus area. The broadcast frequency range is TV Channel 44 or 644 to 656 Mhz. If you have a frequency agile system, fixing that buzz is a matter of finding new open channels. Live Technologies Service Department can help you get your systems running like never before, and buzz free!

Call us at 614-278-7777 and ask for the service department.

Columbus, Ohio - October 20th, 2011 – Nominated for the second year in a row, LIVE!  Technologies received the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s 2011 Community Arts Partnership Award.  This award recognizes outstanding support of local arts in the past year.  LIVE! Technologies was nominated in 2010 by BalletMet, and won this year after being nominated by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
Award recipients were announced at GCAC’s annual Community Arts Partnership Awards luncheon on Thursday, October 20th at COSI Columbus.

The benefits of a strong, continuous partnership with an audiovisual vendor are invaluable to non-profit and arts organizations.  Central Ohio organizations retain LIVE! Technologies not only for their expertise in audio, video, lighting and staging, but because LIVE! never sacrifices creativity even – or especially – when budgets are tight!

In true partnership, LIVE! Technologies’ lifetime of in-kind donations on behalf of the symphony easily approach $250,000. LIVE! is also a steadfast partner for the symphony’s annual Music Educator Awards program.

LIVE! Technologies understands exactly what is at stake with each and every project, and they deliver on the details to make the right impression for guests, patrons and audience members. LIVE! is a valued partner and generous supporter of many different organizations, and the result is a more creative, financially stable arts community.

For more information about the Community Arts Partnership Awards or to see a complete list of nominees in all categories go to: http://www.gcac.org/community-arts-partnership/community-arts-partnership-nominees.php

Network like a Rock Star at LIVE! Technologies on September 23rd with Columbus Business First, presenting sponsor Expedient Communications, and hundreds of Central Ohio business professionals.

Where: LIVE! Technologies

When: Friday, September 23rd from 7am to 9am

Parking: Complimentary at Haydocy Buick GMC, 3895 W Broad St, Columbus, OH 43228 (Tour bus shuttles will be provided to LIVE! Technologies)

• Take a backstage tour of LIVE! Technologies
• Enjoy live music
• Complimentary breakfast suited for a Rock Star
• Network with hundreds of Central Ohio business professionals at LIVE! Technologies
• Pitch story ideas to Business First editors and reporters
• Register for great door prizes
• Take advantage of special subscription rates
• Outdoor event (weather permitting)
• For more information and registration:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/event/44761

Exhibitors: Nationwide Insurance, DeVry University, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and CareWorks Consultants, Inc.

About Our Sponsors:

Venue Sponsor- LIVE! Technologies is your one-stop-shop for audio, video, lighting and staging, as well as creative development and show content. LIVE! Technologies produces Business Theater and Conferences, Galas, and Special Events, Concerts, Festivals, and Community Events. LIVE! Technologies also designs and installs permanent audiovisual equipment for Boardrooms, Classrooms, Theaters or Churches. Contact us at: 800.83.STAGE or visit us at:  www.reallivepros.com

Series Sponsor- Expedient Communications may be new to Columbus but is certainly not new to the data center and managed services community. With 8 data centers across the Midwest and up the east coast, Expedient has a suite of managed services such as cloud computing, virtualization, remote backups, management of equipment and more, all interconnected with a 10GB fiber backbone.

Martin Professional, Inc. is hitting the road for the second leg of our 2011 Road Show! The Road Show is a 20 week, 15,000 mile tour that’s headed to a city near you. Martin staff will travel to 32 cities across the country and hold over 120 events for local customers. The “Engineered for the eye” Road Show tour is an innovative approach to relationship building that brings Martin directly to as many important lighting professionals as possible: LDs, end users, dealers, design houses, system integrators, venue owners and operators among countless others.

Join Martin and the Real Live Pros at LIVE! Technologies on Tuesday, August 30th from 10:00am to 4:00pm!  Check out Martin’s trailer full of new, innovative products, and enjoy a free cookout lunch!

Click to Register:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2071059595

June 21, 2011

9:30AM – 5PM

Free Admission!

LIVE! Technologies will host Yamaha Commercial Audio as its Showroom/Classroom truck rolls into town on Tuesday, June 21^st.  Join us for a day of Yamaha training seminars and equipment demonstrations!

Four instructors from Yamaha will be on site to discuss a full menu of topics throughout the day, including:

• EtherSound and Dante audio networks applied to digital SR and recording consoles.
• M7CL V3.5 Series console upgrades, including M7CL-ES + SB168ES Digital Snake.
• StageMix IPAD application for remote monitor mix control of M7CL and LS9 consoles.
• New File Conversion software for popular consoles: PM5D, M7CL, and LS9 Series.
• New Dan Dugan “Automixer” Card option, compatible with all Yamaha DSP models.
• Hands on “Tips & Tricks” with all levels of our SR & Recording Digital Console families.
• Supplemental handouts & useful technical guides and resources.
• Q&A with Leland Green, Martin Dombey, and other Yamaha product specialists.

A full day of workshops will be complimented with a catered lunch and a drawing for a Yamaha Micro Stereo System. Please plan on attending this unique and FREE event at LIVE! Technologies: 3854 Fisher Road, Columbus, Ohio 43228. Be sure to reserve your spot by June 10th!

Contact Dawn Jacobs at djacobs@reallivepros.com or (614)278-7777 with any questions. We look forward to seeing you soon!

***SPECIAL***

10% off all Yamaha items from 6/21/11 – 7/31/11

LIVE! Technologies welcomes Jill Ottarson as the newest member of our Account Services team.  Jill graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Strategic Communication.  Before joining LIVE! Technologies, Jill worked at Battelle for Kids organizing and planning of their annual conferences.

As an Account Manager with LIVE! Technologies, Jill will work directly with clients, department mangers, and the creative services team to ensure the success of LIVE! Technologies’ corporate and non-profit events!

LIVE! Technologies has added Martin Professional to its already extensive lighting offering. A fleet of Martin Mac III Performance fixtures is the first of many new, exciting technology investments at LIVE! Technologies.

“We are excited about the Martin lighting product line. Now that we have access to their wide range of products for both retail and staging, LIVE! will remain a leader in both lighting and LED technology for many years to come.” - Shawn Loevenguth, VP of Rental Production, LIVE! Technologies

Martin has been successfully launching new products resulting from an extensive investment in R&D. These developments enable LIVE! to confidently partner with Martin as a preferred vendor.

“Martin Professional and Live Technologies share the same value system that represent best in quality, value and customer service excellence. With great pleasure, we welcome LIVE! Technologies into the Martin Professional Reseller network.” - Jeff Washburn-Martin Professional Regional Sales Manager

In a first of many new equipment upgrades, LIVE! Technologies selected the award winning Martin Mac III Performance fixture. This automated lighting fixture incorporates a new interleaved framing system with full crossover of each blade, and industry-first continuous rotation for new and unlimited projection, framing, and effects possibilities.

Through our relationship with Martin Professional, LIVE! Technologies will offer clients a fantastic product range, which includes a full complement of Martin automated lighting fixtures, LED creative lighting and video products, and playback/control solutions.

The Arnold Sports Festival is the largest, multi-sport festival in the world. Athletic competitions, including 42 sports and 18,000 athletes from 80 countries, take place over four days in Columbus, Ohio. For nearly 25 years, this sport-fitness festival has grown to include competitions and activities located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Veteran’s Memorial, Nationwide Arena, and the French Field House at the Ohio State University.

As the festival’s production partner, LIVE! Technologies provides the audio, video, lighting, staging and creative services for the weekend. Each year, a masterfully designed set is built to enhance the competition on the Veteran’s Memorial Stage. Complete sound, lighting, and video packages are provided for a variety of sport competitions through-out the Greater Columbus Convention Center, as well as audio-visual support for numerous other sports and locations throughout Columbus. Along with event and equipment resources, our Creative Services department designs and develops promotional videos, commercials, event graphics and websites to inform, entertain and enlighten the nearly 180,000 sports fans who attend the weekend.

This year’s highlights include: Men’s Bodybuilding which included a rotating globe on stage at Veteran’s Memorial, the first Annual Arnold Sports Film Festival featuring spokesperson, Eddie George, and the addition of track and field at the Ohio State University’s French Field House.

Each year, YWCA Columbus honors a select group of women with the Women of Achievement Award. This award recognizes women who are working to build a truly inclusive community, and honors their extraordinary contributions to family, philanthropy and business. The 2011 honorees are: Patricia Eshman, Gale V. King, Laurie Stein Marsh and Patricia Temple Gabbe, MD MPH. In addition, YWCA recognized three distinguished women with the Lifetime Achievement Award: Loann W. Crane, Kathy D. Espy and Judy P. Tuckerman.

Over the past ten years, LIVE! Technologies has been a proud sponsor and the YWCA’s “turnkey” event staging and production company for the premier awards luncheon honoring these inspirational women.

LIVE! Technologies designs and constructs dynamic and visually motivating sets to compliment the message of the YWCA. Every year is new opportunity to showcase the latest in LIVE! Technologies’ innovative creative services and state-of-the-art equipment. This year, LIVE! introduced a new fleet of Martin Mac III Performance lights to the extensive lighting package for visual effects, as well as for television broadcast.

LIVE! Technologies is honored to be a integral part of this event, and is dedicated to helping YWCA Columbus deliver “a bold vision” and “a lasting impact.”