INSTAPLAYTM DIGITAL RECORDER/ANNOUNCER
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With solid state dependability and high quality audio, INSTAPLAYTM digital announcers will record, digitize, store, and playback up to 16 messages with independent access via screw terminals.

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Use Instaplay for:
  • Triggered Messages
  • In-store assistance requests - "Press button for assistance"
  • Just-in-time manufacturing
  • Digital voice annunciating
  • Door entry announcements
  • Museum exhibits
  • Amusement park rides
  • Voice alert / warning / evacuation systems
  • Interactive displays (kiosks)
  • Hospital code blue, visiting hours & birth announcements

INSTAPLAY TM provides solutions to the "real life" requirements of recorded digital message announcing.
  • The ability to record from a microphone or Aux input permits "on the spot" recordings or loading of prerecorded productions.

    Remote recording over a dial-up telephone line, satellite link, or FM Sub-carrier audio channel is also available.

  • Each message can be individually replaced at any time. The new recording can be longer or shorter than the original.


  • Instaplay does not restrict your use of recording capacity. A message can be any length desired and all remaining recording capacity is available for additional messages.

  • By routing background music through Instaplay, music ducking or muting can be accomplished. Three separate volume controls are provided.

  • Messages can be triggered by contact closure or opens, or by computer or PLC. Either a single message or sequence of messages can be initiated.
  • Programming is as easy as using a touch tone telephone. Simply listen to the prerecorded instructions that guide you through each step. Use the phone's keypad to enter your selections and Instaplay will respond to you in spoken English.

  • Instaplay can allow "live" announcements to override both the background music and its normal annunciator function.

  • Instaplay can easily be tailored by the installer to run in the correct mode for many diverse situations. For example, we may want the announcer to ignore a youngster's repeated pressing of the "PLAY" button at a museum display. Other applications, such as hospital code blue announcements or emergency evacuation may require an immediate abort if a higher priority message is requested.

    Instaplay can repeat a message once, twice, or continuously, and can automatically add a "splash tone" or message preceding the announcement.

    Internal timers are available to individually control each input. Switches can be provided on the front panel to allow each input to be enabled or disabled from a central location.

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