Sony PCS-G50 Benutzerhandbuch

Capturing audio and video during a videoconference
is important to keep a record of what was conveyed
during a conference.  With the PCS-G50, audio and
video displayed on the main monitor can be
recorded

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directly to Memory Stick™ media in 

MPEG-4 format and can be played back on any PC
using QuickTime

®

media player.

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AV recording is not supported when AES is active.  Also,
presentation data cannot be recorded.

Data originated on your PC can be shared with your
videoconferencing counterparts, making communication
even more effective. Any image that can be displayed
on a PC can be sent or received

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in native XGA

resolution, allowing all parties to share data during a
videoconference. In addition, information drawn up
on a digital whiteboard

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can also be viewed in real 

time by all parties participating in a videoconference 
or captured and stored for later reference.

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Sending data requires the optional PCSA-DSB1S Data
Solution Box (DSB); however, the DSB is not required for
receiving data

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Please contact your local Sony sales office for information
on compatible digital whiteboards.

To broadcast

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your videoconferences to a large

audience, for example, with educational lectures or 
live corporate speeches, the PCS-G50 features a 
built-in streaming function that allows remote users 
to log on from any PC using an Internet browser.

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Simply enter the URL provided by the PCS-G50
administrator into your Internet browser, and you can
have instant access to the active audio and video 
from the PCS-G50.  With this useful feature, 
hundreds of people with access privileges can view 
and listen to your videoconference session from 
almost any location that has access to a network.

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The system must be configured with a multicast router.

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Recommended system requirements: Microsoft Windows

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XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer

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6.0 or higher, and 

QuickTime 6.0 or higher. 

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In addition to conventional patterns of display – such
as showing the far-end site on a full screen or
displaying near-end and far-end sites in picture-in-
picture mode – a variety of other display patterns are
available with the PCS-G50. Supporting both 
4-screen and 6-screen continuous-presence modes, 
the PCS-G50 can display the most appropriate 
pattern to match the number of sites that are
connected.  In both full-screen and continuous-
presence modes, the following two display options 
are available:

Voice Switching  

The PCS-G50 defaults to voice switching, which
displays the far-end site that is actively talking on the
monitor when the unit is in full-screen mode. In
continuous-presence mode, the site that is actively
speaking is displayed on the largest of the six sub
screens, and the near-end site is displayed on the sub
screen where the original far-end site was.

Fixed Site

As its name suggests, the selected far-end site is
continuously displayed on the monitor when the unit is
in full-screen mode. In continuous-presence mode the
selected far-end site is displayed in the largest of the six
sub screens, and the other sites are fixed as well.

Fig 3 Voice Switching in Continuous Presence Mode

FAR 3

FAR 2

FAR 1

FAR 4

NEAR

FAR 5

FAR 3

NEAR

FAR 1

FAR 4

FAR 5

FAR 2

If FAR 5 is talking

If FAR 2 is talking

NETWORK

Students 

(Satellite Campus)

Professor/Lecturer

(Main Campus)

Fig 4 Built-in Streaming Function