• Basics of AV Sales and Technical
    • Anyone new to the AV industry (i.e., within their first six months to a year of hire) or those who already understand the context of their job and how the industry works, but need depth on the technical side.
    WELCOME
    1.Introduction
    2. Quizzes, Section Tests, and Course Completion
    3. A Digital and Analog World
    AUDIO
    DYNAMICS OF SOUND
    1. Audio Essentials
    2. Sound Waves
    3. Human Hearing
    4. Wavelength of a Sound Wave
    5. Frequency of a Sound Wave
    6. Tone and Pitch
    7. Harmonics
    8. Decibels
    9. Amplitude and Loudness
    10. Inverse Square Law for Sound
    11. Introduction to Acoustics
    12. Acoustics
    13. Properties of Acoustics
    14. Ambient Noise
    CAPTURING SOUND
    1. Audio Transduction
    2. Dynamic Microphone
    3. Condenser Microphone
    4. Phantom Power
    5. Ribbon, Ceramic, and Crystal Microphones
    6. Microphone Physical Design and Placement
    7. Microphone Pickup Patterns
    8. Microphone Sensitivity
    9. Microphone Frequency Response
    10. Microphone Impedance

    11.Wireless Microphone
    12. Microphone Cables and Connectors
    AUDIO PROCESSING
    1. Signal Levels
    2. Gain
    3. Audio Mixers
    4. Audio Processors
    5. Bands and Octaves
    6. Equalizers
    7. Switchers
    8. Distribution Amplifiers
    9. Delays
    10. Power Amplifiers
    11. Loudspeakers
    12. Balanced and Unbalanced
    13. Component Packaging
    14. Audio Recording
    15. Audio Processing Summary
    DIGITAL AUDIO
    1. Digital Audio Signals
    2. Sampling Rate of Digital Audio Signals
    3. Bit Depth of a Digital Audio Signal
    4. D-A Conversion
    5. Digital Audio Summary
    AUDIO SYSTEM SETUP
    1. Audio Systems
    2. Sound Reinforcement and Reproduction
    3. High-Pressure and Distributed Systems
    4. Feedback
    5. Audio Signal Distortion
    SPECIALIZED AUDIO SYSTEMS
    1. Specialized Audio Systems
    2. Intercom and Paging Systems
    3. Noise Masking Systems
    4. Mix-Minus or Local Reinforcement Systems
    5. Simultaneous Interpretation Systems
    6. Audio Section Summary
    VISUAL
    VISION AND LIGHT
    1. Visual Essentials
    2. Introduction to Vision and Light
    3. Vision and Perception
    4. Light
    5. Wavelength, Frequency, and Amplitude of Light
    6. Behavior of Light
    7. Mixing Colors of Light
    8. Defining Color
    9. Color Temperature
    10. Measuring Light
    11. Inverse Square Law for Light
    Units of Light Measure
    1. Brightness and Contrast
    2. Ambient Light
    3. Light Sources
    DISPLAY CONCERNS
    1. Display Concerns
    2. Displaying Information
    3. Monitors
    4. Aspect Ratio
    5. Aspect Ratio Table
    6. Determining Aspect Ratio
    7. The Projected Image
    8. Projector Optics
    9. Front Projection and Rear Projection
    10. Screens
    11.Screen Gain
    12. Screen Hot Spotting
    13. Front Projection Surfaces
    14. Rolled and Folded Screens
    15. Rear Projection Surfaces
    16. Retro Units
    17. Projection System Brightness
    DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
    1. Categorizing Displays
    2. Video
    3. Computer Data
    4. Analog and Digital Displays
    5. Scanning Methods
    6. Pixels
    7. Image Resolution
    8. Fixed Resolution Displays
    9. Resolution Standards
    10. Emissive, Transmissive, and Reflective Technologies
    DISPLAY EQUIPMENT
    1. Types of Monitors and Projectors
    2. CRT Monitors
    3. Plasma Display Panels
    4. LCD Monitors
    5. LED and oLED
    6. Electronic Whiteboards
    7. Slides and Slide Projectors
    8. Films and Film Projectors
    9. Overhead Projectors
    10. Document Cameras
    11. CRT Projectors
    12. LCD Projectors
    13. LCoS and D-ILA Projectors
    14. DLP Projectors
    15. Monitor and Projector Summary
    VIDEO SIGNALS, SOURCES, PROCESSING, AND OUTPUT
    VIDEO SIGNAL CAPTURE
    1. The Video Signal
    2. Video Signal History
    3. Video Camera
    4. Video Camera Lens
    5. Video Camera Prism and Imager
    6. CCD’s
    7. Video Signal Building Blocks
    8. Horizontal and Vertical Signals
    9. Scan Rates
    10. Blanking and Retrace
    11. Signal Quality
    12. Video Signal Bandwidth
    13. Full Bandwidth Signals
    14. Bandwidth Limiting
    15. Luminance
    16. Component Video
    17. S-Video
    18. Composite Video
    19. RF Video Signals
    20. Signal Separator
    21. Y/C Separator Filters
    22. Chroma Decoder
    23. Matrix Decoder
    24. Sending Video Signals
    25. Analog Video Standards
    26. NTSC
    27. PAL
    28. SECAM
    29. DTV
    30. DTV Standards
    31. SDTV and HDTV
    VIDEO SIGNAL PRODUCTION
    1. Video Sources, Processing, and Output
    2. Video Camera Color Balancing
    3. Gain and Peaking Controls
    4. Video Production
    5. Video Production Switcher
    6. Production Switcher Functions
    7. Linear Video Editing
    8. Nonlinear Video Editing
    VIDEO RECORDING
    1. Video Recording
    2. Recorded Information
    3.Digital Recording Sampling Ratios
    4. Video Tape Recorders (VTR)
    5. Analog Video Storage Formats
    6. Digital Video Storage Formats
    VIDEO OUTPUT
    1. Video Signal Processing
    2. Time Base Correctors (TBC)
    3. Processing Amplifiers

    4.Video Signal Monitoring
    5. Sync Generators
    VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
    1. Video Distribution
    2. Video Routing Switchers
    3. Video Distribution Amplifier
    4. Types of Distributed Video Systems
    5. RF Video System Applications
    6. RF Video System Components
    VIDEO SYSTEMS SUMMARY
    1. Computer Data Displays
    2. The Computer Data Signal
    3. Computer Data Display Devices
    4. Scaling
    5. Scan Conversion
    6. Display Color Resolution
    7. Graphics Adaptors
    8. Computer-Video Interfaces
    9. ID Bits
    10. Digital Video Interface
    11. Computer Data Display Summary
    DISPLAY SYSTEM SETUP
    1. Display Setup
    2. Monitor Selection
    3. Screen Selection
    4. Projection and the Inverse Square Law
    5. Throw Distance
    6. Digital Display Alignment
    7. Viewer Placement
    8. Keystone Error
    9. Brightness and Contrast Adjustments
    10. Creating Images
    11. Visual Chapter Summary
    AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEMS
    1. Audiovisual Systems Integration
    2. Audiovisual System Essentials
    3. System Applications
    4. System Goals
    5. Creating a System
    6. Active and Passive Systems
    7. Subsystems
    SUBSYSTEMS
    LIGHTING SYSTEMS
    1. Lighting Systems
    SYSTEMS FOR CONFERENCING APPLICATIONS
    1. Systems for Conferencing Applications
    2. Audio Conferencing
    3. Web Conferencing
    4. Videoconferencing

    ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
    1. Electrical Systems
    2. Electrical Power and Distribution
    3. Current
    4. Voltage
    5. Resistance and Impedance
    6.Power
    7. Ohms Law
    8. Electrical Circuits
    9. What is Grounding?
    SIGNAL MANAGEMENT
    1. Signal Management Systems
    2. Rack Building Considerations
    3. Signal Integrity
    4. Distance Limits
    5. Wireless Signals: IR and RF
    6. Wire and Cable
    7. Conductors
    8. Insulation
    9. Shield
    10. Jackets
    11. Cable Types
    12. Connections
    13. XLR
    14. Phone Plugs
    15. 3.5mm Mini’s
    16. TT
    17. RCA
    18. F Connectors
    19. D Sub Connectors
    20. RJ Connectors
    21. BNC
    22. 13W3
    23. DIN
    24. Speakon
    25. Captive Screw
    26. DVI Connectors
    27. EBY
    CONTROL SYSTEM
    1. What is a Control System?
    2. Control System Functions
    3. Control System Components
    4. Control System Interfaces
    COMPUTER SYSTEMS
    1. Computers 101
    2. Computer Networks
    3. Network Architecture
    4. Network Topology
    5. Network Hardware Identification
    AUDIOVISUAL NETWORKING
    1. What is AV Networking?
    2. Benefits of AV Networking
    3. Network – Enabled Equipment
    4. Summary
    5. Audiovisual Systems Summary
    COURSE COMPLETION
    1. Course Evaluation
    2. Course Bibliography
    3. Course Acknowledgments
    4. Thank You