hi,

we are using one of the "glorified speakerphones", the Soundstation
Premier, in our AG node and this echo cancelling speakerphone can be
used by means of an additional "breakout" box to separate the signal
from the power lines. the signal outputs are two line level outs, one for
the microphone and one for the speaker. we the use the unit in this
configuration in our small (12' x 15') conference room and it works
extremely well for all the AG events we have run the past couple of years.
we have another model soundstation, the executive, which has extension
mics and a wireless mic, but we haven't really tried this out yet in a
larger room.

-gurcharan
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Gurcharan S. Khanna
Associate Director
Research Computing
Dartmouth College
603-646-1644
http://research.dartmouth.edu
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gkhanna

--- "Ronald Crummett" wrote:
 I saw a few threads regarding Polycom products but the pictures I 
have been able to find of these products look more like glorified 
speakerphones - and maybe they are, but if you are using one of these like 
SoundStation, allow me to ask:  how exactly do you hook it up with 
everything else in the node?  Are there any additional parts that are 
needed/not needed?  Thanks.
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