In its ‘down’ time, Price Travel utilizes the bus for a variety of other VIP and sporting events - including the Ryder Cup. The bus recently underwent a total refit, for which Price wanted the sound system updated, and a state-of-the-art personal entertainment system installed onboard. B&M Coaches in Coventry, the appointed re-fitters, called on Ian Potter of LSS to fulfill the specialist audio elements of the job. Although this type of project was a first for Potter and LSS, they weren’t daunted by its idiosyncrasies. Potter drew on his extensive knowledge and experience of installing sound systems into gyms, health and fitness centres and sports venues.
Treating the coach in a similar way to a multi-station gym, he specified a Cloud Pump Station 16 (8 inputs and 16 outputs) for the headphone system, run in tandem with a Cloud Substation 16 to give the required 32 outputs - one per seat. Each seat has an individual Cloud Personal Control Unit and receives audio from CD, DVD, video, television and radio sources - fully selectable by the occupant. LSS also installed a television tracking device onboard the bus, so that TV channels can be maintained while the coach is in motion.
LSS used Cat 5 cabling throughout the installation. The biggest challenge was ensuring the wiring remained neat and tidy, greatly aided by the fact that the bus was dismantled for the full refit at the time, so the LSS team were able to conceal the cabling in the vehicle’s superstructure, utilizing the existing cabling channels in its seats and walls. Price Travel are delighted with the results, commenting that it’s one of the best and most versatile in-vehicle sound systems they’ve heard.
(Lee Baldock)
