Clearcom wireless freespeak

[hamlett22]

Hi all,

I need to add Clearcom wireless headsets to my existing wireless system. My current system is
1) base-station Clearcom model WBS-680/E88 and
2) headset model WTR 680.

This base station and beltpack are discontinued. Mine work great and I do not want to retire them. Just add on.

Cleacom's latest wireless solution that vendors are selling is the Free-speak II Clear-Com FSII-BP24-X4-US.

Question- can the Freak Speak II work on and with the Clearcom WBS 680 basestation and WTR 680 headsets?

Thanks,
Chad

 

[themuzicman]

Yep, just link the 2-wire ports and set your WBS-680 to Clearcom mode on the back.

 

[microstar]

Hi all,

I need to add Clearcom wireless headsets to my existing wireless system. My current system is
1) base-station Clearcom model WBS-680/E88 and
2) headset model WTR 680.

This base station and beltpack are discontinued. Mine work great and I do not want to retire them. Just add on.

Cleacom's latest wireless solution that vendors are selling is the Free-speak II Clear-Com FSII-BP24-X4-US.

Question- can the Freak Speak II work on and with the Clearcom WBS 680 basestation and WTR 680 headsets?

Thanks,
Chad

Have you asked Clearcom? Presumably they would know.

 

[RonHebbard]

Hi all,

I need to add Clearcom wireless headsets to my existing wireless system. My current system is
1) base-station Clearcom model WBS-680/E88 and
2) headset model WTR 680.

This base station and beltpack are discontinued. Mine work great and I do not want to retire them. Just add on.

Cleacom's latest wireless solution that vendors are selling is the Free-speak II Clear-Com FSII-BP24-X4-US.

Question- can the Freak Speak II work on and with the Clearcom WBS 680 basestation and WTR 680 headsets?

Thanks,
Chad

@hamlett22 I know not of Clearcom's snazzy new digital Free-Speaks but I can assure you ProCom manufactures, sells, warranty's and services their full line of 100% Clear-Com compatible equivalents and accessories in your U.S. of A, perhaps @Diana Mullis will note Control Booth's 'Bat Call' and reply to your post.
Toodleo!
Ron Hebbard

 

[Jay Ashworth]

Nope.

The older stuff is analog, the FSII is digital.

You will need the FS base with its packs, and that stuff is *not* *cheap*.

We got 5 packs with lightweight headsets, the base, and one antenna module, and it was close to 20K.

Don't get me wrong: it's worth *every frigging nickel* of 20K, but...

I posted a review of ours last year, I think, here somewhere. Repair incidence has been decent; the boom switches in the headsets break, and we had one cable strain relief go bad; 1 pack has (or had, I think we sent it in) an intermittent A talk button, but that's about it.

 

[themuzicman]

Nope.

You're 100% correct. I assumed they wanted to link an FS-II frame with the WBS frame like a fool. Nope, the beltpacks won't work between units. FS-II is not cheap, but it is wonderful.

 

[TimMc]

Free Speak II is good, the original.... not so much. I've had truly rotten experiences with the original FS (provided by an outside vendor, who only sends video guys who, for a craft that relies so much on coms, knows absolutely NOTHING about the gear; the shop does not include a manual or quick start guide with the package.

But Yes, your existing 2 wire party line system will "interface" with the Free Speak II, but FS requires it's unique RF base station and belt packs. You can likely re-use your existing headsets, but you'd still need them for the wired coms.

 

[Jay Ashworth]

You're 100% correct. I assumed they wanted to link an FS-II frame with the WBS frame like a fool. Nope, the beltpacks won't work between units. FS-II is not cheap, but it is wonderful.

It was kind of an open question...

 

[Jay Ashworth]

That review:

ClearCom Freespeak II Wireless PL

Set up a new install of this for one of my theatres yesterday. (It's not completely installed; their sound contractor is reworking some the 2-wire install in the big theatre, to which it will attach, but it's configured and working.)Some thoughts.I like it. I can see -- even though they...

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