Robert F Jarvis
Well-Known Member
We bought 16 EV BPU2's plus headsets about a year ago. I only joined the theatre about 7 months ago but since then have seen some really odd things with these. 1st off when being told how to use them was told to put a rubber band around the battery and then shut the lid! They did this because mics were showing intermittent drop outs during shows and they thought the battery was not making good contact. I pointed out the fallacy of binding a battery down when the contacts were on top. This plus several packs falling apart stopped that practice only to come back from vacation tp find every unit now had a folded up masking tape 'pad' in the bottom to force the batteries onto the contacts! Before a show we now have to exert considerable pressure to mount the battery and of course - you've guessed it the packs are showing more and more bending where the front and back clip together.
I can't believe that units like this, at their expense and said to be used by so many TV Stations and Theaters could possibly require such padding.
I believed the dropouts were caused by the UHF antennas being mounted 100' from the stage and BOTH Antennae's were vertically polarized. I rotated by 90' (For a horizontal component) and before I left did not hear any drops outs. But! As said came back this extra padding. We have a very strong person in control here and I am anxious to see if/what experiences others have had with the units.
While I am at it does every one who uses EV RE97-2Tx headsets (two ear hooks and neck cradle) have to plaster actors with tape to keep them on? Again it seems a lot of trouble to go to but otherwise the darn things just fall off.
I can't believe that units like this, at their expense and said to be used by so many TV Stations and Theaters could possibly require such padding.
I believed the dropouts were caused by the UHF antennas being mounted 100' from the stage and BOTH Antennae's were vertically polarized. I rotated by 90' (For a horizontal component) and before I left did not hear any drops outs. But! As said came back this extra padding. We have a very strong person in control here and I am anxious to see if/what experiences others have had with the units.
While I am at it does every one who uses EV RE97-2Tx headsets (two ear hooks and neck cradle) have to plaster actors with tape to keep them on? Again it seems a lot of trouble to go to but otherwise the darn things just fall off.