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Bluetooth v 5.3
Bluetooth v 4.2
Acoustic characteristics
Number of channels1.0 (mono)1.0 (mono)
Lines11
Passive emitter
Output power2.5 W
Frequency range20 – 20000 Hz20 – 20000 Hz
Codec support
AAC
AAC
Features
speakerphone
TWS
speakerphone
TWS
More features
handle / strap
handle / strap
Battery
Battery life16 h16 h
USB charging portUSB CUSB C
General
WaterproofIP67IP67
Materialplasticplastic
Size (HxWxD)95x76x76 mm95x76x76 mm
Weight274 g253 g
Color
Added to E-Catalogmay 2023july 2021

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Bluetooth. Wireless technology for transmitting sound from mobile phones, tablets, etc. Allows you to connect the device wirelessly at a short distance from the signal source. Bluetooth quality and general features vary by version:

Bluetooth4. Each version brings improvements over the previous one. So in version 4.0, three standards were actually combined: traditional Bluetooth, a high-speed channel and an energy-saving mode for small amounts of data. This allowed us to optimize channel usage and battery consumption. In version 4.1. noise immunity has been improved when working near 4G LTE modules. And version 4.2 introduced mostly general speed and security improvements.

Bluetooth 5.0. One of the most important innovations of the Bluetooth 5.0 standard was the expansion of the BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) mode: if necessary, the device can increase the range by reducing the speed, or speed up transmission by reducing the range. In addition, a number of improvements have been introduced regarding the simultaneous operation of several connected devices.

Bluetooth 5.1. A significant upgrade of version 5.1 was the ability to accurately position the transmitter (receiver) of the signal. If previous versions could only determine the distance, then version 5.1 is able to determine the direction. Thus, navigation beg...an to function better and more accurately, which improved the work with the smart home system, searching for connected devices, etc. In addition to this, the improvements again touched on saving energy consumption and simultaneously working with several connected devices.

Bluetooth 5.2. The next, after 5.1, is the Bluetooth 5th generation update. The main innovations in this version are a number of security improvements, additional power optimization in LE mode, and a new audio signal format for synchronized parallel playback on multiple devices.

Bluetooth 5.3Bluetooth v 5.3 wireless protocol was introduced at the dawn of 2022. Of the innovations, it accelerated the process of negotiating the communication channel between the controller and the device, implemented the function of quickly switching between the state of operation in a small duty cycle and high-speed mode, improved the throughput and stability of the connection by reducing susceptibility to interference. In case of unexpected interference in the Low Energy mode of operation, the procedure for selecting a communication channel for switching is now accelerated. There are no fundamental innovations in protocol 5.3, however, a number of qualitative improvements are seen in it.

—Mini-Jack (3.5 mm). Standard Aux input for connecting speakers to an audio source such as a laptop or smartphone.

— USB. The presence of a USB connector allows you to connect a USB flash drive, mobile phones, MP3 players and other similar peripherals to portable acoustics. Accordingly, such models have a built-in player and allow you to use connected gadgets exclusively as a drive.

— Card reader. Like the USB described above, this item implies the presence of a built-in player in acoustics. And the card reader also allows you to use memory cards as a drive on which songs will be recorded.

FM receiver. A built-in tuner that allows the speaker system to work as a full-fledged FM radio receiver — this is the range that is popular among music radio stations (in particular, due to the ability to broadcast sound in stereo).

Passive emitter

The presence of a passive radiator in the design of the speaker system.

Such an emitter is a speaker cone that does not have its own coil and magnet — in other words, it does not produce sound itself, but only vibrates from the sound of other speakers. Like the phase inverter (see above), this part is intended to improve sound pressure and sound depth, especially at low frequencies; at the same time, the advantage of a passive radiator is the absence of a tube, due to which the design is simpler and more compact than with a phase inverter.

Output power

The total power of all channels of the speaker system. The higher the power, the larger the size of the room in which the audio system can be used, however, more powerful portable speakers usually have larger dimensions and weight.
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