Palmer Digital Group Offers Optional Speaker-Microphone Enclosures

Palmer Digital Group now offers optional speaker-microphone enclosures for its entire range of outdoor digital menu board systems, covering single, double and triple-display solutions for its pedestal and canopy structures.

The protective enclosures eliminate the need for a separate foundation to support QSR drive-thru audio systems, reducing costs and infrastructure while also simplifying cable management and menu board maintenance.

Palmer Digital Group (PDG) innovated the design last year for its single-board solutions, becoming the first company to offer an optional speaker-mic enclosure design as part of a complete digital menu board structure. Now available for all structures, customers can request the option on an initial order or add the enclosure to the installed structure when needed. In-field upgrades require no special tools, with installations completed in less than one hour.

PDG Vice President Chuck Lewis said that the enclosures were developed after speaking with customers who wanted to further streamline their outdoor ordering systems in accordance with drive-thru modernisation strategies. Customers can choose side-mount or under-mount configurations, with each option offering the same operational benefits to QSRs.

"In addition to eliminating a separate structure, our enclosures reduce the need for additional conduit that would be required for runs to the standalone speaker-mic box," said Lewis. "Whether mounted on the left, right or under side of our structures, our customers can share the same conduit that houses the cables for data connection for the digital displays. It simply makes for a cleaner and more unified installation, with both integrators and end customer appreciate."

To achieve this streamlined cable management, the speaker-mic-wire is fed into the pedestal from underneath and then run through PDG’s horizontal display support. From this point, the speaker-mic cable is fed into the enclosure, where the final connections are made. The side-mount speaker-mic enclosures have the added benefits of a 20-degree swivel, which allows installers to optimise the clarity of the speaker and mic, which most often comprise products from 3M (PAR), HME and/or Panasonic.

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