Sennheiser MobileConnect, innovative streaming audio transmission technology to a smartphone

Sennheiser's MobileConnect system uses a Wi-Fi connection to stream lip-sync audio content to a smartphone via an app that turns the device into a mobile receiver.

Sennheiser MobileConnect offers live audio streaming to mobile devices. The universal system uses a WiFi connection to transmit lip-sync audio content to the user's smartphone through an app that turns the system into a mobile receiver.

The applications are unlimited whether in a studio or a stadium, museum or theater. It is also a very useful solution for hearing assistance in theaters., the provision of audio tracks for silent screens in airport waiting rooms or for simultaneous translation at presentations.

“With MobileConnect new opportunities open up in the field of digital signals, as well as in many areas of hearing assistance. This solution will allow our customers to use their smartphones to receive audio content and event organizers will no longer have to face the costs of providing, rent and maintain audio devices”, explica Andy Niemann, director of the Integrated Systems Division of Sennheiser.

MobileConnect consists of a streaming server and a wireless LAN router. The system provides a closed network to which it is possible to connect using a smartphone. Selected audio data is transferred to the device via the multi-channel MobileConnect app, allowing them to play the content through headphones.

CinemaConnect

Sennheiser's MobileConnect is already being used in pilot projects that have been carried out in Hamburg, in some theaters and at the Millerntor stadium of the FC St football team. Pauli.

Sennheiser has also developed the CinemaConnect app, that works on the same technological base as MobileConnect, but it is designed for movie theaters. Offers audio description and listening aid in cinemas, which provides inclusive solutions for spectators with visual or hearing disabilities. The CinemaConnect solution has been used in the Abaton theaters in Hamburg since last May.