Fairhaven Church renews its visual installation with Elation Led panels

A large LED screen, formed by 135 Elation Professional EPV6 panels, They preside over religious sessions at Fairhaven Church. For content management, which is centralized on a media server Elation Zeus Media Server, six Elation EPV VSC controllers and two EPV DVI distributors have been installed 4.

Fairhaven Church in Ohio (USA), that has a capacity to 1.500 assistants, has recently renewed its audiovisual infrastructure, with the installation of a Led video screen made up of 135 EPV6 panels Elation Professional, whose products it distributes Visualsvisuals.

The original idea was to replace the projectors that the church had with more modern and bright ones, but, “In the end we opted for an LED screen installation since we believe that it is the one that will best ensure the visual quality of the services for the coming years”, explains Mike Rall, Head of Fairhaven Church Video Department.

Before installing the Led screen, This religious center had three very bright projectors located about 30 meters away from projection screens. These equipment were already about ten years old and the projection screens were beginning to warp.. Lamp changes in the projectors were carried out every 6 months and often even before.

“The luminosity and quality of the projections were deteriorating rapidly. Another problem was the large increase in temperature that we suffered in the technical control room., where the projectors were located, every time there was a service, and in summer it was quite uncomfortable, since the air conditioning system could not handle the heat produced by these three units”, Mike comments..

Led visual solution

The new visual infrastructure of Fairhaven Church is based on a video wall composed of 135 paneles Led EPV6 de Elation Professional, that have a pixel density (pixel pitch) of 6 millimeters.

These panels, the installation of which the company was responsible Scenic Solutions, They are divided into three independent screens, with dimensions of 3 meters high by 5 meters wide, and integrated by 45 Elation EPV6 panels each. “Fairhaven wanted a high definition LED screen, that was easy to install and maintain. EPV6 panels provide all this. They are durable, with simple maintenance and great visual quality”, aclara McLaughlin de Scenic Solutions.

These screens can be positioned individually thanks to a motor system. When the three screens come together, The result is a screen of more than 17 meters wide.

Lighting system

The Ohio religious center has also been provided with a new lighting system that includes 8 moving heads Elation Platinum Spot 15R Pro, with CMY color mixing and a consumption of 300 watts, which provides a luminosity similar to a traditional Spot type moving head. 1.200 watts. This equipment enhances with lighting effects the different visual contents that are shown with the LED screens..

The high resolution of the EPV6 panels makes the screen very clear both from close distances and from the stage. They provide great contrast and have Powercon IN/Out connectors and Ethercon IN/OUT connectors for quick interconnection between different modules.

According to Mike, The strong point of this installation is the visual impact that a large LED screen provides to the entire venue.. “It is of such size and luminosity that we have to be careful not to divert the attention of those attending during the services.”. The new visual technology has stopped limiting us creatively and even when we are not showing visual content generated by us, Only the quality of the broadcast of the camera production or the clarity of the texts that we show on the screens during the services offer attendees a great experience., from any of the 1.500 venue seats”.

Signal distribution

The processing of the video signal is carried out thanks to 6 Elation EPV VSC controllers (2 for each of the 3 Led screens) which have been installed in a control room, located more than 80 meters of screens. Two Elation EPV DVI signal distributors 4 They are also used to duplicate different signals.

The visual content displayed on the different screens is stored and played from an Elation Zeus Media Server, which includes a software installation Arkaos Media Master Pro.