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Ever wished you could project your voice at a party, outdoor event or trade show? Then you're going to love the Winbridge Portable PA System with Bluetooth, FM radio and even recording capabilities. Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ demonstrates the Winbridge Portable PA System and wireless hands-free microphone and talks about some of the limitations you'll want to know about pre-purchase too.
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A portable PA system? Let's check this out. ♪♪��
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Dave Taylor here. Well, hang on. Let's get this all set up properly
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So, what I'm looking at is I'm looking at the Windbridge portable PA system
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model H5. So, let's get this all working. I got this on my head
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It obviously has a remote wireless microphone, which I turned on with the controller
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Now, let's turn on the base unit. You ready? ♪♪♪ Such a nice startup sound
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I'm going to go to switch modes. Okay, so we should be, let me turn the volume up
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Okay, so what I have here is I have a wireless PA system
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Now, I'm going to get feedback because I'm really close. But you can imagine that you can have this set up on a picnic table, for example
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or in the front of a room, and you can walk around
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maybe an outdoor yoga class you're doing, or a lecture you're giving
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or maybe you're at a trade show, and you can have a pretty solid distance between these two units
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I'm going to turn this off, actually. So, a little disconcerting when you're this close
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but it gives you a huge range of possibilities. And look, Ma, no wires
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This is a wireless battery-powered system. So, this is the WinBridge Portable PA System Model H5
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And everything's wireless. Everything's battery-powered. So, this comes with the headset microphone that has its own volume control
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You can turn the volume up and down. And, of course, there's a slider, and it charges via micro USB on this side
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And you can even pop this metal thing off if you want to use this in a different configuration
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But, of course, like this, it's certainly convenient. And I think you could probably just have it around your neck and do it this way, too
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So, if you don't want it over your head, you can do that. Super comfortable
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It also receives Bluetooth 4.2, so you can use this as a speaker for a Bluetooth device like your smartphone
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It also has on the top, in fact, let's just do a quick tour of all the ports and plugs on the top
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In the front row, you can see that you have microphone volume
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So, you have volume on the headset, and you have volume on the receiving or amplifier
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Then it has the M is for Mode. It lets you switch between all the different input modes
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And you can see you have Previous Track, Pause Play, Next Track
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That's the record button. Yes, it records. How sweet is that? Then there's a TF or micro SD card slot
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And then on the back, you have the AUX. Let's see. Now, you have the headphones out
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I guess you can use that if you want to do it that way. The DC for charging
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You have a microphone plug if you have a wired microphone and you don't want to use the wireless one
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AUX in and USB. So, how does that all work? So, you have a lot of different input possibilities that you can use on this amp
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So, for example, I can turn it to FM radio. Let's do that just for a second
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And, again, that lovely startup tone. TF card playing. And so, I'm going to..
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FM mode. UHF mode. Okay, let's switch. Bluetooth is waiting for a connection
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TF card playing. FM mode. Okay. So, it actually scans FM channels
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And then presets. Authentically American is a better owned patriotic... Here we go. That's an FM channel
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Can't complain about that, right? And the TF card so I can record to it, though you can only record off of the microphone
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So, either this or the wired mic. You can't record FM, for example
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So, know that. But what a great idea. If you're going to do this for a demo or a talk, you push and hold the record button and it'll then record what you're saying
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even as it's amplifying it and letting everyone else hear it. That's great
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If you're doing like a yoga in the park, for example, then something like this could be a real win
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Because then later you can go back and listen to what you did and say
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Oh, I did this. I should have done this pose instead. And you can fix things, right
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You can improve on things. And then you can play it back on this, too
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So, you could use this without the microphone and you can just actually have this set up at your trade show booth and push the button
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And it'll start playing the audio, even if your presenter had to go and take a break or actually maybe go and have a meeting with someone
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Really nice. So, it has a 30 watt output and it's fairly heavy
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We'll come back to the weight in a second. But the headset battery is 380 milliamp hours
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So, it gives you three hours as a microphone, which is kind of interesting
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This is sort of like hot dogs and hot dog buns. This goes for three hours, but this on a charge goes for five hours
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This is a 3600 milliamp hour battery. So, this is much bigger
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And the whole thing together is really slick. I'm very impressed with this
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This is way cooler than I thought it would be. I thought it would be
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And let me give you the dimensions. So, it is 10 inches by 9 inches by 4 inches deep
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And it's 3.2 pounds. So, this is like a lunch box that actually has lunch in it
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So, it's not super light, but that's because they have a lot of circuitry in here, right
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Now, the downside is that this is really optimized for speech. So, if you want to use this for music, you're going to be really sad that there ain't much more than the high end
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So, there's a little bit of mid-range, but there is no bass at all
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This is not going to be an amp for your guitar, for example. It's just not going to sound that good
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It's really good for what it's designed for, which is speech. But if you want to use something like this as a music source, there are better speakers out there for that task
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This is not a music speaker. This is not really a Bluetooth speaker
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It's a portable PA system, which is what they say it is. So, that's entirely fair and reasonable
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Other than that, I think that it's actually super easy to work with
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And I really, like I said, it's better than I anticipated it would be
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Lots to like about it. The design is tough and rugged. They don't have an IPX rating, so I can't tell you that it's water resistant or anything
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I would guess that it's not, because all of these on the top are actually exposed circuit plugs
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So, any liquid that would get in there is just going to go and seep right into the circuit boards
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It's not good. They could have designed it differently, but they didn't
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So, if you are going to use this in the park to motivate kids to do exercise or something
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just recognize that as soon as it starts to rain, you're going to need to put something over this
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Not a crisis. So, it is not inexpensive either. But before we get to the price, I'm going to ask if you can subscribe to my channel
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And I'm always a straight shooter. I'm always going to tell you the good and the not so good about all these zillions of products that I get to look at
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So, this particular product, both the amp and the wireless headset, and it comes with a micro USB charging cable and an AUX cable and a portable USB charger unit
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So, that's nice. The whole setup will cost you $109 at Amazon.com
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And as a reminder, this is the WinBridge Portable PA System Model H5
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So, I have a friend who runs meetups in restaurants and in other venues, and this is going to be perfect for her
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So, that's actually who this is going to end up being with, which is great
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It'll be just perfect to have this on and to be able to adjust the volume and talk to people in a loud environment and still be heard
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That's a win. So, with that, I will catch you in my next video
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Be safe. Be well. And I'll see you in the next video
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