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We have been working tirelessly since 2005 to bring our clients the best in the fields of microphone systems, simultaneous interpretation, hard of hearing and tour guides.

  • Open U table arrangement with delegate microphones and receivers. Interpreters booth in the background.
    Remote or In Room Interpretation?
    You are organising a multilingual conference, 2 languages have been planned but what happens when you need to add a third remote language at short notice? Recently AVD provided the full technical support to a European Works Council in Belfast with this exact scenario. 
  • Ciaran is wearing a scarf of our specially made 2m cables.
    Ratios are important!
    Here we have our trusted colleague Ciaran. Ciaran today is modelling a ‘scarf’ of our specially made 2m Van Damme Tour Cat cables.
  • Microphones on an open U table with interpretation booths in the background and presentation screen in front.
    A European Works Council (EWC) in Edinburgh
    An EWC is a annual meeting between workers and management of a multinational company with operations within the EU. AV Department Limited is a specialist in the support of this type of congress with Simultaneous Interpretation.
  • Typical exhibition theatre with IR radiator top left.
    IR for your Silent Seminar?
    For those who may not have come across this before Silent Seminar is very popular in an exhibition environment. Used in the education seminars and exhibitor theatres where the general exhibition noise makes hearing presentations difficult.  The system works by personalising the audio via a dedicated multichannel receiver.
  • British Sign Language
    British Sign Language support to the Edinburgh TV Festival. 
  • Language Distribution
    AVD provide language distribution for PI Communications for European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Dublin.
  • Investment in new booths
    Investment in new booths shows confidence in the continuation and development of onsite interpretation.
  • New flight cases offer economic shipping.
    The Shure MXCW is a premium wireless conference microphone discussion system. It is 'Dry Hired' by many AV rental companies all over the country and is often shipped via courier.
  • The Edinburgh Listening Society
    AVD has another lighter musical side... The Edinburgh Listening Society.
  • Sending Kit to Kenya
    Before Covid we got a message from a young SI tech in Nairobi, Kenya. He was keen to start his own company and was asking if we had some ex rental equipment he could buy.
  • Visualisation
    When packing for an event it helps to visualise to make sure you don’t forget anything.
  • Microphones with PTZ Camera Control
    Our delegate microphone systems are the backbone to a successful hybrid meeting.
  • Better Hygiene
    AVD have now converted all their headphone stock to hard ear pads to allow them to be wiped down between uses.
  • Support or Provision
    Do you need Tech Support or Tech Provision?
  • What is a Discussion Microphone? Part 2
    What is a discussion microphone? How is it different from a conventional microphone? Mark Kisby continues his explanation.
  • What is a Discussion Microphone? Part 1
    What is a discussion microphone? How is it different from a conventional microphone? Mark Kisby explains.
  • Multiple Breakouts in a Single Room
    Silent Conferencing is a way of hosting independent breakout sessions within a single space with out disturbing each other.