Sony AWS-750

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Anycast Touch Live Content Producer

Ultra-portable and easy-to-use all-in-one live production solution

July 2015

Version 2.0 firmware update is now available for the Anycast Touch.
This free update is available for download on ServicesPlus and contains a number of new features and
exciting updates. New features include:
? VISCA (RS422) over IP
? High Definition streaming up to 720p
? Flexible Streaming Setting
? Media Player Start & End Point Setting
? Media Player Loop Playback
In addition, the following updates are also included:
? Auto Tracking SD Support
? Auto Tracking Algorithm Improvement

The AWS-750 Anycast Touch is a compact, affordable, all-in-one live production solution with intuitive touch panel operation. Anycast Touch instantly makes live production accessible to anyone who requires live broadcasting or webcasting. The portable system is designed to be incredibly easy to use. With no previous live production experience required, it is ideal for a wide range of users, such as houses of worship, educational and government institutions, corporate organizations and event management companies. And as you can expect from Sony, Anycast Touch offers clear and detailed pictures for live production.

Anycast Touch eliminates the need for any of the hardware typically required for professional live streaming. It includes a video switcher, streaming encoder, video recorder, audio mixer, clip player, remote camera controller and titler that supports ten languages. The Anycast Touch allows for seamless video mixing between a number of video sources in a variety of formats. You can record ten hours of video and audio on the internal SSD, create and add graphics elements to the image, control connected remote BRC cameras (pan, tilt and zoom), perform multiple effects and wipes to enhance the production and instantly stream the output over a WAN or the Internet. Additionally, a fully functioned five-channel audio mixer is provided for a separate audio mix.

The Anycast Touch enables intuitive, easy operation, and eliminates the cumbersome setup and signal adjustment process typically required when connecting various devices. Users can also store the setup information of all attached video sources, such as the camera input, title data, and transition effects. Additionally, scene lists can be prepared beforehand, allowing users to simply switch scenes during an event with just a single tap.

Video Switcher: Up to six inputs including HD/SD-SDI, HDMI, RGB, and/or Composite inputs
Audio Mixer: Up to five audio inputs can be mixed using the secondary touch panel.
Real-time Web Streaming: Flash H.264 web streaming to an external streaming server of program or auxiliary output.
Program Recording: Record a minimum of 10 hours of PGM output to the built-in solid state drive (SSD) in high resolution
Text and Title Character Generator: Operators can easily and quickly generate text, in 10 languages, to overlay onto the program output with the built-in touch-screen keyboard on the secondary touch panel.
Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera Control: The Anycast Touch allows operators to easily control one or more compatible pan/tilt/zoom cameras at remote locations.
Clip Playback: Use recorded and imported content as a video source during live productions.
Scene Operation: Operators can create up to 99 pre-built templates that incorporate titles, logos, transition effects and different sources which can be called upon with a simple touch of a button.
High Resolution Display Incorporated: All-in-one style system displays sources for input and streaming for simple operation.

Intuitive dual touch-screen operation
The AWS-750 Anycast Touch offers simple and easy-to-use operation with an intuitive dual touch-screen interface. Its tilt screen function enables users either to use the unit as one large flat screen, or tilted to utilize two dual screens separating video, audio, and menu controls.

Stylish and ultra portable design
The Anycast Touch is stylish, compact and ultra-portable, therefore, moving from one location to another is very easy. Simply pack up and go.

All-in-one solution
Anycast Touch eliminates the need for any additional hardware typically required for professional live production and streaming applications. It includes a video switcher, encoder, recorder, audio mixer, titler, clip player and remote camera controller.

Multiple video switcher
The Anycast Touch features 6 video inputs and 5 video outputs with 1920 x 1080 10-bit processing and 1080i/59.94, 50, 480i/59.94 and 576i/50 operation. Switching between camera, PC & Video sources (including audio) is seamless and easy.

Stereo audio mixing
The system allows stereo mixing by touch panel fader with limiter/comp/EQ and audio delay adjustments and features 6 stereo audio inputs as well as 3 stereo audio outputs.

Instant streaming function
The system allows real time streaming over the Internet, LAN and other dedicated lines.

Camera remote control capability
The Anycast Touch allows operators to easily control one or more compatible pan/tilt/zoom cameras at remote locations. Sony offers a variety of compatible cameras such as BRC Series cameras. *For compatible models, please contact your nearest Sony office or Sony Authorized Reseller.

Internal recorder
The system records PGM output in the built-in 192 GB capacity solid state drive with 10 hours of record time. Recorded files can be exported and edited by various types of non-linear editors.

Titler and transition effects
Operators can generate texts to overlay onto the program output with the touch-screen keyboard. 10 languages are available for the text-typing tool. Sophisticated images can be created with two titles, two logos, and up to two pictures-in-picture.