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On-Air 285 from NotaBotYet<\/p><\/div>\n

Some may ask, \u201cWhy did you call your product the On-Air 285?\u201d The obvious answer is that \u201cOn-Air CCLXXXV\u201d was simply not going to fit on the label! Roman numerals are better suited for clocks and large football games, not so good for on-air light controllers.\u00a0 Regardless of what we call it,\u00a0 its capabilities are rooted in the DNA of the current On-Air 85.\u00a0 When creating the On-Air 285 we started from the ground up with an all-new design, taking into consideration how best to control some of the new on-air lights out there.<\/p>\n

The On-Air 285 is not a replacement for its predecessor the On-Air-85, but is actually a different product with different abilities.\u00a0 Both can control on-air lights but the choice of which to use is dependent on the needs and design of the facility.\u00a0 On-Air 285 has additional capabilities not found on the On-Air 85, including the ability to control dual-color on-air lights or two single-color lights individually. There is much more to this device than simply adding a \u201c2\u201d on the box! The \u201c2\u201d really stands for \u201ctwice the capability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, the humble on-air light has been around long before radio professionals needed a way to politely inform everyone to remain quiet and avoid any behavior that might disrupt the broadcast (which we all agree would never<\/em> happen in a modern radio studio, **wink<\/em>**). Its history dates back to movie sound stages, where a red light, known as a \u201cWig-Wag,\u201d was placed outside the door of a sound stage to signal that cameras were rolling. Back then, it was usually just a simple red lightbulb (please don\u2019t start singing \u201cRoxanne,\u201d we know you want to!).<\/p>\n

Today, that simple red lightbulb has been transformed by various manufacturers who now produce modern on-air indication products for studios in a variety of styles.\u00a0 Most of these are available in an LED version requiring only 12V power to illuminate. LED lighting provides manufacturers with numerous color options, including the ability to incorporate two colors in one light! However, we noticed that there was no dual-color on-air light controller on the market, and that is when we had our own lightbulb moment (the lightbulb associated with ideas, not the old red one outside the studio).<\/p>\n

This bright<\/em> idea was, \u201cWhy not develop an on-air light controller that can handle dual-color on-air lights?\u201d And then we forgot all about it, worked on other projects, released some new products, worked on development of products that never saw the light of day, and eventually rediscovered the dual-color on-air light idea buried at the bottom of a bin. We thought, \u201cHey, what a great idea for a product!\u201d and decided to bring it to life.<\/p>\n

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Here are the key features of the ON-AIR 285:<\/p>\n