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The image above shows Kennet's product earphone guide® KR500 parent unit (transmiter) is gray "T" above, and the child unit (receiver) is black "R" below.

Earphone Guide® was developed in 1997 as a guide tool for tours with tour operators, and currently has the largest market share in the industry as a "standard tourist guide" and about 700,000 units a year are used in Japan and overseas.

This is a guide system consisting of a transmitter and a receiver, and is characterized by the ability to transmit voice from one transmitter to multiple receivers.

It is used not only in travel, but also in a wide range of situations, such as factory guidance and simultaneous interpretation.

[High quality]

It consists of a transmitter that uses a dedicated frequency for specific small power wireless microphones based on the Radio Act, and a favorable receiver.

It can receive clear reception with little noise or interference.

[Small and Light]

The body is the lightest compact design in the industry, palm size.

There is no burden on moving.

[Easy Operation]

It has a simple operation design so that anyone can use it.

It can be used simply by turning on the power and adjusting the channel.

[Various transmission and reception for multi-channel]

You can choose from a maximum frequency of 30 channels.

Due to the large number of channels, multiple channels are available in the same area.

◎　You can also guide others away.

Even if you leave with an outdoor guide, you can guide you as if you were nearby if you were up to about 100m.

◎　You can provide guidance in consideration of the surroundings

Even in places where loud explanations are a violation of manners, such as museums and museums, voices reach everyone's ears with regular guidance.

◎　You can guide even in places with loud noises.

Even in places where the surrounding noise is high, such as construction sites and factories, unnecessary sounds are not picked up, and explanations of the guide reach the user's ears.

Use scene (example)

Tourist information, factory information, simultaneous interpretation, sports watching, facility information, work instructions, hearing aid, etc.

December 1994 Established JBS Health Trading Co., Ltd.

December 1995 Changed company name to Kennet Co., Ltd.

April 1997 Moved headquarters to Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo

January 1998 Changed organization to Kennet Co., Ltd.

October 2003 Moved headquarters to Shintomi, Chuo-ku

June 2005 Moved headquarters to Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku

Moved headquarters to Tsukiji, Chuo-ku in May 2013

October 2017 Become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Net Co., Ltd.

January 2022 January 10 of each year is certified by the Japan Memorial Day Association as "Earphone Guide Day".

This is an interview with President Oikawa.

This is the person in the image above.

Mr. Oikawa became president of the company in July this year.

-Rozumari also uses your equipment when walking guides organized by the Chuo-ku Tourism Association.

Please tell me the mechanism of the earphone guide.

The mechanism itself is close to the principle of the transceiver, but this earphone guide has multiple opponents, one-to-one N.

It's usually a one-way type.

However, there is also a two-way type now, and there is a request such as a meeting with a question-and-answer session or a request to use it, which has a button on the slave side, and if you press that button, the child's person can send it.

It reacts only to the person who presses the button first by pressing it.

That's why the conversation between the sender and the person who pushed it quickly can be heard by other recipients.

ーーYou can also use it for simultaneous interpretation.

You can do it by relaying the translator to the transmitter side.

ー Your earphone guide has a battery type and a rechargeable type.

The battery type is more popular.

If you take it overseas, it would be better to have a battery type.

Overseas circumstances, it is easier and more convenient to bring and replace dry batteries.

There are many elderly people, such as travel and sightseeing.

If so, it's better to be able to use it simply by pressing the button exclusively.

ーーThere is also a "regular maintenance".

If you are a major travel agency, you have to buy 10,000 machines and own them. However, in the case of a travel agency, the tour has started, you have it returned, and you have to undertake separate services such as remaintenance and shipping.

It's like a maintenance service.

If you're a big company, you don't have a good cost performance when you rent it.

If you rent it four or five times a year, it's better to buy it.

It's better to buy it. However, I would like to ask for a separate maintenance service.

There are overwhelmingly many requests for maintenance. About 70% of the total.

As for rental, there are many spot requests for demand.

I was able to guide you up to 100m.

Well, it's about preventing lost children.

Recently, there are many cases of sake brewing and sake brewery tours. You're using it.

The best "selling" is that we have confirmed competing products, but it is difficult to get noise, and even if there is a shield, the radio wave is less likely to weaken.

And it's compact, right?

ー The rechargeable size is compact enough, but will it be more compact?

It's the size of the battery. I think there is a possibility if we can make it a little more compact.

At present, if it is battery-powered, it takes about 15 hours on the receiving side and about 12 hours on the transmitter.

The image above is President Oikawa and Mr. W.

In parallel with the business negotiations with Mr. W, we are interviewing interviews.

ー There is a company in Tsukiji, Chuo-ku. What do you think about it?

You're also seeing the use of the guide receiver up close.

There are places outside Tsukiji, Tsukiji Honganji, etc.

The morning bus stops, and the number of tourists, especially inbound tourists, is increasing.

I feel like it's an area that matches the needs of the guide receiver.

The Sumida River flows in front of the company office (in front of the company office), and the use of the guide machine on the cruise ship is also fruitful.

The location itself is like a cluster of users.

What is your vision for the future?

In the era of patience, there was a time when our business performance was really difficult, but since we finally recovered this year and next year, we will take a firm approach to the travel and tourism industry in particular, and I would like to increase the number of guides (guiding machines).

You have to use the earphone guide.

Some people don't know the earphone guide yet.

There is a question about how to raise awareness.

I thought this was important, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the travel and tourism industry was struggling, or we could not do business activities, so we approached non-tourism and non-tourism and recommended products.

I was talking about it as a factory or a tool to prevent three secrets.

ーー Are they sold to overseas people?

I don't sell it directly.

However, when traveling abroad, a travel agency asks us to ship it.

For some company overseas.

When it comes to export, there are also problems with frequency and machine itself. Depending on the country, there are differences.

It can be used in Western Europe.

Originally, this product has a stronger need for overseas travel than domestic travel.

Overseas, there are many group trips, so there is a need to use it as a group.

ーIsn't there a lot of tour conductors who use this product to realize the convenience?

That's a lot.

The tour conductor used it on the tour, and this was good, I searched on the Internet for what this was, arrived at our company, and then used it.

Since this machine itself is a market, the more you use it in travel and sightseeing scenes, the more interested people will find it at a later date and see our website.

・・・ Thank you very much to President Oikawa.

Finally, it is a comment from Mr. Kno, Chuo-ku Tourism Association, the user of this earphone guide machine.

The image above shows the earphone guide machine owned and used by the Chuo-ku Tourism Association. This is also the KR500 transmitter and receiver.

The gray transmitter on the left has a small microphone, and the black receiver on the right has one-ear earphones.

And the receiver has a number of "7". It means receiver No. 7.

In addition, the purple strap is the letter of "Tokyo Chuo Tourism Association", yes, "Chuo-ku Tourism Association".

You've been using Kennet's earphone guide machine for a long time.

We have been using Kennet's earphone guide machine for more than 10 years.

At first, it was an analog machine with two batteries, but we are currently using three types, such as digital type or analog type of one battery at the time of additional purchase due to increased demand.

First of all, we happened to introduce Kennet, and we have a long track record, and we have a company in the city.

Since then, the guide has been using this.

ーThere are rechargeable and battery-powered.

The rechargeable type is difficult to carry around (replacement battery), so if it is battery type, it is okay if you carry the replacement battery. When walking around the town, we think it's good because battery-powered people do not burden the guide.

The rechargeable type would be more compact, but...

(Kennet's) sales people come from time to time, so I feel like I'm talking about wanting to use it like this or using it like this.

Tsukiji 6-17-4 Reed Sea Tsukiji Building 7F

It is the base of Kachidokibashi.

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Click here for the website of Kennet Co., Ltd.

⇒　https://www.earphone-guide.jp/