Crestron® Mercury® Tabletop UC Audio Conference System with Professional Camera

Product Overview

Provides a complete video conference room solution for open-platform UC applications. Enables exceptional full-duplex wideband audio conferencing, speakerphone, video conferencing, BYOD multimedia presentation, content sharing, and web collaboration capabilities — all through one amazing tabletop touch screen console. Provides a customizable front-of-room experience, and includes built-in AirMedia® wireless presentation technology and HDMI® connectivity for presentation content sources. Works natively with any SIP VoIP phone system or Skype® for Business VoIP application. Pairs with any mobile phone via Bluetooth®, and connects via USB to any laptop running any conferencing, softphone, or web collaboration application.

Crestron Mercury is a remarkable tabletop console device engineered to provide a superior conferencing and collaboration experience for enterprise and SMB applications. It is available in multiple forms, including models for “Open UC” audio or video conferencing applications, as well as models dedicated for use with the Microsoft Teams® IC platform as part of a complete Crestron Flex kit solution. In any huddle space, meeting room, or executive office, Crestron Mercury delivers a distinctively simple and consistent user experience in all the places people work and meet.

Built on the IoT cloud based XiO Cloud™ platform, Crestron Mercury empowers IT administrators and AV integrators to deploy, manage, monitor, and evolve thousands of networked UC devices — simply, quickly, and securely — all from a single dashboard. By standardizing on Crestron Mercury, any organization can realize a more productive and stress-free workplace through greater acceptance and utilization of UC technology that’s truly easy to use.

The Crestron Mercury Tabletop UC Video Conference System (CCS-UC-1-AV-PLUS) provides a complete video conference room solution for open-platform UC applications. In one stunning tabletop console device, Crestron Mercury comprises a high-performance, full-duplex conferencing speakerphone and touch screen controller with extensive connectivity options for BYOD devices and networked solutions. The complete system includes cables, power supply, and professional quality camera.

The Crestron Mercury system enables audio and video conferencing, collaboration, and content sharing using any UC platform. It works with any web conferencing application running on a laptop connected via USB; it pairs with any mobile device via Bluetooth®; and it supports wired or wireless AV presentation from any BYOD source via HDMI® and AirMedia®. It also works natively with any SIP VoIP phone system or Skype® for Business VoIP application. Integrated room scheduling capabilities, corporate directory access, and a customizable front-of-room UX provide knowledge workers with the tools they need to work smart and efficiently.

Crestron Mercury transforms any meeting room, huddle space, or executive office into a highly effective collaboration space, enabling people to work together and share content irrespective of location. Intuitive operation, exceptional full-duplex wideband audio, and full-motion HD video afford a gratifying and productive meeting experience for all participants. Crestron Mercury is secure, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with extensive features and capabilities engineered to maximize the value of your investment through increased efficiency and productivity.

Voice Calling & Audio Conferencing

The Crestron Mercury console is a full-featured VoIP conferencing speakerphone that’s fully compatible with major SIP-compliant phone systems. Its advanced design provides highly intelligible, full-duplex communication for every participant around a conference table. Dialing and answering calls is easy and intuitive using the large HD color touch screen. Corporate directory access (LDAP) enables one-touch dialing from the customer’s centrally managed directory.

Crestron Mercury pairs with any mobile phone using Bluetooth to make calls or join a call in progress. It instantly transforms a personal phone call into a whole-room audio conference with clear, echo-free audio and the ability to start and stop a call, adjust volume, mute, and display caller ID on the touch screen. Bluetooth-enabled phones appear automatically on the touch screen, enabling instant connectivity with the press of a button.

Connecting a laptop computer via USB enables enhanced audio performance for any softphone or audio conferencing application running on the laptop.

Native Skype for Business VoIP support enables one-touch join capability to join a scheduled Skype meeting (audio only), or you can simply place a Skype call using the directory or dial pad.

BYOD Multimedia Presentation

Connecting a display device to the console’s HDMI output enables high-definition video presentation from all types of BYOD sources.

Built-in AirMedia 2.0 technology allows for wireless presentation of content from a laptop, smartphone, or tablet device via the room’s Wi-Fi® wireless network.

Any AV source can be plugged in via HDMI to present full-motion HD video content on the room display. Sources with DisplayPort or USB Type-C™ outputs can also be connected using the optional Multihead HD Video Cable (sold separately).

Crestron Mercury behaves like any Bluetooth or USB Audio class device, enabling use as a speaker and/or microphone for all types of multimedia applications running on a computer or smartphone. Even if you’re not on a call, you can use Crestron Mercury to share audio content with everyone in the room, or make a professional audio recording of the meeting, with exceptional results.

Videoconferencing & Web Collaboration

Videoconferencing is enabled by simply connecting a laptop running a web conferencing or UC application such as Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Cisco WebEx®, GotoMeeting®, Slack®, BlueJeans, or Zoom™. No more huddling around a laptop to interact and share content with remote participants.

With the laptop and camera connected via USB, all participants are provided with enhanced bidirectional audio along with a high-definition view of the whole room through the included USB camera.

Connecting the laptop’s HDMI output allows the whole room to view far-end content and camera images on the main room display. Laptops with DisplayPort or USB Type-C outputs can also be connected using the optional Multihead HD Video Cable (sold separately).

Superb Sound Quality

Crestron Mercury’s advanced design facilitates perfectly natural conversations with exceptional audio fidelity and pickup. Its integrated 360° quad microphone array faithfully captures voices at every seat at the table. Its high-powered, full-range speaker produces full, rich and real sounding audio for both voice and program material.[2] Limes Audio TrueVoice® AEC technology achieves transparent full-duplex performance free of distracting echo or noise. Wideband audio codec support allows for full-spectrum, bidirectional voice communication.

Functional Flexibility

Crestron Mercury’s unique sloped shape is not only attractive and unobtrusive — it’s also functional, allowing for placement at either the center or head of the table. Large or long tables are easily accommodated by adding up to two mic pods (CCS-UCA-MIC KIT sold separately), which may be daisy-chained or individually home-run to the main console.

Tapping the mute bar on top of the console mutes the microphones. Its extra-bright, bi-color indicator bar ensures that the mic and mute status are clearly visible to the whole room. Each mic pod also includes a remote mute button and indicator for full room participation.

For ultimate versatility, the console can be powered using either PoE+ or the included 100-240V universal power pack. It can sit freely on any tabletop surface, or be permanently attached to the table using the optional 180° swivel mount kit (CCS-UCA-SMK sold separately).

Professional HD Camera

The Crestron Mercury AV-PLUS conferencing system includes a professional quality Huddly™ GO conferencing camera, which features exceptionally clear and sharp image quality, ultra wide-angle 150° diagonal field of view, and HD 720p video resolution. Precision optics and advanced video processing ensure a perfect view of the room for far-end participants.

Network Management and Security

Crestron Mercury is an enterprise-grade appliance, ideally equipped for mass deployment throughout any-sized corporate, university, medical, military, or governmental facility. IoT cloud based provisioning enables complete network configuration in advance of hardware delivery, with touchless updates following installation. Devices can also be configured individually using a computer web browser, or in batches using the Crestron Deployment Tool for Powershell®.

Crestron Fusion or XiO Cloud management enables monitoring and logging of room and equipment usage, as well as centralized help desk support. Advanced security features include 802.1x authentication, Active Directory® credential management, LDAP directory management, Kerberos authentication, SRTP, SSH, TLS, and HTTPS. Dual LAN ports allow VoIP or AirMedia traffic to be isolated on a secondary network, and 802.3at PoE+ compatibility enables the Crestron Mercury console to be powered through its primary LAN connection.

The ultimate tabletop AV conferencing solution for any UC platform

Present, call, conference, and collaborate — all through one amazing tabletop device!

Simple, intuitive touch screen UX — provides a consistent user experience in every room

Customizable front-of-room experience on the room display

A complete kit solution — just add a display and mount

Easy to specify and install — no custom design, programming, or software installation required!

Easy to provision and manage through Crestron® XiO Cloud™

Connects and communicates securely over any enterprise or SMB network

Full open SIP conferencing speakerphone

Bluetooth® pairing with mobile phones

USB connectivity for laptops running web conferencing or other software

Native Skype® for Business VoIP support

Professional-quality HD USB room camera

AirMedia® 2.0 wireless BYOD presentation and content sharing

HDMI® input for laptop and other AV content sources

DisplayPort and USB-C™ input via optional Multihead cable (sold separately)

HDMI output for room display device

Exceptional full-duplex audio performance

Extremely natural 2-way wideband voice quality

Integrated 360° quad microphone array

High-powered full-range speaker

Limes Audio TrueVoice® AEC technology

High-visibility mic mute indication

Available add-on mic pods for extra coverage

7” (178 mm) HD color touch screen

LDAP corporate directory access

Active Directory® authentication

Room scheduling integration with Microsoft® Exchange or Crestron Fusion®

Built-in PinPoint™ beacon for use with the Crestron PinPoint App

Built-in PIR occupancy detector

Persistent occupancy awareness combining motion and voice detection

IoT cloud based provisioning and management

Web browser configuration

Enterprise-grade security

Dual LAN ports

PoE+ or AC line powered

100-240V universal power pack included

CEC, IP, IR, or RS-232 display control

Power management and scheduling

Optional 180° swivel mount kit available

Optional display and camera extender solutions available

Complete kit contains the Crestron Mercury® tabletop console, Huddly™ GO camera, cables, and power supply

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