About Tour Guide Systems

A typical tour guide system comprises a wireless microphone and a number of wireless receivers. The Guide or Interpreter talks into the microphone and the delegates or visitors listen to the commentary or simultaneous translation through a headset or headphone. The message will get through to the visitor clearly without the guide having to shout to compete with noisy machinery or interpreter interrupting a meeting whilst they provide a translation.

Our range of tour guide systems offer maximum flexibility with minimum fuss. The tour guide system does away with sore throats for tour guides, confusion and frustration for the group tour party.

The radio group guide systems that we provide can be easily operated without any previous knowledge or experience of the equipment, easy-to-follow instructions are included, and you can call us or contact us online anytime for support. We have an enviable reputation for delivering first-class customer service. Here at Tourguide-SYSTEMS from Apple Sound Ltd, that's what we do - so you can be assured of the very best advice and service.

How do You Use a Tour Guide System?

Once the receivers and/or headsets are distributed to the group, the Tour Guide or Event Leader simply turns on a radio microphone transmitter and speaks to the audience via a hand held or head worn microphone. The group tour members then adjust their own volume to a level that is comfortable to them.

The lightweight, wireless radio receivers are comfortable to wear, even for long periods - receivers available with battery-life of up to 24 hours.

What are our Tour Guide Systems are Ideal for?

Guided Tours of museums, public gatherings, sports ground and arenas, historical buildings, art galleries - both indoors and outdoors

Noisy Environments – such as a noisy factory tours

Assistive Listening or Radio aid system for hearing impaired persons (using a hearing aid with telecoil for induction loop)

Simultaneous Translation for multilingual meetings, or sim. tran. system

Silent Conference, presentations at exhibitions and for multiple breakout sessions working in the same space, just select the channel on the receiver; open-plan halls and within temporary structures like a marquee inflatable dome. (Its like a silent disco but without the flashing lights.)

The Tour Guide Microphone

The microphone can be hand held type - convenient to pass to members of the tour group for occasional questions, or a head-worn type which operates through a belt-worn radio transmitter – leaving the guide with their hands free to point out interesting features. Two-way speech tour guide systems are also available for Q&A with your tour group (talkback), or to allow full discussion between all participants (ideal for team training).

The Tour Party Listeners

The receivers can be either the one-piece Sennheiser ‘stethoset’ style - worn hanging from the ears, or a belt-pack type - using earpieces or tour guide headphones to relay the sound. Belt pack receivers can also be used in conjunction with ‘ear defender’ headphones for very noisy environments and with a ‘neck loop’ for hearing aid users (with T-position). Some of our tour guide systems provide a talkback function for your tour participants to ask questions and there are also systems that provide open two-way speech (full-duplex). All available to hire or to buy.

Self-Guided Tours

An audioguide allows visitors to listen to pre-recorded commentary on a portable handset - the audioguide operates independently - so you guests can select information tracks on a self-guided tour, indoors or out. The devices can also be triggered to automatically play at specific points on the tour.

What is a TourGuide System?

Tour Guide Systems bring visitors clear and intelligible communication via radio transmission during factory tours, travel & city tours, multi-language interpretation, audio description and other guided tours in challenging and noisy environments.