Microphone Enables Distraction-Free Sound Capture
The WX-ST700 is designed to capture sound in all directions, so it can be deployed pretty much anywhere that voices need to be recorded — no need to aim or position it in a certain way. In my tests, the microphone was able to capture sounds, especially human speech, with extreme accuracy within 30 feet of the base unit.
Furthermore, it was able to record people talking despite other distracting noises (such as a running fan, a ringing cellphone and even low music playing in the background) added to the test environment.
In addition to recording sound on its own, the WX-ST700 has a 3.5-millimeter audio jack, which allows other devices, such as smartphones or laptops, to provide input through an audio cable. That way, users can stream audio recordings captured on other devices through the microphone; those recordings are then transmitted wirelessly to the main Panasonic receiver, just like sounds captured using the microphone itself.
