New Sennheiser SKM5200-II handheld transmitter with adjustable bandwidth up to 184 MHz

This innovative model offers an adjustable bandwidth up to 184MHz, with excellent transmission quality and greater flexibility in the selection of frequencies without suffering from interference. Another of its improvements is the Low Intermodulation mode, which expands the number of channels available within a certain frequency range.

Its design and unmistakable antenna are already a familiar image on stages and television studios. We are referring to the SKM 5200, the highest-end wireless microphone available among Sennheiser's offering, which is now presented with a new version of the handheld transmitter: SKM 5200-II.

This innovative model offers an adjustable bandwidth up to 184MHz, with excellent transmission quality and greater flexibility in the selection of frequencies without suffering from interference. Another of its improvements is the Low Intermodulation mode, which expands the number of channels available within a certain frequency range.

With the availability of the SKM 5200-II, Sennheiser rounds out its variety of radio frequency products, since at the beginning of the year it presented the SK 5212-II bodypack transmitter and the EM 3732-II family of receivers. All of them have a wide adjustable bandwidth, making them ideal for international productions and multichannel applications.

Currently the SKM 5200-II is the wireless microphone with the widest adjustable bandwidth on the market. It offers optimal sound quality and the greatest flexibility to adapt to any type of production, from concerts to television news production.

In terms of RF performance, the handheld transmitter is characterized by transmission reliability in conjunction with the new adjustable bandwidth, which extends from 35 MHz to above 180 MHz, in addition to the Low Intermodulation mode and the adjustable power supply. Regarding audio quality, we continue to use the Premium capsules from Sennheiser and Neumann, the sensitivity adjustment from -40dB to 0 dB and the adjustable low-frequency filter.

Low Intermodulation Mode

Like the SK 5212-II bodypack transmitter, the SKM 5200-II is equipped with Low Intermodulation mode, which ensures much more reliable transmission in multichannel applications. This mode reduces the effect known as “transmitter intermodulation,” which limits the number of usable channels and occurs whenever multiple transmitters operate close to each other.

Low Intermodulation mode allows the sound engineer to group approximately 30% more channels than before, within a given frequency band, at a 10mW RF supply. As a result, the available frequency spectrum will be used more efficiently, or simply the sound engineer can benefit from the greater reliability that the mode offers. Of course, the transmitter can also be operated in standard mode at 10mW – thus extending operating time – or it can transmit at 50mW to extend the range.

The new SKM 5200-II handheld transmitter will be available from August, in black, nickel and steel blue, and will be compatible with Sennheiser and Neumann capsules. The frequency ranges of the wireless microphone are 470 to 638 MHz (L band), 614 to 798 MHz (N band), and 776 to 886 MHz (P band). For the United States of America, a special frequency version (N-US) is offered that covers a range from 614 to 697.9 MHz.