Car Dealership Sound Masking System with Cambridge Qt 100 and 8 Emitters

Car Dealership Sound Masking System

Every deal in your dealership ends the same way: a customer sitting across a desk reading their credit score, income, and Social Security number out loud. In an open showroom with glass, tile, and metal surfaces, that conversation carries — to the next desk, to the waiting area, to the service counter.

Sound masking fixes it without construction. The Cambridge Qt system adds a soft, engineered background sound across your sales floor that raises the ambient noise floor just enough to make nearby speech unintelligible. Customers relax. Salespeople stop lowering their voices. Nobody in the waiting area learns what the person at the next desk paid.

What This System Covers

This kit pairs a Cambridge Qt 100 one-zone generator with eight Qt emitters — enough to treat approximately 800 square feet of open showroom or sales floor. The Qt 100 controller supports up to 120 emitters and 12,000 square feet total, so you can start with your F&I offices and sales desks and expand into service write-up, the waiting lounge, or a second floor without replacing the head end.

Cambridge Qt 100 Sound Masking Generator

The Qt 100 is a compact one-zone control module rated for installations up to 12,000 square feet (1,115 m²). Masking level is adjusted from the front panel or from an iOS device over Bluetooth using the CSM configuration app. A dedicated auxiliary input lets you feed background music or overhead paging through the same emitters — set the aux level from the front panel.

• One zone, up to 120 emitters
• One auxiliary input for music and paging
• LCD control panel with Bluetooth configuration
• GreenSpec listed; the most energy-efficient sound masking platform available

Cambridge Qt Emitters

Qt emitters are the backbone of the Quiet Technology platform. Each one is a wide-dispersion, direct-field speaker with a 1.25" driver — smaller than a coffee mug — that projects masking sound from the ceiling rather than bouncing it through the ceiling tile. That direct-field design is what produces an even, unnoticeable masking blanket instead of the hot spots and dead zones you get from plenum-mounted speakers.

• Four uncorrelated audio channels for uniform, unobtrusive masking
• Nearly 180° of dispersion, omnidirectional coverage
• Adjustable format: masking input can be cut up to 9 dB in 3 dB steps to compensate for varying acoustics within a zone
• Installs in under 15 minutes per emitter, in any ceiling type
• Ships with a slip ring for acoustical tile mounting
• Black emitters ship white with a color cap; caps snap onto the grill for a painted-in look

Where to Install Sound Masking in a Dealership

• F&I / finance offices — the highest-value application. Credit applications, income verification, and payment discussions happen here.
• Sales desks and the open showroom — stops deal terms carrying between adjacent desks.
• Service write-up lanes — keeps repair estimates and warranty discussions from the waiting area.
• Customer lounge — reduces distraction and makes the wait more comfortable.
• Business office and reception — protects employee and vendor conversations.

Auto dealers that arrange financing or leasing are treated as financial institutions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the FTC's Safeguards Rule requires administrative, technical, and physical safeguards around customer information. Sound masking is a physical-environment control that addresses one of the most common and least-managed exposures: conversations overheard in an open space.

What's Included

• (1) Cambridge Qt 100 Sound Masking Generator
• (8) Cambridge Qt Emitters
• 16 ft of cable per 4 emitters

Need more coverage, a second zone, or a full building layout? Our sales engineers will design the system for you at no charge. Call 888-256-4112.