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Contents
Safety information ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
SDC 8000 – the digital conference and interpretation system ............................................................................... 9
Overview of the components of the
SDC 8000 system ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
The conference consoles ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
The interpreter consoles ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
The central unit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
The system cables ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
The software control ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
The technology used ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail ................................................................................................ 13
The consoles ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13
SDC 8000 D conference unit ......................................................................................................................................... 15
SDC 8000 C chairman unit ............................................................................................................................................. 16
SDC 8000 DC conference unit ....................................................................................................................................... 17
SDC 8000 CC chairman unit ........................................................................................................................................... 18
SDC 8000 DV conference unit ....................................................................................................................................... 19
SDC 8000 CV chairman unit .......................................................................................................................................... 20
SDC 8000 ID interpreter console .................................................................................................................................. 21
The SDC 8000 CU central unit ............................................................................................................................................. 22
The SDC 8000 AO analog output unit (optional) ........................................................................................................... 23
The system cables ................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Operating the components of the
SDC 8000 system ......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Operating the delegate units .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Taking the floor / Making a request to speak ........................................................................................................... 25
Turning off the microphone / Cancelling a request to speak ................................................................................. 28
Adjusting the volume of the headphones connected to a conference console .................................................. 29
Selecting an interpretation channel ............................................................................................................................ 29
Voting ................................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Using the chip card slot of a conference console ...................................................................................................... 30
Operating the VIP units ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
Operating the chairman unit .............................................................................................................................................. 30
Turning all active conference consoles off (priority) ............................................................................................... 30
Starting a voting session ............................................................................................................................................... 31
Assigning a participant the “speaking right” ........................................................................................................... 31
Showing the request-to-speak list on the displays of the conference consoles ................................................ 32
Operating the interpreter consoles ................................................................................................................................... 33
Adjusting the volume and the middle and treble response of the headphones connected to the interpreter
console .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Adjusting the volume of the interpreter consoles’ built-in loudspeakers .......................................................... 33
Configuring the B-channel of an interpreter console .............................................................................................. 33
Setting the channel to be output via the interpreter console’s built-in loudspeaker ...................................... 34
Selecting an interpretation channel ............................................................................................................................ 34
Using the interpreter console ....................................................................................................................................... 34
Switching between the A-channel and the B-channel ............................................................................................ 35
Muting the microphone of the interpreter console .................................................................................................. 35
Displaying text messages on the interpreter console’s display ............................................................................ 35