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

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