Microphone; Speaker; Hdmi - Biamp Modena Hub Manual

Microphone

Select the USB audio device you wish to use as a microphone input. When a compatible input device is selected, the
user will then have wireless access to the device as a Modena Virtual Audio Device. The volume may be adjusted via
the drop-down menu.
The Test microphone button records a short audio of a few seconds and automatically downloads to the computer a
WAV file containing the recording. Use this tool to verify that audio from the connected microphone is correctly received
by Modena.

Speaker

Select the device you wish to use as an audio output, and adjust the volume via the drop-down menu.
The audio output can be a compatible USB audio device or - by selecting "None" - the connected HDMI (to utilize a
display's built in loudspeakers, for example). Please note that it is not recommended to use an external microphone
input and the HDMI output for far end conferencing applications. When far end audio is played back into the room,
the round-trip delay of the signal picked up at the local (external) microphone and the input to the soft codec's AEC
processor is too great to achieve acceptable echo cancelation. For this reason, it is recommended to use a USB audio
device that features its own AEC processor for audio input and output.
The Test speaker button plays a short sound to the speaker connected to the unit. Use this tool to verify that audio from
Modena is correctly received and played by the external speaker.
Play audio on speaker only when presenting
When this checkbox is selected (default value), the start of the presentation is the "switch" that activates the audio
transmission from the Modena drivers to the Modena Hub, and then to the connected USB speaker. Audio is sent to the
USB speakers only when a user is presenting.
Please note that pausing the presentation does not stop the audio, as the presentation is still happening, only frozen on
a particular frame. To avoid sending the audio you need to use the Stop button.
When the checkbox is not selected, the audio out is already activated on user connection to the room. In this case, the
audio will be reproduced on the Modena speaker even if the user is not presenting, allowing more flexibility.

HDMI

The settings for the display connected to Modena Hub may be customized using the "HDMI" sidebar.
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