Sennheiser CONFERENCE SYSTEM SDC 8000 User Manual

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Operating the components of the SDC 8000 system
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Operating the components of the 
SDC 8000 system
Depending on the type of 
delegate unit
, conference participants can:
y listen, take the floor or make a request to speak,
y receive simultaneous interpretation,
y participate in voting sessions.
In addition to the functions and features of the delegate units, the
chairman unit
 allows to:
y start a voting session, 
y turn off all active conference consoles (priority function).
The 
interpreter consoles
 are exclusively used by the interpreters.
The 
central unit 
is operated by the conference manager – either directly or
via an optional PC with software control.
Operating the delegate units
Taking the floor / Making a request to speak
In order to take the floor or make a request to speak, you have to press the
MICRO key

. Depending on the conference mode chosen, you can either
take the floor immediately or you have to wait until your microphone is
turned on.
1.
In “
Direct Access
” mode:
Press the MICRO key

.
If the speaker limit has not yet been reached, you can take the floor
immediately. The red signal light ring

 and the “Microphone active”
LED
on your console light up permanently, indicating that you can
now take the floor.
If the speaker limit has been reached, you have to wait until one of the
current speakers has finished speaking and passes on the “speaking
right”. You then have to press the MICRO key 
again.
2.
In “
Fifo
” mode:
In this mode, the speaker limit is 1.