Sennheiser SDC 8000 manual

Conf erence System S D C 8000 System M anual[...]

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Con ten ts 3 Contents Safety information .......... ..... .......... ..... ..... .......... ..... .... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... ......... ..... .... . ..... .......... ..... .... 8 SDC 800 0 – the d igita l co nfere nce and i nter pre tat ion sy stem . ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... .........[...]

Con ten ts 4 Opera ting the centr al unit ..... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ..... ... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... .. ...... ... ...... ... ... ... ...... ...... ... 35 Adjust ing the vo lume of th e consoles’ built -in loudspe akers ..... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... .. ...... .[...]

Con ten ts 5 The si x main menus ....... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ..... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ... ... ..... ... ......... ... ...... ... ...... ... 54 The subme nus of th e “Confe rence” menu (part 1 of 6) ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... .. [...]

Con ten ts 6 Displaying the boot h and de sk number of an inte rpret er console ...... ...... ... ...... ... ...... .. ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ..... . ...... 92 Addin g interp reter consoles to an exi sting c onfigur ation ..... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ..... ... ...... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ...... ... 92 Loadi ng t[...]

Con ten ts 7 Appendix A: Camera control protoc ol ...... ..... .......... ..... ..... .......... .... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... ......... ..... ..... ........ .. .......... 110 Appendix B: Control panel protocol .... .......... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... .... .......... ..... ..... ..... .......... ....[...]

Safe ty informatio n 8 Safety information T he Se nnhe is er SD C 80 00 c onf er ence a nd inter pr etat io n sy stem is s t ate o f t he ar t and ha s be en d esign ed t o mee t the re gul ati ons i n for ce. Ne vert hel es s, the in div id ual co mpo nen ts of t he SDC 800 0 co nfe ren ce and inter pretation system can cau se danger f or persons [...]

SDC 8000 – the digital conference and inter pretation system 9 SDC 800 0 – the di gital con ference and interpr etation system The ne w SDC 80 00 con f eren ce a nd i nte rpr eta tio n syst em f rom Se nnh e iser utilizes all ad vanta ges o f digit al c ommu nicatio ns tech no logy an d off ers it s users a series of impor tant feature s: y Dec[...]

Overview of the components of the SDC 8000 syste m 10 Ov erview o f the co mponen ts of the SDC 80 00 system An S DC 800 0 conf erenc e and inter pr etat ion syst em c onsi sts o f the following component s: y C onf eren c e co ns ol es fo r d ele ga te s a nd cha irm en y Inte rpret er con soles y Ce ntr al uni t s y Syst em ca bles y If re quir e[...]

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Overview of the components of the SDC 8000 syste m 12 y Addit ional f unctions for contro lling t he mic rophone s: Via the c om puter sc ree n, t he c onf er ence m ana ger can e asi ly m onit or wh ich particip ants hav e made a reque st to speak, wh ich par ticipant s are cur ren tl y spe akin g, e tc. Al l par ti cip an ts can b e iden ti fied [...]

The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail 13 The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail T he com pone nts d escri be d on the fo llowi ng page s are a vai lab le f or th e SDC 8 00 0 c onf eren c e a nd inte rp ret at ion sys tem . The com po nen t s you requ ire depend o n the desi red size and u se of t he SDC 8000 system. Your co nf e[...]

The compone nts of the SDC 8000 system in detail 14 y a dot matri x display (122 x 32 dots) for displa ying voting opt ions, voting result s and ot her i mportant info rmati on y a chip card slot for delega te i dentificat i on Th e inter p rete r consol e fea tur e s: y special “int e rpre tation” functi ons y a muting fu nction (MUTE key ) y [...]

The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail 15 SDC 8000 D con fere nce u nit  IN so cket ( RJ 45)  OUT soc ket (RJ 45 )  Headp ho ne sock et ( 3.5 mm jack )  Louds p eak er  Red signal light ring  Microphone  “Mic rophon e act ive” LED  MICRO key  “Request to speak” LED Hea dphone vol ume cont rol for h eadpho[...]

The compone nts of the SDC 8000 system in detail 16 SDC 8000 C chai rman un it  IN so cke t (RJ 45)  OUT soc ket (RJ 45 )  He adph on e soc ket (3.5 mm j ack)  Lou dsp eak er  PRIOR. key  Red signal li ght ring  Microphone  “Mic rophon e act ive” LED  MICRO key  “Request to speak” LED  NEXT k ey He adph on e[...]

The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail 17 SDC 800 0 DC co nfere n ce un it  IN so cket ( RJ 45)  OUT soc ket (RJ 45 )  Headp ho ne sock et ( 3.5 mm jack )  Louds p eak er  Red signal light ring  Microphone  “Mic rophon e act ive” LED  MICRO key  “Request to speak” LED  Cha nn el di sp lay w ith “ CH [...]

The compone nts of the SDC 8000 system in detail 18 SDC 8000 C C ch airma n u nit  IN so cke t (RJ 45)  OUT soc ket (RJ 45 )  He adph on e soc ket (3.5 mm j ack)  Lou dsp eak er  PRIOR. key  Red signal li ght ring  Microphone  “Mic rophon e act ive” LED  MICRO key  “Request to speak” LED  NEXT k ey  Cha n[...]

The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail 19 SDC 8000 D V con feren ce uni t             22              22  IN sock et (R J 45 )  OUT so cket (RJ 4 5)  He adph on e sock et ( 3.5 m m ja ck)  Lou dspe ake r  Chip card slot  “Ch ip ca rd” LED  ?[...]

The compone nts of the SDC 8000 system in detail 20 SDC 8000 C V cha irm an uni t             22               22  IN soc ket (RJ 45 )  OUT so cket (RJ 4 5)  He adph on e sock et (3.5 m m ja ck)  Lou dspe ake r  Ch ip c ard s lo t  “Ch ip ca rd” LED [...]

The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail 21 SDC 8000 ID in terpre ter co nsole              22                   22  IN sock et (R J 45 )  OUT so cket (RJ 4 5)  He adph on e sock et ( 3.5 m m ja ck)  Lou dspe ake r  Chip card slot  [...]

The compone nts of the SDC 8000 system in detail 22 The S DC 8000 C U ce ntr al u nit CE COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 AUX OUT 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 AUX OUT 1 AUX IN 2 AUX IN 1 DAT A OUT SLAVE OUT SLAVE IN MASTER OUT PORT 2 PORT 1 PORT 4 PORT 3 PORT 6 PORT 5 PORT 2 100-240 AC 50-60 Hz FUSE (5x20 mm) 3.15A(T)                [...]

The components of the SDC 8000 system in detail 23 The SD C 80 00 AO anal og o utp ut uni t (op tio nal)  POWE R SUPP LY L ED ( ligh ts up, if po wer is sup plied to th e SDC 80 00 AO )  SYNC . LE D (lig h ts u p, if th e da ta ex ch an ge b etw ee n th e cent ra l uni t and the S DC 8 000 A O fu nc tio n s c or re ct l y)  FLO OR LED ( li[...]

The compone nts of the SDC 8000 system in detail 24 The s yste m ca bles T he sys tem cabl es re quire d for yo ur pl ann ed co nf eren ce a nd inter pretation system must be ordered separa tely. The syst em cables are available with lengths of 2 m, 3 m , 5 m, 10 m, 2 0 m and 50 m. Via the sy ste m cables , you can: y inte rconne ct th e conf erenc[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 25 Op erating the comp onents of the SDC 800 0 system Dep endin g on the type of delegate unit , con fer enc e p arti ci pant s ca n: y listen, take the floor or make a request to speak, y rece ive sim ulta neous interp re t ation, y participate i n voti ng sessions. In a ddition to th e funct ions a[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 26 왘 Press the MICRO key  . Pre ssing t he MICRO ke y on your conso le will autom atic all y turn of f the microp hone of the previou s spea ker (“fir st-in- first-ou t” prin ciple) . The red si gnal li ght ring  an d the “Mi c rop hone ac ti ve ” LED  on y our conso le l ight up p[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 27 왘 Press the MICRO key  . If the spe aker li mit has not ye t been rea che d, you can take the flo or imme diate ly. The red sign a l li ght ri ng  an d t he “ M icr oph o ne act iv e” LED  on your consol e l i ght up perm anent ly, indi cati ng tha t y ou ca n no w take the fl oor. [...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 28 8. In “ With request ” mo de : For this mode to function, the SDC 8000 system must be PC controlled. In “ With requ est ” mode, you ha ve to “a pply” for a commen t a nd wait unti l t he co nfer ence m ana ger tur ns on y our mic roph one . 왘 Press the MICRO key  to “a pply” f[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 29 Adjusti ng the v o lu m e of t he headphones co nnected to a conference con sol e T o adj ust t he vol ume of th e headp hones con necte d to yo ur con fere nce cons ole: 왘 Conne ct Sennhei ser mono head phones to the 3.5 mm jack socket (  and/or ). 왘 Fi rst , use the h eadph one vo lume c [...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 30 왘 T o cast your vote, pr ess the corresponding key  below the displ ay. Y our vo te is co unted. A ft er the voti ng sess ion, t he result of the vote i s shown on the displays of the consoles . Us ing th e chi p car d slo t of a conf erence con sol e If the co nfe ren ce co ns oles fe atur e[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 31 St arti ng a votin g s ession A voting session c an be start ed by either the chair man or – provided that a PC with soft ware con trol is conn ect ed to t he cen tr al unit – the co nfe ren ce manager. With the SDC 800 0 CV chai rman uni t with vo ting f unction, you can st art a voting sessi[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 32 왘 Press the NEXT key  . Th e next pa r ticip ant fr om the req uest-to -spe ak lis t is ass igned th e “speakin g right ” . To a ss ig n the fi r st p ar ti c ipan t fr om t he re que s t-t o -s pe a k li st the “ spe a kin g r ight” u sing t he SDC 8000 CV c hai rman un it: 왘 Press[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 33 Operating the interpreter consoles Adjusting the vo lume and th e middle and treble respons e of the headphones co nnected to th e in terpreter co nsole To a djust th e volume and t he middle and tr eble respo nse of th e hea dph ones con nected to y our i nterpre ter c onsole : 왘 T urn t he con[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 34 Setting th e channel to be ou tput via the interpre ter console ’s built-in l ouds peaker T o set t he cha nnel (e.g. th e floo r channe l or an int erpreta tio n cha nnel) to be ou tp ut v ia th e int erpre ter cons ole’ s built -in lou dspeake r: 왘 Press the LS CHAN key  and k eep it pr[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 35 Swit ching b etween the A-c hannel a n d the B-channel If you in terpr et into a seco nd langua ge, yo u have t o switc h fro m the A- channe l t o the B-channe l. To switch to the B-channel: 왘 Press the “B-channe l” key  . T he g ree n LE D  n ext to the “B-channel” key li gh ts u[...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 36 The i nt erprete rs can indi vidua lly a djus t both the v olume of their co nso les’ b uil t- in l ou dspe ake rs a nd t he vol ume of the co nnect ed hea dph ones. The F1 , F2 and F3 menu k eys T he F 1 a nd F 3 m en u ke y s s er ve to l o ck t he ce nt ra l uni t . T he F2 men u ke y has no [...]

Operating the compo nents of the SDC 8000 system 37 W orking with the centra l unit’s operating m enu To choose a menu item f rom the central unit’s operating m enu: 왘 M a k e s u r e t h a t t h e c e n t r a l u n i t i s t u r n e d o n a n d t h a t a l l c o n f e r e n c e / int erpre ter consol es are connected. The start display ap pe[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 syste m 38 Structurin g the SDC 8000 system This chap ter prov ides infor matio n on how you r system can be struc tured and whi ch c ompon ents ar e requ ired f or the diff erent expans ion st ages . Finally, this ch apter also gives an overview of addition al audio equ ipment tha t can b e con ne ct ed to th e s yst em . [...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 system 39 Note! I n th e f o l l ow i n g e x a m p l e s , t h e s ta n d a r d l e n g t h o f “ 3 m ” i s a lw a y s g i v e n f or t he s yst em cabl es be tween the c onfer ence cons oles . Howe ver , it i s no pr oblem to use ot he r cable le ngths or cables o f diffe r ing l engths wit hi n th e sa me str in g. T[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 syste m 40 Exp ansi on st age (3 ): seve ral centr al units w ith up to 9 00 co nso les For larg er conf erence and int erpretation systems with up to 900 consoles, you c an inte rconne ct a tot al of 1 0 centr a l uni ts. The a ddi tional c entra l un its are connec ted as “ sla ves” to th e ce ntral unit config ured a[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 system 41 Cal culating the v oltage drop on the syst em cables Ever y m eter of sys tem ca ble an d ev ery co ns ole i n a str in g caus e s a volta ge drop. Thus, the furth er back a cons ole is locat ed in a strin g, the less volt age it receive s. Deli very incl udes a Micro soft Excel do cume nt w ith whic h you can eas[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 syste m 42 Sel ectable mo des betw een or within inter preter booths Wi th t he SD C 800 0 syst em, yo u can c hoose be twee n t hre e “mod es betw een boot hs” and tw o “modes i n booth” . Via the “mode s b etween booth s”, you fi x the resp onsibili ties of int e r preters who ar e se ated in di ffe rent boo t[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 system 43 Mode in booth s: “Mi xed” Int e rpre ters who are sea ted in the same booth an d interpr e t int o the sam e tar g et l an gu ag e ca n ac tiva te th ei r in te rp re te r co n so l es an y t im e by pressi ng the MICRO key  – even simultaneously. Whe n two i nter prete rs si mult aneou sly inte rpret int[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 syste m 44 The belo w ill ustrati on shows the relay int erpre tation pr ocess (aut o-fl oor). If th e original floor language is a language of which all int erpreters have a com plete un dersta nding and from whi ch th ey wor k, you do n o t have to enable this f unctio n. In this c ase, all in terp rete rs in terpret the [...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 system 45 Using external equipment Ex ternal audi o sig na l s can be fed to the confe rence a nd i nterp reta tion syste m and channel s (floo r c hann el and interpr etatio n channe ls) can be ou t pu t . Yo u ca n, for ex amp le, y conne ct a wirel ess microphone , e nabling a speaker to move aro u nd freely and to speak[...]

Structuring the SDC 8000 syste m 46 T he sig nals of up to thre e int erpr eta tion chan nels a r e ava ila ble a t the outputs AUX OUT 3-4-5 of t he 9-pole sub-D soc ket. Addi tional i nterp retation c hannel s can be out put vi a the XLR- 3M audio o u t p u t s o f a n S D C 8 0 0 0 A O a n a l o g o u t p u t u n i t c o n n e c t e d t o t h e [...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 47 Setting up the S DC 8000 system T his chap ter pro vides infor matio n on how to set up and oper ate th e SDC 8 000 co nfe ren ce an d inte rpre tati on sy ste m. Preparing th e SDC 8000 sys tem comp onents f or set up Confer ence and in terpre ter con soles Afte r un pa cking the co nso les, you sim ply ha ve to c[...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 48 othe r sy nthet ics. De spite a th orough te sting of the synthetic s used b y us, we cannot rule ou t the po ssibility of staining. Inte rconn ecti ng the SDC 8000 system com ponen ts Dep endin g on t he expa nsi on s tage o f your sys tem, y ou have t o: y inte rconne ct the c onsoles ( a ll expansion stages), y [...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 49 Note! T he enti r e conf erenc e an d in terp ret atio n sys tem is c onfig ured, ma naged and c ontr olle d exc lusiv el y via the “m aster ” ce ntr al unit. All operating controls on the “slaves” are locked. This is indica ted by a “key” symbol ( ) in the lower right corner o f the display. T urnin g [...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 50 y tran smit th e a udio sig nal o f the floor channel or an interpr etati on channel a s “o rigina l soundtr a ck” to a broadcas ting sta tion, y connect an infrared la nguage distribution sy stem to the central un i t, all owing guests or p artic ipants who don’ t have the ir ow n confe renc e con so le to f[...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 51 Conne cti ng PA system s, reco rdi ng un its, etc. Via the audio out puts you can connect e .g. a PA system, a recording unit, etc. Connect t he desired unit as foll ows: 왘 T he si gnal s of th e floo r cha nn el ar e ava il able at the X L R -3M au dio ou tp u t A UX O U T 1  and t he 9-p ole sub-D socket AUX[...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 52 왘 Con nec t the bl ack RJ 4 5 pl ug of the syst em cab le to the DA T A O UT socket  of th e c e n t ra l u n it . 왘 Co nne ct t he gr ey R J 4 5 p lug of the syst em cabl e t o the DIGI T AL B US IN so cket of the ana log output unit. Dais y-chai ning SDC 8 000 A O an alog o utp ut u nits To daisy-ch ain SD[...]

Setting up the SDC 8000 system 53 Connecti ng a PC to the cen tral unit If your system comp rises interpreter consoles, you require a PC with two seri al i nterf aces : y Th e confe rence man ag eme nt softwar e access es the con feren ce confi gurat i o n via the cent ral unit ’ s COM 3 in terfac e  . y The i nterp rete r mana gement soft war[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 54 Configurin g the SDC 8000 system Aft er having co nnected al l system compone nts, you h ave to conf igure your conf erenc e an d inte rpre tati on syst em vi a t he cent ral u nit’s oper a t ing menu. Int roduction to the central unit’s operating menu Vi a th e cen tral uni t ’s op er ati ng menu , t he SD [...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 55 The following overvie w sh ows how to navigate through the main menus. An over view of th e sett ings th at ca n be adj ust ed in th e main and submenus is given on t he f ollowing pages. >Volume = SDC 8000 Vx.xx SDC 8000 Vx.xx SDC 8000 Vx.xx SDC 8000 Vx.xx SDC 8000 Vx.xx SDC 8000 Vx.xx 1 Conference ENTER EXIT[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 56 The submenus of th e “Conference” menu ( part 1 of 6) 1 Conference Conference 1 Operating Mode Conference 2 Max # Microphones Operating Mode ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT 2 Max # Microphones Max Micro = 4 Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT Loudspeaker 1 Volume 3 Loudspeaker ENTER EXIT Loudspeaker ENTER EXIT Conference Vol[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 57 The submenus of th e “Conference” menu (part 2 of 6) Micro 1 Aut. Gain Red. Aut. Gain Red. = 05 4 Mikro ENTER EXIT EXIT Mikro ENTER EXIT Conference Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT ENTER ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT EXIT 2 Interpretation 5 Initialise units ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT 3 Loudspeaker 1 Conference SDC 800[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 58 The submenus of th e “Conference” menu ( part 3 of 6) Initialise Unit 1 Manual Init Manual Init 1 Full Init Manual Init 2 Add Unit Full Init Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT Add Unit Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT ENTER ENTER Manual Init 3 Delete Unit Delete Unit Micro Number = 00 Press ENTER to[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 59 The submenus of th e “Conference” menu (part 4 of 6) Conference 5 Initialise Units Initialise Units 2 Automatic Init Initialise Units 3 Load Defaults Automatic Init Save initialisation Press ENTER to ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT Load Defaults Configuration will be overwritten. Continue? ENTER EXIT ENTER Conference 6[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 60 The submenus of th e “Conference” menu ( part 5 of 6) Options 1 Test Tone Test Tone 1 Status Test Tone 2 Level Test Tone Status = OFF ENTER ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT Test Tone Level = LOW Test Tone Frequency = HIGH ENTER EXIT Test Tone 3 Frequency ENTER EXIT Options 2 Test Units Test Units Status = OFF ENTER EXIT [...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 61 The submenus of th e “Conference” menu (part 6 of 6) Options 3 Light Ring Options 4 Vote Labels Light Ring Blink in request Press ENTER to save Vote Labels 2 + ENTER ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT Vote Labels + = A2 Vote Labels 0 = A3 ENTER EXIT Vote Labels 3 0 ENTER EXIT 6 Reset Conference 7 Options EXIT SDC 8000 Vx.[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 62 The submenus of th e “Interpretation ” menu (part 1 of 5) ENTER 1 Conference Interpretation 1 Configuration SDC 8000 Vx.xx 2 Interpretation EXIT 3 Aux-In/Out 2 Initialise Units Select Booth Booth = 01 Booth Configuration 1 Language Booth Configuration 2 B-Channel Booth Configuration Language = ENG Press ENTER [...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 63 The submenus of th e “Interpret ation” menu (pa rt 2 of 5) ENTER 1 Conference Interpretation 1 Configuration SDC 8000 Vx.xx 2 Interpretation EXIT 3 Aux-In/Out 2 Initialise Units 1 New Select Booth Booth = 01 Booth Configuration 1 Language Booth Configuration 2 B-Channel Booth Configuration Language = ENG Pres[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 64 The submenus of th e “Interpretation ” menu (part 3 of 5) Load Config 1 Press ENTER to load ENTER ENTER EXIT 1 Conference Interpretation 1 Configuration SDC 8000 Vx.xx 2 Interpretation EXIT 3 Aux-In/Out 2 Initialise Units ENTER 2 Current Configuration 3 Load EXIT[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 65 The submenus of th e “Interpret ation” menu (pa rt 4 of 5) Interpretation 2 Initialise Units Initialise Units 1 Full Init Initialise Units 2 Add Unit Full Init Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Reset Press ENTER to perform Reset ENTER EXIT Add Unit Press ENTER to Save Load Defaults Configuration will [...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 66 The submenus of th e “Interpretation ” menu (part 5 of 5) Interpretation 4 Options Options 1 Max # Booths Options 2 Max # Desks Max # Booths Max Booths = 04 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Max # Desks Max Desks = 3 Press ENTER to Save Mode between Booths Mode = Override Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 67 The submenus of th e “Aux-In/O ut” menu (part 1 of 6) Aux-In/Out 1 Aux Out 1 & 2 Aux Out 1 & 2 1 Volume Aux Out 1 & 2 2 Status Aux Out 1 & 2 Volume = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Aux Out 1 & 2 Status = OFF Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 2 Interpretation 3 Aux-In/Out E[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 68 The subme nus of the “Aux-In /Out” m enu (part 2 of 6) Aux-In/Out 2 Aux Out 3 Aux Out 3 1 Volume Aux Out 3 2 Channel Aux Out 3 Volume = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Aux Out 3 Channel = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 2 Interpretation 1 Aux Out 1 & 2 3 Aux-In/Out EXIT 4 System 3 Aux Out 4 [...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 69 The submenus of th e “Aux-In/O ut” menu (part 3 of 6) Aux-In/Out 3 Aux Out 4 Aux Out 4 1 Volume Aux Out 4 2 Channel Aux Out 4 Volume = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Aux Out 4 Channel = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 2 Interpretation 2 Aux Out 3 3 Aux-In/Out EXIT 4 System 4 Aux Out 5 EXIT ENT[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 70 The subme nus of the “Aux-In /Out” m enu (part 4 of 6) Aux-In/Out 4 Aux Out 5 Aux Out 5 1 Volume Aux Out 5 2 Channel Aux Out 5 Volume = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Aux Out 5 Channel = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 2 Interpretation 3 Aux Out 4 3 Aux-In/Out EXIT 4 System 5 Aux In 1 EXIT ENTE[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 71 The submenus of th e “Aux-In/O ut” menu (part 5 of 6) Aux-In/Out 5 Aux In 1 Aux In 1 1 Level Aux In 1 2 Sensitivity Aux In 1 Level = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Aux In 1 Sensitivity = Low Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 2 Interpretation 4 Aux Out 5 3 Aux-In/Out EXIT 4 System 6 Aux In 2 EXIT EN[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 72 The subme nus of the “Aux-In /Out” m enu (part 6 of 6) Aux-In/Out 6 Aux In 2 Aux In 2 1 Level Aux In 2 2 Sensitivity Aux In 2 Level = 00 Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT Aux In 2 Sensitivity = Low Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 2 Interpretation 5 Aux In 1 3 Aux-In/Out EXIT 4 System EXIT ENTER ENTER Au[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 73 The submenus of t he “System” men u (part 1 of 2) System 1 Diagnostics Diagnostics 1 Port Status Diagnostics 2 Port Errors ENTER ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT System 2 Camera Control Camera Control Status = OFF Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT ENTER System 3 Control Panel Control Panel Status = OFF Press ENT[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 74 The subme nus of the “Sys tem” menu (part 2 of 2) System 4 Ambient Sound Ambient Sound 1 Status Ambient Sound 2 Loudspeaker Status Status = ON Press ENTER to Save ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT System 5 Version Version xx-xx-xx x.xx ENTER EXIT Loudspeaker Switch Off = Yes Press ENTER to Save ENTER EXIT 3 Aux-In/Out 3 C[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 75 The submenus of t he “Langu age” and the “L icense” menu (p art 1 of 1) SDC 8000 Vx.xx 5 * Language Language 1 Choose Language License 1 Serial Number Choose Language English ENTER ENTER EXIT EXIT ENTER EXIT Serial Number xxxxxxxx ENTER EXIT SDC 8000 Vx.xx 6 License 4 System License 2 View License View Li[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 76 Sett ing th e volum e of t he conso les’ built -in lo udspeakers The ba rs on the st ar t d is pla y ind ic ate th e cu r re n t vo lum e se tti ng fo r t he con so les’ bu ilt- in l oud spea ker s. To set the volu m e of the c onsoles’ built-i n loudspea kers: 왘 T urn th e jog w heel  on the central un[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 77 Man ua ll y in iti a liz ing al l con f er en ce con sol e s If it is im porta nt th at t he con ferenc e c onsole s ar e ass igned microp hone number s in a certain ord er, we r ecomme nd ch oos ing the manu al initia lization . 왘 Fr om th e ce n tr al u n it’ s op er at i ng m e nu , c h oo s e “ Conferen[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 78 왘 Choose “ Add Unit ”. Only the s ignal l ight r ings of the c onfere nce c onsol es not y e t ini ti aliz ed re ma i n f la sh in g. 왘 Press the MICRO key  of t h e co nfe ren ce cons oles w hich yo u wa nt to add to yo ur c onfig uratio n. As soon as the initialization of a conference cons ole is acce[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 79 To as sig n a “res e rv ed” m icr op ho ne n um ber to a c onf eren c e con so le t o be added to an alr eady existi ng configur ation: 왘 Fr om th e ce n tr al u n it’ s op er at i ng m e nu , c h oo s e “ Conference ”, “ Initialize Units ” and “ Manual Init ” on e afte r the o t her . T he re[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 80 Setting th e speake r limit You h av e t o se t the sp ea ker li m it , i.e. th e ma x. num ber of s pe ake rs wh o ca n t ake th e floo r s imu ltan eous ly , f or t he fo llow ing co nfer ence m ode s: y “N o reques t” y “Wit h reque st” y “Wit h Req. No clea r” y “Direct Access” 왘 Fro m the ce[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 81 Adjusting the a udio setting s for the consoles’ microph ones Via the “ Micro ” m enu i tem, yo u can adj ust the aud io set tings (au tomati c gain r edu ct ion, bass, middle and treb le response) for the cons oles’ micropho nes. If several participants speak simultaneously, feedback and loud hissing can[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 82 T estin g the consoles’ b uil t-in l oudspeaker s Via the “ Test Tone ” me nu ite m, you c an check if the co nso les are con nect ed c o rrec tl y a nd if th e c ons ol es’ buil t- in loud spe ak er s a re w ork ing corre ctly . To a c tiv a te th e te st t on e : 왘 Fr om t he c e ntr a l u n it ’ s o[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 83 Configuring the display of the voting options If the c onferenc e manage r or c haiman sta rts a voting sessi on, th e voti ng opti ons are s how n on th e displays of all c onferenc e consol es: T o change the di splay of the voting opti ons: 왘 Fr om th e ce n tr al u n it’ s op er at in g m e nu , c ho o se[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 84 You can save two diffe rent inter preter conf igurat ions in the cen tral u nit: “ CONFIG 1 ” and “ CONFIG 2 ”. This a llows you to quickly and ea sily adapt yo u inte rp reta tion syst em to a new conf eren ce. In ad diti on, yo u ca n modif y t he curre ntly acti ve int erpre ter c onfi gurat ion at an y[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 85 Modifying the cu rren tly active interprete r configur ation You can modi fy the foll owing featu res of th e curr ently ac tive in terprete r config uratio n: y the main target language (A-channel) y the se cond targ e t languag e (B-ch annel) y th e auto -rela y in terpre tat ion for the int erpreter s (auto-f [...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 86 Attention ! If – after having load ed an inter preter configu ration – you have to re- initi alize the inter pre ter co nso les, f or exam ple b ecau se you had t o rem ove or a dd conso les, it is vital to re set the interp reta tion sy stem! Opti on s Th e “ Options ” me nu i tem o n the “ Interpretati[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 87 language. You then have to configure your system so that it comprises thre e int e rpre ter boo th with t wo int erprete r consoles each. Configu ring the o pera ting mode between booths T o dete rmine whethe r or not inter preter con soles inst alled in dif fere nt booths but confi gure d to the sam e targe t l [...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 88 Configuring the languag e options for the interpr eter booths Th e “ Configuration ” men u item on t he “ Interpretation ” me nu allows you to configure the language options for the interpreter booths: y the main target language (A-channel) y the second target language (B-channel) y the a uto-re lay i nter[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 89 왘 Choos e “ B-channel ” and press th e ENTER key. A boot h number i s shown o n the di splay. 왘 Ch oos e t he n umber of the boot h who se ma in ta r get l ang uag e cor responds t o the la ngua ge you want to configur e for the B-channel. Exa m p l e: Let us assume that there are three inte rpr eter b oo[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 90 Half- automatic ally init iali z ing al l interp reter consol es on th e c e ntral unit Onc e you hav e con figu red the numbe r of int erpr eter boot h (s ee “S etti ng t he max . numb er of int erpre ter bo oths/ lan guag es” on pa ge 86) and th e numb er of interp rete r con soles per boot h (see “Setting[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 91 왘 Press the RELA Y 1 key  of the desired i nterpret er console and keep it pressed. 왘 While keeping the RELA Y 1 key pressed, press the “MENU 왖 ” or “ME NU 왔 ” menu selecti on key  unt il the desi red boot h number (BO O TH ) is s h own o n th e disp l ay. 왘 Press the MIC RO key  to tra[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 92 왘 Press the MICRO key  to transmi t the selecte d des k numbe r to th e centr al unit . Note! If an err or occu rs duri ng init ializat ion, the text “ Init Refused ” is shown on the displa ys of the interpr eter consoles . In t his ca se, re - initi alize the inter prete r conso les. 왘 If all booth and[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 93 왘 If all booth and desk nu mbers are assigned correctly, pr ess th e ENTER key on the central unit to save this configuration. T he d ispl ay s of the inter prete r con soles show th e la nguage s assi gn ed to the A -channel an d the B- channel a nd oth er related inf ormati on (see example illustration on the[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 94 Conf iguring the audio inputs and outputs You can co nnect externa l audio source s such as a CD pl ayer, a microph one wi th prea mpli f ier et c. to the centr a l unit’ s au dio i npu ts. Instead of conn ecting an ex ternal audio source, you can co nnect t he audio o utp ut of a con fer enc e s ys tem in st al[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 95 As sig ning a ch anne l t o an aud io ou tput Ea ch of the a ud i o out puts AU X OU T 3, A UX OUT 4 a nd AU X OUT 5 can b e assigned a c hannel. T he max imum number of channe ls available depends on yo ur lice nse. T he config uration of two chan nels/langu ages i s lice nse- free. In o rder t o be able to co n[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 96 Adjusting the inpu t level of an audio input T o adju st the i nput level of the tw o audio inp uts: 왘 Fro m the cen tr al un it’ s op erat ing m enu , ch oo se “ Aux-In/Out ”. 왘 Choose the de sired a udio input. 왘 Choose “ Level ”. Th e cur rent i np ut l evel is show n on t he dis play. 왘 Adjus[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 97 The follow ing table sho ws the possible switch p ositions and the re sulting channel assignments: (*) c an be set to p osition “ON” or “O FF” T he r ow mar ked i n gr ey sh ows the fa cto ry- pre set sta nda rd co nfig urat ion. T he co lumn ma rked in gre y shows th e ref erenc e out put OUT 1 and the c[...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 98 Making a system diagnosis Displaying the number of c o nsoles connected to the central unit To display the nu m ber of consoles c onnec ted to t he central unit: 왘 Fro m th e cent ral uni t’s op erat ing men u, cho os e “ System ”, “ Diagnostics ” and “ Port Status ” one af te r the ot her. The po [...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 99 Co nfigurin g an “ambient sound” consol e Op tional ly, y ou can use an “a mbient s ound” consol e wi th y our SDC 8000 con fer ence and i nterp retati on syst em. As soo n as al l othe r co ns oles i n th e con feren ce room ar e deacti vate d, the “am bi ent sound ” con sole au tomati call y tur ns [...]

Configuring the SDC 8000 system 100 T o turn t he AUX out p ut signal of the “ambie nt s ound” consol e on or off: 왘 Fr o m t he ce nt ral un it ’ s op era tin g m enu , ch oo se “ System ”, “ Ambient Sound ” and “ Au x Out ” o n e afte r th e o the r . 왘 T o tu rn the AUX outpu t signal o n, choose “ Switch Off = N o “; t[...]

Configuring the SD C 8000 system 101 Di splay i ng th e cent ral un it’ s s er ial numb er To display th e central unit’s serial numbe r: 왘 From the ce ntra l unit’s op eratin g menu , ch oose “ License ” and “ Serial Number ” one a fter t h e ot he r. The serial nu m ber is shown o n the display. Displ aying the lic ense code of yo[...]

If pro blems occur... 102 If p r oblems oc cur... Replacing a fuse If the fus e of a centr al unit h a s bl own, the subse q uent c onsol es cannot be pow er ed. T o re plac e t he fus e: 왘 Use a screwdriver to carefully loosen the fuse holder and pull it out completely. 왘 Rem ove the faul ty fus e. 왘 In se rt a n ew fus e ( 5 x 20 mm, 3.15 A[...]

Accessories System c o mponents 9411 S DC 8 00 0 CU Ce n tral u ni t 9419 SDC 8 000 AO Analog output unit with nine outputs on request Cont rol pa nel acco rdin g to cu stome r spe cifi cations 9412 SDC 8000 D De le ga te uni t 9415 S DC 8 000 C Chair ma n un it 9413 SDC 800 0 DC Delegate un it with c hannel selection keys 9416 SDC 8 000 CC Chairma[...]

Specifi cations 104 Specificati ons Con s ol es SDC 8000 D Fr eq ue nc y re sp ons e 100 – 14, 000 Hz Pick-up p attern cardioid He ad phon e sock et 3. 5 mm jac k ( ≥ 16 Ω ) Maximum o utput level at headph one socke t 1 .5 V at 32 Ω S/ N at head pho n e ou tpu t > 7 5 d BA Power cons umpt ion m ax. 3. 7 W Operat ing tem pera ture 0 to +5[...]

Sp ecifications 105 SDC 8 000 DC Fr eq ue nc y re sp ons e 100 – 14, 000 Hz Pick-up p attern cardio id He adpho ne so cket 3. 5 mm j ac k ( ≥ 16 Ω ) Maximum o utput level at headpho ne socket 1.5 V at 32 Ω S/N at headph one output > 7 5 dBA Power cons umpt ion m ax. 3. 8 W Op erat i n g temp era ture 0 to + 5 0 ° C Standards IE C 849 Ho[...]

Specifi cations 106 SDC 8000 DV Fr eq ue nc y re sp ons e 100 – 14, 000 Hz Pick-up p attern cardioid He ad phon e sock et 3. 5 mm jac k ( ≥ 16 Ω ) Maximum o utput level at headph one socke t 1 .5 V at 32 Ω S/ N at head pho n e ou tpu t > 7 5 d BA Po w er co n s u m pt i o n m ax. 4 W Operat ing tem pera ture 0 to +5 0 °C Standards IEC 8[...]

Sp ecifications 107 SDC 8 000 ID Fr eq ue nc y re sp ons e 100 – 14, 000 Hz Pick-up p attern cardio id He adpho ne so cket 3. 5 mm j ac k ( ≥ 16 Ω ) Maximum o utput level at headpho ne socket 1.5 V at 32 Ω S/N at headph one output > 7 5 dBA Po w er co n s um pti o n m ax . 4 W Op erat i n g temp era ture 0 to + 5 0 ° C Standards IE C 84[...]

Specifi cations 108 S DC 8000 CU ce ntr a l uni t AUX IN 1,2 XLR-3F , transformer balanced Inpu t le vel m ax. +1 4 d Bu Inpu t im ped ance > 6 k Ω at 1 kHz Fr eq ue nc y re sp ons e 100 – 14, 000 Hz AUX OU T 1 XLR -3 M, tr ans for me r ba lanc ed Output level max. +6 dBu Output impe danc e < 200 Ω at 1 kHz S/N max. 78 dBA Fr eq ue nc y[...]

Sp ecifications 109 S DC 8000 AO a na log o utp ut uni t P ow er supply 4 8 V DC supplied via SD C 8000 CU DA TA OUT po rt Fr eq ue nc y re sp ons e 100 – 14, 000 Hz Output level (XLR) max. 0 dBu, balanced Output level (RCA): max. 0 dBu, unbalanced Output Im pedance ≤ 80 Ω at 1 kHz S/N 77 dBA Op erat ing te mper atur e 0 to + 50 ° C Dimen si[...]

Appe ndix A: Came ra contr ol pr otoco l 110 App endix A: Camera c ontrol protoc ol The SDC 8000 conference and int erpretation syste m supports camera cont rol. The cent ral un it sends a contr ol command to the connect ed cam era con trol: y when a delegate or chairman unit is activated, y when a delegate or chairman unit is deactivated, y when a[...]

Append ix A: Camera con trol p rotoc ol 111 Comman d s: Notatio n of the general syntax: y A ll se p ara te en titi e s in a m es sa ge a re r ep r ese nte d b etw e en cu rly brac k et s, e.g. {C RC} y Lit eral s tring s are b etwee n qu ote s, e. g. 'P ' y L ogic a l en ti tie s ar e n ei ther bet w ee n br ac ket s n or q uo tes , e. g[...]

Appe ndix B: Contro l pan el proto col 112 App endix B: Contr ol panel protoc ol The S DC 8 000 co nfer ence and i nte rpret ation s y stem sup por ts a co nt rol pane l. The ce ntral un it se nds a co ntrol comm and to th e con ne cted co nt rol pan el : y when a delegate or chairman unit is activated, y when a delegate or chairman unit is deactiv[...]

Appendix B: Control panel p r otoc ol 113 T h e comman d s sen t b y t h e centra l un i t an d rec e i ve d b y t h e contr o l pane l : The comma nds sent by the cont rol panel a nd receiv ed by the c entral u nit: Notatio n of the general syntax: y A ll se p ara te ent iti es in a me s sage a re r ep res e nte d be tw e en cur ly brac k ets , e.[...]

Appendix C: Repeater for th e SDC 8000 system 114 Appendi x C: R ep eater for the S DC 8000 system A repeater is used to boost the signal on a syste m cable. When a system cable reaches a length of 100 m, the sig na l over the system c ables bec om es to o weak. You can i ns ert a re peat er in to t he s yst em c abl e to boost this signa l. The re[...]

Appendix C: Repeater for the SDC 8000 syste m 115 Approval SE NN HEI SE R el ectr onic GmbH & Co . KG de clar e t hat th es e de vice s are in compliance with the applicable CE standards and regulations.[...]

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