Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CHATTM 150 ClearOne
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CHA T ™ 15 0 Group Speaker Phone QUICK ST ART GUIDE.
CHA T TM 150 Group Speaker Phone TABLE OF CONTENTS Installing The Chat 150 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Configuring and T esting Y our Chat 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connecting Chat 150 to a PC .
INSTALLING THE CHAT 150 SOFTWARE (WINDOWS) 1. Insert the Chat 150 CD into your computer’s CD-ROM/DVD drive. > Note: This procedure shows Windows XP screenshots. The installation instructions apply to both Windows XP and W indows Vista. 2. F ollow the instructions in the Setup Wizard to complete installation of the Chat 150 software.
CONFIGURING AND TESTING YOUR CHA T 150 1. Using the included USB 2.0 cable, connect the Chat 150 to your PC (Figure 1.0). FIGURE 1.0 2 CHA T TM 150 Group Speaker Phone.
2. Start the Chat 150 configuration software by double-clicking the ClearOne Chat icon on your desktop. 3. Click the Device Setup button. ClearOne Chat desktop icon Chat 150 Device Setup button 3 QUIC.
4. Select the type of device you are using with your Chat 150 in the Select 1 st column (Figure 2.0). FIGURE 2.0 4 CHA T TM 150 Group Speaker Phone.
5. Select the manufacturer of your device in the Select 2 nd column; select Other or All , if not listed 6. Select the model of your device in the Select 3 rd column; select Other or All , if not listed. Once you select a model, the Add to My Devices and Apply to Chat buttons become active.
CHA T TM 150 Group Speaker Phone 6 9. Connect your Chat 150 to the device you just configured for (see the specific connection instructions in the following paragraphs). > NOTE: When connecting to an analog device, you can leave the Chat 150 connected to your PC if you wish.
QUICK ST ART GUIDE 7 CONNECTING THE CHAT 150 TO A PC 1. Using the included USB 2.0 cable, connect the Chat 150 to your PC (Figure 3.0). FIGURE 3.0.
CONNECTING THE CHAT 150 TO A TELEPHONE Perform the following steps to connect your Chat 150 to a telephone: 1. Using the included 25’ RJ-45 cable, connect the Phone Breakout Box to your Chat 150 (Figure 4.
2. Using the included 2’ RJ-9 telephone cable, connect the Phone Breakout Box’s phone jack to your telephone’s headset jack (Figure 5.0) WARNING: DO NOT plug the cable into the telephone’s line jack, handset jack, or to phones other than those listed on your Chat 150 package labeling.
3. If you have a headset that you typically use with your telephone, connect it to the headset jack on the Chat 150 Phone Breakout Box (Figure 6.0). FIGURE 6.
4. Slide the correct power supply clip for your country into the included power supply (Figure 7.0). The power supply may contain a plastic shield that must be removed before inserting the clip.
5. Using the included power supply , connect the Chat 150 Phone Breakout Box to a power outlet (Figure 8.0). 6. The blue LED indicators on the Chat 150 illuminate, indicating that it has power . 7. Run the Chat software and configure the Chat 150 for use with your telephone by clicking on Device Setup .
CONNECTING THE CHAT 150 TO A VIDEO CONFERENCING DEVICE Perform the following steps to connect your Chat 150 to a video conferencing device: 1. Using the included 25’ RJ-45 cable, connect the Chat 150 VC Breakout Box to your Chat 150 (Figure 9.0). FIGURE 9.
2. Using the included 6’ RCA audio cables, connect the VC Breakout Box’s audio in port to your video conferencing device’s audio out port, and the audio out port to your video conferencing device’s audio in port (Figure 10.0). For more detailed instructions, refer to the Chat 150 User’s Manual.
3. Slide the correct power supply clip for your country into the included power supply (Figure 11.0). The power supply may contain a plastic shield that must be removed before inserting the clip.
4. Using the included power supply , connect the Chat 150 VC Breakout Box to a power outlet (Figure 12.0). 5. The blue LED indicators on the Chat 150 illuminate, indicating that the Chat 150 has power . 6. Run the Chat software and configure the Chat 150 for use with your video conferencing device by clicking on Device Setup .
USING THE CHAT 150 CHAT 150 LED Indicators The three microphone LED indicators illuminate blue when the Chat 150 microphones are active. The indicators illuminate red when the micro- phones are muted. The seven volume LED indicators illuminate blue to indicate the current volume setting—more lights indicate higher volume.
CHAT 150 PHONE BREAK OUT B OX Press the Headset button on the phone breakout box to send audio from the phone to the headset connected to the Chat 150 Breakout Box. This will also disable audio going from the breakout Box to the Chat 150—it is only routed to the headset.
QUICK ST ART GUIDE 19 CHAT 150 SOFTWARE The Chat 150 includes software that has a database of pre-configured device settings, which allows you to instantly select and apply optimal audio settings for supported devices. It also allows you to create cus- tomized audio settings and save them as custom devices.
TELEPHONE 1.800.283.5936 1.801.974.3760 FA X 1.801.974.3669 EMAIL tech.support@clearone.com TECHNICAL SUPPORT Caution: Read the Safety Information in the instruction manual © 2007 ClearOne Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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