Accutone V10 User manual

supports all versions of Microsoft
Windows 2000, XP & Vista
V10
Accutone Personal Communicator
Portable USB Conference Phone
© 2008 Accutone Technologies Limited. All rights reserved.
Accutone and the logo device are trademarks of Accutone Technologies Ltd.
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Vista Compatible

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Thank you for purchasing the V10 Accutone Personal Communicator, the ultimate
USB conference phone for business users. Perfect partner for business travelers,
the V10 allow users to have voice conferences to any one anywhere in the world
using VoIP softwares.
Imagine traveling abroad to an exhibition and at a booth, you wish to talk to your
colleagues back home. Simply hook up the V10 to your notebook, and via WiFi
technology, users can have a perfect small-group business conference instantly.
Equipped with top-end loudspeaker as well as microphone elements, the V10 can
operate flawlessly even in a noisy exhibition hall. Furthermore, the device is
designed to be able to actively control Skype, making it even more convenient.
Now please spend a few moments to read through this user manual before
connecting the V10 to your computer. After familiarizing with the features and
functions, you will surely appreciate the top audio performance this unique device
has to offer you.
* V10 Accutone Personal Communicator is compatible to both desktop and notebook computers with an
USB jack.
** The V10 now only supports Windows operating systems - 2000, XP and Vista. For a wider range of OS
support, please check back to our website www.accutone.com frequently, as more OS will be included in
the very near future.
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Notebook
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Introduction.
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direct Skype-controlling USB conference phone.
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This installation guide and user manual contains the following contents:
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Part A. Understanding your V10
Part B. Installing your V10
Part C. Operating your V10
Part D. Standards, Terms & Conditions
Specifications
Main Switches & Interface
System Check
Download and install Skype software
Download V10 driver and middleware
Connect conference phone to computer
Installing V10 driver and middleware
Software first initiation
Setup sound devices in Skype
Setting up middleware software
Using the digital audio controls
Using the V10 to make Skype calls
Understanding the LED-indications
Operating advanced features of software
Connect an optional earphone
General tips and reminders
Precautions on safety
CE/EMC declaration
FCC requirements - Part 15 Class B device or Peripheral
Trademarks and Ownership
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Main Switches and Interface
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Speaker volume increase key
Skype Dial or Pick-up key
Speaker mute key
Skype End-call key
Speaker volume decrease key
Skype program activation and page-selection key
Skype selection-up key
Microphone mute key
Skype selection-down key
3.5mm headphone / earphone jack
Multi-colored LED-indicator
Back compartment / device-stand
USB cable wind-up storage
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V10 Accutone Personal Communicator
Plug USB A male plug
USB interface USB 2.0
Cable length 0.5m
Weight 200g
Dimension 135x80x30mm
Speaker
Size 50mm diameter
Type Open air dynamic driver unit
Maximum input power 1W
Impedance 8 ±15% at 1kHz, 1V
Distortion Total Harmonic Distortion < 1%
Frequency range 20 - 20,000 Hz
Microphone
Type Electret condenser
Directivity Omni-directional
Open circuit voltage level -42dB/Pa
Frequency range 20 - 20,000 Hz
Voice band 300 - 3000 Hz
Package Contents
V10 main unit
Integrated USB cable
Installation guide and user manual
Software and driver download instruction card
Minimum Requirements
Personal computer with CPU of 1GHz frequency or up
256Mb of RAM
50Mb hard disk space available for installation
Internet connection
1 available USB port
Skype program version 3.5 or above pre-installed
Operating OS - all versions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Specifications.
Understanding your V10.
specifications
main switches and interface
Main Switches & Interfaces
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B
The Skype-controlling V10 conference phone operates under the Skype program. So if
you have not already installed the Skype program, please download it from their
official website: , follow the instructions and download the
appropriate version for your operating system.
Click “Run” or “Save” the file to a location and then run the installer once the
download finishes.
http://www.skype.com
Installation
Installing your V10.
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system check
download and install Skype software
download V10 driver and middleware
connect conference phone to computer
B1. system check
B2. download and install Skype software
REMARKS:
Before you begin, make sure your operating system is compatible with
the followings:
A. Update your Windows OS to the latest Service Pack.
B. Skype verson 3.5.0 or the latest version installed.
C.Remove any previous installed Accutone Middleware, or any version
of C-Media USB-phone, VoIP phone, from your computer thoroughly
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Select language for installation at the following screen, subsequent license agreement
and installation will follow as shown.
Your Skype™ program should launch by
itself, create an account if you do not already
have one, simply follow the instructions.
both “Sign me in when
Skype Starts” and “Start Skype when the
computer starts”.
Rememeber to check
*The word “Skype” and the Skype logo are trademark of Skype Technologies S.A. The Skype website screen-crop,
installation interfaces and application interfaces shown throughout this manual are all property of Skype Technologies
S.A. They are shown merely as visual assistance for proper user setup of the V10 USB Conference Phone.

B
B3. download V10 driver and middleware
To be environmentally friendly, all Accutone drivers have been shifted from CD-rom
to web-distribution. Open your internet browser, and log on to www.accutone.com,
enter Global website. You will see the following screen.
Click on the CD-rom photo
under “downloads”, and enter
the product range selection
screen.
Select conference phone by
clicking the small grey arrow
icon to enter the USB confer-
ence phone drivers and manual
page.
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Select V10 by clicking on the
download button and you will
be prompted to download the
driver file.
Download the file to a location
on your desktop for use in the
next section.
Connect the cable into the USB jack of your computer as illustrated. Windows may
auto-launch a device driver installer, if it does, click cancel to abort installation, as the
official Accutone driver and middleware must be installed for V10 to function properly.
B4. connect conference phone to computer
Open up the back compartment of the
V10 conference phone as indicated.
Note that the back compartment
cover acts as a stand for the V10.
You will find the USB-cable wind-up
storage inside. Gently, un-wind the
entire USB cable out from the storage.
download V10 driver and middleware
connect conference phone to computer
installing V10 driver and middleware
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Installation
Installing your V10.
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B5. installing V10 driver and middleware
Locate the file you’ve downloaded
on the desktop, if it’s a zip file,
extract it and you should see the
setup.exe file as shown.
, and double-click to
launch the setup installer.
Click Next to continue.
Make sure you have the V10
connected
B6. software first initiation
When Skype starts, this screen will pop-up
asking to integrate the middleware with Skype.
Click “Allow this program to use Skype” and
press “OK” to continue.
Then click on your Skype icon to start up the
program. Enter your login information if it
prompts you.
Click on “Tools” from the top menu to open up
“Options”. Under General Settings tab, check
“Start Skype when I start Windows”.
Select a location to install the
middleware software, or click next
to use the default location.
While the software is being
installed, on some Windows OS, a
hardware warning dialog box may
pop up, click Yes to proceed, and
finish with the rest of the
installation.
The software will prompt you to
restart the PC upon completion.
If you don’t see this
screen, press the “Event”
tab in Skype.
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A gray icon will show up in the system tray
area, it should turn green if V10 is connected
and softwares installed properly
B8. setting up middleware software
Right click on the icon and check
“Auto Enable AEC with Skype”.
Make sure you turn this on to
prevent “feedback” sound from
the V10.
If you do not see the above option when you right click
on the icon, your V10 may have not been connected
during the earlier installation. Connect your V10 and
reinstall the software.
Users can also click “Settings” to enter advanced
setting page as shown on the right. There are a
number of different adjustments to be made here.
More details of each features are shown in section C.
Click on the AEC tab, and you can select “Auto Enable
Acoustic Echo Cancellation with Skype” feature here
instead of right click on the icon as shown earlier.
To continue, users must also set up the V10 middleware software which you have
installed with the driver. You can bring up the program by selecting the V10 program
from Windows’ start menu, but it’s much easier to access this from the system tray.
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B7. setup sound devices in Skype
Still in the Options window of Skype.
1. Select Microphone dropdown
menu: “V10 Audio Device”
2. Uncheck “Let Skype adjust my
audio settings”
3. Select Speakers dropdown
menu: “V10 Audio Device”
4. Click “Save” to continue
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setup sound devices in Skype
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You may experience some
feedback sound at this point
reduce the speaker volume
and proceed to next step
Now go to Control Panel > Sound and Audio Devices.
Select Audio tab, under Sound Recording, make sure its selected V10 AudioVolume
Select Advanced under Recording Control,
make sure Monitoring is .UNCHECKED

C
The V10 main key interface can be divided into two groups: (1) universal audio
controls and (2) Skype-related feature controls. The universal audio control keys
includes volume controls and mute keys.
Operating your V10.
Operation Operation
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C1. using the digital audio controls
C2. using the V10 to make Skype calls
The universal audio control keys directly
control the audio settings of the
Windows OS. By pressing the (1)
Speaker volume increase key, the
system’s volume will increase, vice versa
for the (5) Speaker volume decrease key.
The (3) Speaker volume mute and (8)
Microphone mute keys cuts off the
sound for the speaker and microphone
respectively. Settings made here will
affect all programs running.
Press the (6) Skype program activation key
to call up Skype.
If the green light is lit but there’s no action
from the Skype program, please go back to
section B5 to check if the middleware has
been successfully linked to Skype.
Press (6) key again to switch the Skype
pages to contacts, dialer, history...etc.
Press the arrow keys (7) and (9) to select
through the contact and (2) Skype Dial key
to dial. End your call by pressing key (4).
C3. understanding the LED-indications
The (13) LED-indication bar uses the Vivid Color System
(VCS), which means whenever you see any of the below
colors flashes, that status is activated. Online flashes green,
muted mic flashed purple/red/yellow, speaker muted flashes
cyan/blue, and both muted flashes purple/blue/cyan/white.
C4. operating advanced features of software
The V10 software offers a number of voice-related features besides chat conference
capability. Functions like Voice Mail Messages, Magic Voice and Voice Recording can be
found inside the V10 software you’ve already installed.
Voice Mail Settings
Start the software by right-clicking on the V10
software in the system tray icon, and select
options.Click on the Voice Mail Settings, and follow
these steps:
1. Check “Activate Voice Mail”
2. Select number of ring counts for incoming call
3. Select the maximum length of each message
4. Define a location for storage of message files
5. Select the Record and Playback devices down
below, choose USB VoIP Device
6. Click “Record” to make default greeting message
7. Play back the message if you need.
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using the digital audio controls
using the V10 to make Skype calls
understanding the LED-indications
operating advanced features of software
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C4. operating advanced features of software
Voice Mailbox
This is where your voice mails entries are
stored and retrieved. Follow the instructions:
1. Select the Skype user account, if you only
have one you won’t be able to choose
2. Sort the messages for your account(s)
3. Choose USB VOIP as Playback device
4. Select a message and click Play to listen
5. You can click Stop to end the message
6. Delete the message if you wish
7. Click Dialing to dail back to your caller
8. Open Folder will bring up the message
folder location in your computer
C5. connect an optional earphone
Recording Function
During any Skype conversation, you can choose
to record it by right clicking the software icon in
the system page. Choose Settings and click the
“Recording Function” tab. To start recording:
1. Select a location to store the recordings
2. Choose which Skype account to use
3. Click “Activate Local Recording Function”
3. Click “Stop” on the bottom to end
4. Click “Play” to hear back the recording
5. You can also Delete or open up the folder
where the files are stored.
Magic Voice
A fun feature called “Magic Voice” is also
included allowing you to change the sound of
your outgoing voice .
Follow the instructions:
1. Choose the mode of voice by selecting:
- Male voice simulation
- Female voice simulation
- Cartoon voice simulation
- Monster voice simulation
2. Click through the different buttons to test
3. Click Default to go back to the normal tone
During a call, you sometimes may want to switch to a more private mode. The V10
offers the ability to connect to any standard earphone or headphone with a 3.5mm
plug. Only the speaker-side will be transfered to the earphone, the microphone on the
V10 is still activated. Remember to lower the volume when using this feature.
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Operating your V10. using the V10 to make Skype calls
understanding the LED-indications
operating advanced features of software
connect an optional earphone
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D
SOFTWARE TROUBLESHOOTING
“Start” > “All Programs” > “USB Speakerphone” > “Uninstall USB” >
“SpeakerPhone”
GENERAL TIPS
- If you don’t see “Auto Enable AEC with Skype” when you right click on the program icon in the
system tray, it may means that you V10 is not connected, or it wasn’t connected during installation.
Keep V10 plugged in, go to
. When the uninstaller starts up, choose Repair and the software will reinstall, and
system restart. After restarts, you should be able to see the selection when you right click the icon.
- Make sure you turn off “Let Skype adjust my audio settings” in the skype program’s audio setting as
shown in section B6 of this manual.
- Skype, by default, will use the “Windows default device” as it’s audio in and audio out settings. V10
will change Windows’ default audio input and output device to “V10 Audio Device” or “ USB VoIP
Device” automatically, once it is plugged in. But, if there’s no sound coming from V10, you can
manually change the device by going into “Control Panel” > “Sounds and Audio Devices” >
“Audio” > “Sound Playback” & “Sound Recording” to change the device to “V10 Audio Device” or
“USB VoIP Device”.
- You can also just select your audio device from within Skype by “Tools” from the top menu of
Skype, > “Options” > “Audio Settings” > “Microphone” or “Speakers” and select “V10 Audio
Device” or “USB VoIP Device”.
- For better acoustic performance, always flip the black door and let V10 stand upright.
- Plug in the 3.5mm headphone for private communication and have the best fully duplex sound
quality.
- Master Volume can be adjusted from Windows “Sound and Audio Devices” setting, aside from the
V10 main interface.
- For addition information of V10 or software update, please visit our official website at
http://www.accutone.com.
Appendix
Standards, Terms & Conditions.
D1. general tips and reminders
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D3. CE/EMC Declaration
This V10 has been marked with the CE mark. This mark indicates compliance with EEC
directives 89/336/EEC/EN55024/EN5022.The validity of the CE marking is restricted to
only those countries when it is legally enforced, mainly in the countries of the European
Economic Area.
D5. trademark and ownership
D Accutone and the logo design combined are trademarks or registered trademarks of Accutone
Technologies Limited.
D Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
D Pentium is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
D Skype is a trademark or registered trademark of Skype Technologies S.A.
D Apple Computer Inc. has intellectual property rights over "Apple", "Macintosh" and "OSX".
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D In this manual, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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Edition are referred to as Windows XP, whereas Microsoft 2000 Professional Edition is referred
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to as Windows 2000, Microsoft Millennium Edition is referred to as Windows Me, and Microsoft
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Windows 98 Second Edition is referred to as Windows 98 SE.
D4. FCC Requirements - Part 15 Class B device or Peripheral
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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precautions on safety
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- Listening with the headset at high volume may damage your hearing.
- Adjusting the volume for microphone or speaker too high may cause squealing (feedback sound)
and can damage your hearing.
- Do not use while driving.
- Place product far away from water, fire, extended exposure of direct sunlight or magnetic field,
and places of excessive dust, moist, rain, shock or electromagnetic radiation.
- Do not drop your device or subject it to external shock which may cause malfunction.
- Do not disassemble or attempt to open up the casing of the conference phone.
- Whenever unplugging the USB plug, apply force to the plug part only. Jerking the cord instead of
the plug may cause damage to the product.
- Do not use any liquid substance to clean the casing of the product.
D2. precautions on safety