Dell AE515 User manual

Dell Professional Sound Bar
AE515
User’s Guide
Regulatory model: AE515

Notes, cautions, and warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that
helps you make better use of your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential
damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how
to avoid the problem
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for
property damage, personal injury, or death.
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2017 - 01
Rev. A00

Contents
What’s in the box........................................................................................... 4
Features .......................................................................................................... 5
Setting up your speaker................................................................................ 6
Installing the Sound bar to your Dell monitor......................................... 6
Powering on your speaker...................................................................... 7
Connecting your speaker.............................................................................. 8
Audio-in port............................................................................................... 8
Answering Skype for Business calls .......................................................... 10
Making Skype for Business calls................................................................ 11
Adjusting the volume................................................................................... 12
Troubleshooting............................................................................................. 13
Specifications ................................................................................................. 17
Statutory information.................................................................................. 18
Warranty ................................................................................................... 18
3

What’s in the box
NOTE: The documents that shipped with the speaker
may vary based on your region.
1
Audio cable
2
USB cable
3
Documents
4
Sound bar
1
2
3
4
4

Features
1
Call pick up
6
Aux-in
2
Microphone
7
Volume down
3
Call hang up
8
Microphone
4
Default Playback
button
9
Volume up
5
Headphone
10
Mic mute
10
9
8
7
1
2
3
6
5
4
5

Setting up your speaker
Installing the Sound bar to your Dell monitor
1Hold the sound bar and push the hook into the monitor slot.
2Slide the sound bar to the right to engage the hook into the monitor slot.
6

Powering on your speaker
NOTE:
If the sound bar is not detected, connect the uplink cable that
came with your Dell monitor. Connect one end of the uplink cable to the
USB port on the Dell monitor and the other end to the USB port on your
Dell computer.
1Plug the USB cable connected to the sound bar into the USB port of the
Dell Monitor.
2The sound bar will automatically power on once the system is powered up.
The light on the right of the sound bar turns solid white.
7

Connecting your speaker
Use the audio in or aux-in jack to connect your audio device (tablet, smart phone)
to your Dell sound bar.
Audio-in port
You can play audio using the audio-in cable that came with your speaker.
1Connect the audio-in cable to the aux-in port on the left sound bar.
2Connect the other end of the audio-in cable to your audio device.
3Play music and adjust the volume as desired.
NOTE:
When audio in is the default playback device, the light on the
microphone button turns solid red. The sound bar microphone cannot
be used in this playback mode.
8

Headphone jack
1Connect the headphone to the headphone jack on the sound bar.
2Play music and adjust the volume as desired.
3Press the Default playback button on the left side of the sound bar to toggle
between the speaker and headphone.
NOTE:
The Default playback button is disabled when the headphone is
not connected to the sound bar.
9

Answering Skype for Business
calls
1Press the call button.
NOTE: The light indicator on Call pick-up button slow blinks when there
is an incoming call on Skype for Business and other supported software.
2Press the call hang-up button to end the call.
3Press the mic mute button to mute the microphone on the sound bar.
Pressing the mic mute button again will unmute the microphone on the sound
bar.
Answering a call
Muting the mic
Hang-up the call
10