Sennheiser BW BW 900 Manual

SennheiserBW900WirelessMicrophonewithZoomSwitch
Set‐UpandInstructionsforUse
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Thisuniquemicrophoneisdesignedforusewithatelephone,butcanalsobeconnectedtoaPCvia
severalmechanisms.ConnectingtheBW900toaBluetoothconnectionisdiscussedelsewhere.These
instructionsdescribehowtoconnectyourBW900toyourpcusingaUSBportandreliablewired
connectionwiththe“ZoomSwitch”.
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TheKeyComponents:
TheZoomSwitch.Thisincludesthreejacks,onfor
attachmenttoyourphone,aUSBconnectiontoyour
PC,andanaccessoryjackforaheadset
SennheiserBW900:Bottomviewshowing
clearlylabeled“Handset”and“Phone”
modularjacks
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PreliminarySet‐Up:First,youmustmakethebasicconnectionoftheBW900,ZoomSwitch,yourPC
andyourtelephone.Dependinguponwhetheryouhaveanofficetelephonewithamodular“headset”
jack,oraregularcordedtelephone,usetheset‐updescribedbelow,usingtheincludedmodular
telephonecords.
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Figure1:SetupwithstandardcordedtelephoneFigure2:Set‐upwithPhonewithHeadsetJack
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TypicalSet‐upinwhichBW900isusedbothPC
andtelephone.ZoomSwitchisusedtotoggle
backandforthbetweenPCandtelephone.
Set‐upinwhichBW900isusedwithPCand
telephonehavingamodularheadsetjack.Zoom
Switchisusedtotogglebackandforthbetween
PCandtelephone
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Figure3:ComputerOnlySet‐up
Set‐upinwhichBW900isusedonlywithPCandnot
telephone.Inthisset‐uptheZoomSwitchisnotused,but
they‐cable(modulartodouble3.5mmplug)cableisused
tomaketheconnection.AlthoughtheUSBadapteris
optional,itishighlyrecommended.
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Detailsofconnections:
WithStandardTelephone:
1. Amodulartelephonecablemustconnectfromthe“Phone”jackontheBW900totheright‐
most“accessory”modularplugontheZoomSwitch.
2. Amodulartelephonecablemustconnectfromthe“headset”jackontheBW900tothe
telephonereceiver

3. Theleft‐mostjackontheZoomSwitchconnectstothetelephonejacktowhichthe
telephoneheadsetnormallyconnects.
4. TheUSBcablecomingwiththeZoomSwitchisconnectedfromthecentraljackontheZoom
SwitchtoanavailableUSBportonthePC.
WithaTelephoneHavingaModular“Headset”Jack:
1. Amodulartelephonecableisusedtomakeaconnectionfromthe“Phone”jackonthe
BW900totheright‐most“accessory”jackontheZoomSwitch.
2. Amodulartelephonecableisusedtoconnecttheleft‐most“phone”jackontheZoom
Switchtothe“headset”jackonthetelephone
3. TheUSBcablecomingwiththeZoomSwitchisconnectedfromthecentraljackontheZoom
SwitchtoanavailableUSBportonthePC.
WithPConly:
1. Amodulartelephonecableisusedtomakeaconnectionfromthe“Phone”jackonthe
BW900totheright‐most“accessory”jackontheZoomSwitch.
2. TheUSBcablecomingwiththeZoomSwitchisconnectedfromthecentraljackontheZoom
SwitchtoanavailableUSBportonthePC.
PreparingtheBW900forUsewithyourPCandTelephone:
1. BesureyouhavefullychargedtheBW900
2. Makeallrequiredconnectionsasshownabove
3. Set‐uptheBW900asappropriateforyourtelephone(refertothemanualfordetails)of
thesesteps)byopeningthesmalldoorontheleftsideoftheBW900
a. SetslidingswitchtoeithertheA,B,orCpositionandseewhichworksbestwith
yourtelephone
b. MakeacallwiththeBW900,usingtheBW900bluetoothheadsetandwhiletalking,
rotatethevolumeknobuntilthepersonontheotherendindicatesyourspeaking
volumeisappropriate.
4. PreparethetheBW900foryourPC
a. PressthecentralbluebuttonontheZoomSwitchuntiltheLEDilluminatesred.
b. BesureyourZoomSwitchisattachedtoyourpcanddriversinstalled(thisoccurs
automatically)
c. StartDragonNaturallySpeakingandcreateanewuser(NaturallySpeaking>Manage
Users>New)
d. Selectbluetoothmicrophoneasthedictationsource(seefigurebelow)

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e. Inthenextstep,choosetheZoomSwitchasyoursoundsystem.Itwillshowupas
“C‐MediaUSBAudioDevice”intheWindowsXPoperatingsystem.
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f. Continuetrainingforanewuser,followingallinstructionsandreadingappropriate
trainingtext
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(Typicalspeech/noisepatternforSennheiserBW900isshownabove)
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UsingtheBW900WirelessMicrophone:
WithyourPC(forspeechrecognitionandotherPCapplications):
1. Besureyourmicrophoneisfullycharged
2. IfusingtheZoomSwitch,pushthebluebuttonontheZoomSwitchasneededtomaketheLED
red
3. Removethemicrophonefromthecradle/chargerandmountonyourear,placingtheendofthe
boomabout¾inchfromthesideofyourmouth
4. ActivatetheBluetoothconnectionbypressingeitherthebasestationorheadsethookbutton
markedby(2)and(4)inthediagrambelow.Upondoingso,asmalliconwillshineblueonthe
basestationbelowthehookbutton.Thissignifiescommunicationbetweentheheadsetand
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5. Usethemicrophonewithdragonasyouwouldwithanyothermicrophone
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