Sennheiser BW BW 900 Manual

SennheiserBW900WirelessMicrophonewithRockerSwitch
Set‐UpandInstructionsforUse
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apcusingareliablewiredconnectionwithaGN
NetcomSeleCTswitchandit’sincludedmodulartotwin3.5mmcable.
PreliminarySet‐Up:First,youmustmakethebasicconnectionoftheBW900,SeleCT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.
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.SeleCTswichisusedtotoggle
backandforthbetweenPCandtelephone.
AlthoughtheUSBadapterisoptional,itishighly
recommended.
Set‐upinwhichBW900isusedwithPCand
telephonehavingamodularheadsetjack.
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SeleCT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
centralplugontheSeleCTSwitch
2. Amodulartelephonecablemustconnectfromthe“headset”jackontheBW900tothe
telephonereceiver
3. Theright‐mostjackontheSeleCTswitchconnectstothetelephonejacktowhichthe
telephoneheadsetnormallyconnects.
4. TheY‐cableincludedwiththeSeleCTswitchispluggedintotheleft‐most(PC)jackonthe
SeleCTswitchandthetwo3.5mmplugsareattachedeithertoaUSBsoundadapteror

directlytothemicrophoneandsoundjackonthethePC.AlthoughtheuseofaUSBadapter
isoptional,itishighlyrecommend.
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middlejackontheSeleCTswitch
2. Amodulartelephonecableisusedtoconnecttheright‐mostjackontheSeleCTswitchto
the“headset”jackonthetelephone
3. TheY‐cableincludedwiththeSeleCTswitchispluggedintotheleft‐most(PC)jackonthe
SeleCTswitchandthetwo3.5mmplugsareattachedeithertoaUSBsoundadapteror
directlytothemicrophoneandsoundjackonthePC.AlthoughtheuseofaUSBadapteris
optional,itishighlyrecommend.
WithPConly:
1. Thisset‐updoesnotrequireuseoftheSeleCTswitchbutonlytheY‐cablethatcomeswith
theswitch
2. Connectthemodularendofthey‐cabletothemodular“phone”jackontheBW900base.
3. Connectthetwo3.5mmaudioplugsonthey‐cabletotheappropriatejacksoneitheraUSB
soundadapter(ifused)ordirectlytothemicrophoneandsoundjack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. Ifusingtherockerswitch,besureyouhaveitsettotheleft(PC)position
b. Ifbeingused,besureyourUSBsoundadapterisconnectedanddriversinstalled
(thisisautomaticonceit’sattached)
c. StartDragonNaturallySpeakingandcreateanewuser(NaturallySpeaking>Manage
Users>New)
d. Selectbluetoothmicrophoneasthedictationsource

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e. Inthenextstep,chooseyoursoundsystem(eitheryourUSBsoundadapterorthe
builtinsoundcardonyourPC.
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f. Continuetrainingforanewuser,followingallinstructionsandreadingappropriate
trainingtext
UsingtheBW900WirelessMicrophone:
WithyourPC(forspeechrecognitionandotherPCapplications):

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1. Besureyourmicrophoneisfullycharged
2. IfusingtheSeleCTrockerswitch,besuretodepresstheleftsidetoselectPC
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
MiscellaneousinstructionsfromtheBW900Manual
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