Widex SCOLA talk, SCOLA teach User Manual

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Microphone

User Guide

for SCOLA™

talk

and

SCOLA™

teach

transmitters

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Contents

Microphones for SCOLA™talk .....................3

Preparing SCOLA™

talk

for an external microphone ....4

Lapel microphone ..............................6

Placing the microphone clip ...................6

Boom microphone .............................8

Placing the boom microphone .................8

Microphones for SCOLA

™

teach ..................10

Connecting the microphone .....................11

Lapel microphones ............................11

Placing the microphone clip ..................12

Wearing the neck cord ......................13

Boom microphone ............................14

Placing the boom microphone ................14

Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

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Microphones for SCOLA™

talk

1.

2.

1. Omnidirectional lapel microphone

2. Directional boom microphone

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

Illustration 2

Preparing SCOLA™

talk

for an external microphone

1. Switch to omni
mode on the front of
SCOLAtalk
(Illustration 1).

Illustration 1

2. Plug the microphone
cord into the
microphone jack on
SCOLAtalk
(Illustration 2).

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

HI

Illustration 3

3. Push the audio button
with a pen or paper­clip once to set it to
“HI” (high input sensi­tivity) (Illustration 3).

Tip!

You can switch from the
external microphone to
the built-in directional
microphones by moving
the slide switch to posi­tion dir (

) or superdir

(

).

LO

Illustration 4

After using the external
microphone remember
to push the audio button
again in order to switch
back to “LO” (low input
sensitivity)
(Illustration 4).

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

Lapel microphone

Illustration 5 Illustration 6

Illustration 7

The omnidirectional
lapel microphone is
a small, lightweight
microphone worn on the
upper body.

Placing the
microphone clip

The correct place­ment is in the centre
of the upper body and
as close to the user’s
mouth as possible
(Illustration 7).

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

The microphone clip
can also be extended to
stand on a table
(Illustrations 8 and 9).

Illustration 8

Illustration 9

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

Illustration 10

Boom microphone

The directional boom micro­phone for the SCOLAtalk
transmitter is designed for
especially noisy environ­ments. The advantage of
this mi crophone is that its
signal remains unchanged
even if the speaker turns
their head.

Placing the boom
microphone

Hang the microphone be­hind the left ear
(Illustration 10).

Note:

Due to the directional­ity of the microphone, we
recommend that the boom
microphone be worn on the
left ear.

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAtalk

The microphone can then be
placed in an optimal talking
position close to the mouth
(Illustrations 11 and 12).

Illustration 12

Illustration 11

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAteach

1. 2. 3.

Microphones for SCOLA™

teach

1. Omnidirectional lapel microphone

2. Directional lapel microphone

3. Directional boom microphone

Note: The microphone cord on
SCOLAteach works as an antenna.

The microphone has to be connected in
order to transmit.

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAteach

Plug the microphone cord
into the microphone jack on
SCOLAteach (Illustration

13).

Lapel microphones

Illustration 14 shows an
omnidirectional microphone
and illustration 15 a direc­tional microphone.

There are two different clips
for the two types of micro­phone.

Illustration 16 shows the
clip for an omnidirectional
microphone and illustration
17 the clip for a directional
microphone.

Connecting the microphone

Illustration 16 Illustration 17

Illustration 13

Illustration 15

Illustration 14

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAteach

Insert the microphone into
the clip (Illustration 18).

Placing the microphone
clip

The correct placement is
in the centre of the upper
body and as close to the
user’s mouth as possible
(Illustration 21).

Illustration 19 Illustration 20 Illustration 21

Illustration 18

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAteach

Illustrations 22 to 24 show how to
adjust and wear the neck cord.

Wearing the neck cord

Illustration 22

Attach the microphone clip
to the neck cord. The micro­phone symbol (

) should face

outwards.

Illustration 23

Illustration 25

Illustration 24

For easy removal of the neck
cord gently pull it out of the
part with the microphone sym­bol (Illustration 25).

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAteach

Illustration 26

The directional boom micro­phone for the SCOLAteach
transmitter is designed for
especially noisy environ­ments. The advantage of
this mi crophone is that its
signal remains unchanged
even if the speaker turns
their head.

Placing the boom
microphone

Hang the microphone
behind the left ear (Illustra­tion 26).

Note:

Due to the directionality of
the microphone, we
recommend that the boom
microphone be worn on the
left ear.

Boom microphone

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Microphone user guide for SCOLAteach

The microphone can then
be placed in an optimal
talking position close to the
mouth (Illustrations 27 and

28).

Illustration 28

Illustration 27

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