User Manual
Quinta – Handheld Transmitter
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7.5 Operating Modes
Normal
• Press the microphone button to switch on the handheld
 transmitter. The button will illuminate white to display the ready
 operating status. 
• To activate the microphone, press the microphone button once
again. The microphone button will illuminate green. The micro-
phone is ready to speak into it.
• Using the Quinta CU control unit, up to 4 participants 
(e.g. 3 delegates and 1 chairman) can speak simultaneously
depending on the setting.
• By pressing the microphone button for more than 3 seconds the
handheld transmitter is switched off. The microphone button
does not illuminate anymore.
FiFo mode (First in – First out)
• If the microphones operate in the FiFo mode (first in - first out),
the microphones that was switched on first, will be switched off,
when another microphone is switched on and the number of open
microphones (NOM) will be exceeded.
Push-To-Talk mode
• If the microphones operate in the Push-To-Talk mode (PTT), the
microphone button must be pressed as long as someone speaks
into the microphone. This configuration is recommended for
short interruptions during the meeting.
Voice Activation mode
• If the microphones operate in the Voice Activation mode, the
microphones are switched on via voice control. That is the
 microphone is switched on as soon as someone speaks into the
microphone. In this case it is not necessary to press the micro-
phone button.
Important:
If the number of open microphones is exceeded, a 
microphone can only be switched on manually when
 another microphone has been switched off. 
Important:
The threshold and the hold time can be configured with the
“Quinta Conference Software” for all microphones.
Request-to-Speak mode
• This operating mode is only possible in conjunction with a PC
using the Quinta Conference software or a media control 
system (AMX
®
, Crestron
®
, Cue etc.).
• The request-to-speak is registered in the system by pressing the
microphone button of the microphone unit.
• The allocation is made by the operator at the PC or touch screen
of the media control system.
• The microphone button is illuminated red to indicate the 
request-to-speak . 
• If you press the microphone button again, the request-to-speak
is cleared. The backlit microphone button will illuminate white.










