- Comdial Speakerphone User Guide GCA70-248

Speakerphone

Characteristics

When using your speakerphone, the microphone and loudspeaker are farther away

from you than when you use a handset. Both the signal from the loudspeaker and the

signal to the microphone must be enhanced.

Whenmicrophonesand loudspeakers areclosetogether (such asina speakerphone),

additional amplification typicallygenerates a ringing sound (public address systems

do this if the volume is too high or the microphone is too close to a loudspeaker).

Speakerphone User Guidelines

· Both parties can not talk at the same time. You must wait for silence out of

your loudspeaker before talking. You must stop talking to hear the other

party.

· Background noise may prevent the sound-activated switches from operating

properly. Avoid placing the speakerphone where it will detect sounds from

typewriters, keyboards, printers, paging systems, and other equipment.

· Speak slightly louder than normal and with a clear, authoritative voice. For

the microphone to best detect your voice, speak within three feet of it and

face the telephone.

Raising the volume of the loudspeaker makes it easier for the

sound-activated switches in your telephone to select the distant party’s

voice. Lowering the volume of the loudspeaker makes it easier for the

switches to select your voice.

Since the system takes several seconds to provide the best switching, con

stant sound patterns—such as elongating your words and playing exter

nally-supplied music—may prevent the sound-activated switches from

operating properly.

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GCA70-248 Speakerphone Characteristics