Q: How do I turn the microphone on or off?
For a lavalier or lapel microphone:
- On the top of the pack, adjacent to the antenna and the microphone port, there is a small on/off switch.
- A green light indicates that the microphone is on.
The hand-held microphone has a black on-off switch directly beneath its display window.
Issue: There is no sound coming out of the room speakers, even though the microphone is on.
- Call Tech Services (734-615-0100) #1 to speak to a Technical Assistance Group representative.
- Any additional information TAG may need for resolving a microphone issue may be found at the receiver, mounted in plain view on most podiums.
- Data displayed on its screen (and in the microphone's display window) will prove useful in helping you convey information to the TAG representative.
- Some receivers handle one microphone, others accommodate two, or - like the one pictured here - four.
Q: I’m done using my microphone for class. Where should I put it?
- Please return the microphone to the charging station on the podium for the next instructor.
- Place the microphone with the display screen facing toward you as you drop the microphone into the charging port.
- You will feel the pack click into place with little resistance.
- Look for a set of spokes at the bottom of each of the two charging ports.
- These spokes should line up with the brass contacts located on the back of the microphone, at the bottom.
- If you are the last instructor of the day, it is important to ensure that the microphone is charging overnight.
- A solid red light on the charger indicates that the microphone is charging. Green indicates that the microphone is fully charged.
- A white light may indicate that the microphone is still on. Be sure to switch off the microphone before placing in the charging bay.
- A blinking yellow light could indicate that a microphone is not properly seated in the charging bay.
- Sometimes the blinking yellow light symptom is traceable to the power supply cord, which may have worked loose and needs to be re-seated.
- To re-seat the connection, unscrew the threaded locking ring, unplug and reconnect, then tighten the ring.
- Recharging stations also accommodate single batteries.
- Like the microphones, these must be properly seated in order to fully charge.
WARNING:
- Never load regular alkaline batteries into microphones normally powered by rechargeable batteries.
- Alkaline batteries are sometimes found in or near the classroom podium.
- These are used in Catchbox Microphones and other devices.
- Microphones mistakenly loaded with alkaline batteries and placed in charging bays could overheat, catch fire or even explode.