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RAV 600/900 User Manual
ClearOne Communications, Inc. ~ 1825 Research Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84119 ~ tel 1-800-945-7730 ~ fax 1-800-933-5107
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iii ii RAV — Table of Contents Warranty information can be found on the ClearOne website. Table of Contents www.clearone.com Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 The RAV 600/900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Ba
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Introduction 1
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3 2 Introduction — The RAV 600/900 Introduction— The RAV 600/900 The RAV 600/900 Unpacking Carefully remove all components of the RAV system from the packaging. Ensure that you The RAV product line is the first out-of-the-box room audio conferencing solution with the received the following items: sound quality and flexibility of a professionally installed system.The RAV includes an audio conferencing mixer that uses distributed acoustical echo-cancelling technology to provide the RAV 600/900 mos
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5 4 Introduction — Product Overview Introduction— Product Overview Mixer Product Overview Front RF (Radio Frequency) Controller The RF controller allows you to manage all calls, program user preferences and adjust settings for your RAV. A B CD MUTE ENTER MENU DOWN UP Figure 1.2. Mixer front 12 3 CONFERENCE ABC DEF PHONEBOOK CLEAR 45 6 GHI JKL MNO 7 89 A. Telephone LED.This indicator lights red when the RAV is powered, but the telco is on hook FLASH REDIAL DOWN UP ON/OFF PQRS TUV WXYZ VOLUME 0
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7 6 Introduction — Product Overview Introduction— Basic Room Design Microphone Pods Basic Room Design Basic Room Design for RAV To ensure best microphone and loudspeaker placement (ceiling- or wall-mount), please use A the following guidelines. For more information on Room Design, or to view the RAV online training course, visit www.clearone.com. Microphones B Center mic pods on the table at an equal distance apart. Place the controller on the same table as the mics. In typical conferencing env
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9 8 Introduction — Basic Room Design Introduction— Installation Overview Loudspeakers Installation Overview Ceiling-mount loudspeakers Read the user manual For best performance, ceiling Ceiling Speakers Ceiling Speakers Please read through the RAV Quick Start Guide and print user manual to familiarize loudspeakers should be installed yourself with the RAV system. Refer to the Help file in RAV-Ware for information on the directly above the microphone software. Read through all requirements an
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11 10 Introduction — Installation Overview System Requirements for RAV-Ware Component Requirement Windows 98 SE 64 MB RAM Operating System and RAM Windows 2000 256 MB RAM Windows XP 256 MB RAM Processor 300 MHz Pentium III or better Monitor 1024 x 768 SVGA (16 bit) high color Video Card SVGA 1024 x 768 minimum Free Hard Disk Space 20 MB minimum RS-232 COM port Up to 115,200 baud rate USB port USB 1.1–2.0 Flash Support Macromedia Flash Player 6.0 Note: Using a USB to serial adapter is not recomme
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Connecting the RAV 2
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15 14 Connecting the RAV — Basic Connections Connecting the RAV — Basic Connections 3. Connect the second and third microphone pod using the 12' Cat. 5 cables. (Third Basic Connections microphone on the RAV 900 only). Connecting the RAV should take less than one hour. Once basic connections for audio conferencing are made, the system is ready to use. Audio conferencing To set up audio conferencing IN 1. If you are installing the mixer into a rack, remove the side panels, rotate them and then I
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17 16 Connecting the RAV — Basic Connections Connecting the RAV— Basic Connections 9. Attach the external antenna and turn it it is upright. 6. Using an RJ-11 cable (not supplied), connect an analog telephone set to the Set jack on the mixer (optional). TELEPHONE CAMERA TELEPHONE RS-232 CONTROL LAN SET RS-232 LINE SET Figure 2.9. Attach external antenna 10. Insert four AAA batteries into the RF controller. Figure 2.6. Connection to network 7. Using the 7' Cat. 5 cable, connect the mixer to the
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19 18 Connecting the RAV— Auxiliary Devices Connecting the RAV— Auxiliary Devices To connect to a sound card Auxiliary Devices 1. Using an RCA cable, connect the Line In on the RAV mixer to the line out on a sound card. The mixer allows connection to a number of different audio and video peripherals, such as 2. Using an RCA cable, connect the Line Out on the RAV mixer to the line in on a sound card. video codecs, VCRs, cameras and computers. Connecting video codecs, amplifiers and sound cards Li
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21 20 Connecting the RAV — Auxiliary Devices Connecting the RAV— Auxiliary Devices Connecting VCRs and DVD players Connecting for serial control You can record your audio/video conference or play audio using a playback device such as a You can connect a computer or a control device, such as an AMX or Crestron, to the RAV VCR or DVD player. mixer through the serial control port. See the page 78 for a list of the serial commands. Note: You can also connect a mono-signal device or a non-record/play
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23 22 Connecting the RAV — Auxiliary Devices Digital phones If you have a digital (PBX) telephone service, you need to run an analog extension from the PBX (recommended for best performance) or use a digital-to-analog telephone line converter. For more information, contact ClearOne Technical Support. Note: If you connect the RAV through a digital-to-analog line converter, you will not be able to use the tabletop controller or the RAV-Ware dialing interface to make calls.You will instead need to
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RAV-Ware Software Configuration 3
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27 26 RAV-Ware — Introduction RAV-Ware — Introduction RAV-Ware overview Introduction ClearOne’s RAV-Ware software provides an easy interface for configuring system settings and customizing the audio in your RAV 600/900 conferencing system. While the RAV system ™ Getting started with RAV-Ware is designed to work out of the box for audio conferencing, RAV-Ware is required to adjust Please ensure that you have administrative privileges before attempting to install audio levels and equalizer settin
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29 28 RAV-Ware — Introduction RAV-Ware — Introduction RAV-Ware connections RAV-Ware files You can save current RAV-Ware files, create new files, edit existing files and import files When you connect to the RAV unit, RAV-Ware automatically finds all RAV units connected using the menus and toolbar icons. When connected to a RAV unit, any changes made to a serially or on the same subnetwork and lists them in the Connections pane. RAV-Ware file are updated immediately within the RAV unit.The file mu
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31 30 RAV-Ware — Introduction RAV-Ware — Configuring System Settings Network Find Configuring System Settings Network Find allows you to connect to any RAV system on your network using its IP address or a unique network name. Use Network Find to access RAV units not listed in the System settings include Communication, Regional and Telephone settings. Connections pane, but which reside on the same network. Communication Settings To open the Network Find The Communication Settings window allows yo
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33 32 RAV-Ware — Configuring System Settings RAV-Ware — Configuring System Settings To change the User Name and Password Regional Settings 1. In the Networking tab, click User/Password. In the Regional Settings window, you can configure the date and time to ensure an accurate time stamp on log files. 2. Specify the User name. 3. Type the Password. To open Regional Settings 4. Retype the password to confirm. • Click the Regional Settings icon in the Configuration screen. 5. Click OK to save chang
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35 34 RAV-Ware — Configuring System Settings RAV-Ware — Customizing RAV Components To change telephone preferences Customizing RAV Components 1. In the Preferences tab, set the system to Auto-Answer after 2 Rings or 4 Rings or Your RAV system is pre-configured for optimal audio quality right out of the box. However, select Disabled if you want to manually you can customize the audio and adjust the volume to match user preferences.You can also answer calls. change the mix of audio being sent to t
