the first thing to do when you receive your huddlepod air is read through the
included manual note your huddlepod air includes a three year warranty and if
you ever have questions about how this product operates you can always call our
support team as you unbox your huddlepod air you will find the speakerphone the
wireless USB receiver and neoprene travel case the user manual a USB
charging block and a USB 2.0 cable which is used for charging now it is time to
charge your wireless speakerphone a fully charged huddlepod air can operate
for seven hours of audio conferencing many times users will connect the
included USB charging cable to a power source instead of relying on the battery
power when one end of the USB cable is inserted into the USB port on the device
and the other end to the USB port on the computer or to a USB power supply power
will be supplied to the device and the built-in battery will be charged at the
same time the device will be powered on automatically upon full charging the
bottom right indicator will turn orange and stay on when in standby mode in case
of low battery during use the LEDs above the buttons will begin to flash in this
case use the USB cable to charge the built in battery as soon as possible
once your huddlepod air is significantly charged or connected to a power source
directly it is time to connect your wireless USB 2.0 transceiver this device
is compatible with the following operating systems Microsoft Windows
Android and Mac OS X a USB 2.0 or higher port is required the USB wireless
adapter supplied with the device is plug-and-play without the need of a
custom driver installation note this 2.4 gigahertz wireless digital conference
phone is ideal for high end audio / video conferencing you will notice is
perfect for any software based conferencing system as soon as you plug
it in tip the huddle pod air should make itself the default speaker for your
computer once it is plugged in you can check this out in the sound settings by
right-clicking the speaker icon and clicking open sound settings and windows
you can manually select your default microphone and speaker settings inside
your sound control panel once plugged in the huddlepod air will be made available
to your favorite conferencing software let's open up Skype and try it out press
and hold the power button until the device is turned on and enter standby
mode in this state the bottom-right blue lights blinks continuously waiting for a
receiver to be connected when the USB wireless adapter is connected to the USB
port on the computer the USB driver will be automatically recognized on the
computer the triangular blue light will now stop
blinking and stay on suggesting a successful wireless connection between
the device and the computer note only connect one speaker device to the PC at
a time connect the USB wireless adapter directly to the PC rather than through a
USB hub or some operational problems can arise
now that our huddlepod air is connected to our computer let's review the
available buttons on top of our speaker phone from left to right we have speaker
mute volume down power on/off volume up and microphone mute you will notice that
there are LED lights indicators above each button on top of the huddlepod air
the LED corresponding to the button will illuminate when toggled on for example
the LED will illuminate over the mute microphone mute button when muted when
the loudspeaker is set within its normal operating parameters these lights are
off when the built-in battery level is low the LEDs above the buttons will
begin to flash when fully charged the orange light stays on when in standby
mode this device can be used as an external speaker for computer equipment
using music player software on the computer you can hear music playback
through the speaker on the device also a headphone can be connected to the 3.5
millimeter audio output port on the device or an active speaker can be
connected to realize high quality amplification of wider range speech
broadcasting and music playback you have now successfully set up your huddlepod
air if you have questions about your huddlepod air feel free to give us a
call on the phone number listed on our website or open up a support ticket and
help.huddlecamHD.com enjoy