ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 20109 Firstedition 2016-12-01 Simultaneous interpreting Equipment Requirements Interprétation simultanée - Equipement - Exigences ? . ..~. .~ Reference number A IS0 20109:2016(E) ISO @IS02016 IS0 20109:2016(E) 2 ? COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2016, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior writtenpermission.PermissioncanberequestedfromeitherIsOattheaddressbeloworIso'smemberbodyinthecountryof therequester. ISO copyright office Ch.de Blandonnet8.CP401 CH-1214 Vernier,Geneva, Switzerland Tel.+4122749 0111 Fax+41227490947 [email protected] www.iso.org ii @IS02016-All rightsreserved IS0 20109:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword .V Introduction vi 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references 1 3 Terms and definitions 1 4 Overall interpreting system .2 4.1 General. 2 4.2 Frequency response 2 4.3 Amplitude nonlinearity 3 4.4 Noise and hum. 3 4.5 Hearing protection. 3 4.6 Level consistencyacross channels 3 5 Interpreter console 3 5.1 General. 3 5.2 Headphones/headsetconnector 3 5.3 Console dimensions.. 4 5.4 Indicator lights 5 5.5 Buttons. 5.6 Visual display 5 5.7 Listening section 5 5.7.1 Incoming channel pre-selection 5 5.7.2 Incomingchannelselection 6 5.7.3 Volume control 6 5.7.4 Tonecontrols 6 5.8 Monitoring section. 6 5.8.1 Monitor loudspeaker. 6 5.8.2 Channel pre-selection 6 5.8.3 Volume control 6 5.9 6 5.9.1 Microphone ON/OFF button 6 5.9.2 Push-to-mute button. 7 5.10 Outgoing channel section. 5.10.1 Outgoing channel pre-selection 7 5.10.2 Outgoing channel selection 7 5.10.3 Audience indicator 7 5.11 Communications section 1 5.11.1 Slow-down button 5.11.2 Incoming message indicator 8 5.11.3 Incoming call indicator. 8 5.11.4 System clock. 8 6 Microphones 8 6.1 Interpreter console microphone 8 6.2 Interpretermicrophonebehaviour 8 6.3 Conferencemicrophone 9 6.4 Ambient microphone 9 ..~. Interpreters'headphones/headset 9 7.1 Headphones 9 7.2 Headset 5 8 Portable interpreting system 10 8.1 General 10 8.2 Microphones/Transmitters 10 IS0 2016 - All rights reserved ili