49Once a group is active for management microphones can be added to it. Selectany microphone currently in another group listed in the left column, and dragit over to the right column to add it to the active group.To remove a microphone you can mouse over the microphone you want toremove, and click the “x” symbol on the top right, automatically adding thatmicrophone to the “Default” group.To define the mute behavior for the active group select the mute behavior fromthe Mute Type drop down list(6), see page 93 for information on the differentmute group options.The “Unmute at Startup” checkbox (7) next to the Mute Type menu determineswhether microphones start unmuted when linking to the base, or muted.Chairman microphones provide a separate level of control to one microphone ina group. Independent of the selected mute group behavior, the chairmanmicrophone in any group can mute all other microphones in that group. Achairman mute cannot be undone by the non-chairman microphones. Thechairman has to unmute the group before the mute button on the othermicrophones can control the mute behavior again.Chairman mute passes through three stages. First, the chairman mutes allmicrophones except itself. Touching the mute area again, all microphones inthe group, including the chairman, are being muted. The next touch on themute area will unmute all microphones. Please note that while the chairmanmutes all other microphones in the group except itself, the green LED on themicrophone blinks in a more rapid pattern to identify this stage. Even whenconstant LED mute behavior is selected, in this case the LED will blink green.When the group is not in Chairman Microphone mute, the microphones reactas defined in the mute setting for the group.To select a chairman microphone, move the mouse to hover over thatmicrophone and the chairman symbol will appear under the microphone.Click on the chairman symbol to make that microphone chairman. To removechairman rights from that microphone, click on the symbol again.When selecting a microphone as the chairman, mute settings for the group willautomatically change to “Individual Mute” and “Unmute at Startup”. Thesesettings can be changed afterwards if required.Only one chairman microphone may exist in any one group. Setting anothermicrophone in the group as chairman will revoke the previous chairman’srights and transfer it to the new chairman microphone. Similarly, only onechairman can be active in groups shared across a Cluster. If a chairman is