Operating
Multimedia Equipment in the SmartClassrooms
200D, 300A
Getting
Started - Turn on the ceiling mounted projector:
1.
You must get a key to the smart classroom equipment cabinets
from the main office, Room 204.
2. There are two locks on the front door of the tall equipment cabinet. The
key fits the bottom lock.
3. The smartclassrooms have 3 remote controls in cabinet: Projector (Sanyo
or Sharp), VCR (Panasonic) and DVD (Panasonic)
There is also a cordless Logitech mouse.
4. The "Projector" remote control has a power slide switch on its
side - make sure it is on.
Turn on the ceiling mounted projector with the "Projector" remote
control by pointing the remote control towards the front
of the projector and pressing the remote control "on" button.
5. Make sure that the power strip on the very bottom shelf is on.
6.
Make sure the amplifier on the shelf next to the bottom is on. There is a Master
Volume Control switch. (There is also an audio control
for VCR/DVD/Comp)
To project VCR or University
Cable television:
. 1. Ensure that
the VCR (top left inside cabinet) is turned on.
2.
Use the "video" button on the "Projector" remote control
to set the projector to video mode (again pointing remote toward projector)
For 200C, on the "Projector" remote control, under Input Select,
select VIDEO1.
3. At the "Audio
Video Switching System" panel in the top right of cabinet, press the
VCR button.
(The choices labeled on the "Audio Video Switching System are VCR, Comp
Audio, Laptop Audio, DVD (or Spare in 200C)).
4. To hear audio/sound, make sure the amplifier on the next to the last shelf
is on.
5. Either select the cable channel you want using the VCR (see University Cable
channel listing inside left cabinet door)
or insert your VHS tape and press PLAY.
To project
a computer image from cabinet PC or from your laptop:
1. On the "Projector" remote control, press the "computer" button.
For 200C on the "Projector" remote control,under Input Select, select
DATA2.
2. If using the PC in the cabinet , ensure the switchbox labeled "Computer
Video Switch" is set to "A:main" (instead of B:laptop)
3. If using a laptop, find the video cable (on bottom shelf of cabinet) that
is gray, and bound together with another
gray cable labeled "Laptop Audio".) Connect the video cable to
your laptop's video output (probably at the rear of your laptop.)
At the switchbox labeled "Computer Video Switch" (middle of cabinet,select
"B:laptop". You may need to reboot your laptop
before the laptop will display its screen to the projector).
Note: You can plug your laptop into the building network before or after connecting
the video display. If your laptop is not set up to use
the UGA GGS Bldg. network, please contact the system administrator's, Kate
Blane 2-4962 located in Rm. 108.
To play computer audio
from cabinet PC or from your laptop:
1. You can play computer audio from either the PC in the cabinet or from your
laptop over the classroom speakers,
either in addition to, or instead of, displaying the computer screen image with
projector.
2. If using a laptop, find the cable (on bottom shelf of cabinet) labeled
"Laptop Audio". (It is gray, and bound
together with an a gray cable labeled "Laptop Video".) Connect
the audio cable to your laptop's audio output.
3. At the "Audio Video Switching System" in the top right of cabinet,
choose the source for the audio: (3rd button for Comp audio, 4th button
for laptop audio).
Projector Focus
(200C) During
projection, you can focus the projected image by pressing the "LENS" button
on the "Projector" remote control until a focus grid
appears, then use the
large round button to focus, by pressing it from "side to side" (pressing
the button at about 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock.)
Using Laserdisc, DVD,
or other electronic audio/video equipment (200C):
1. Other audio/video equipment can be connected to the projector and speakers.
2. Find the 2 cables bound together (bottom of cabinet) labeled "Aux.
Video/Audio Input".
Plug these into the relative output jacks of the equipment you want to use.
3. At the "Audio Video Switching System" in the top right of cabinet,
select choice "Spare".
Microphone(200C):
1. There is a microphone jack on the outside of the cabinet, near the floor
on the left side. Volume for the microphone is labeled on the Amplifier
unit which is on the last
shelf next to the bottom of the cabinet.
Finishing:
1. When you finish using the projector, turn it off with its remote control.
It will require a couple of minutes to cool down before it can
be turned back on, so please wait until you are completely finished before turning
it off. (Repeatedly pressing the ON button while
it is cooling down may cause projector errors.)
2. When you finish with the room, please replace all equipment and remote
controls in appropriate cabinets, and lock the cabinet.
3. Turn off the equipment - PC, VCR, DVD, etc. It is not necessary, though,
to turn off the power strip.
4. Finally you must return the key to the equipment cabinet to the main
office, Room 204.
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