H109 - Computer/Video Projector Directions

Please follow these directions STEP-BY-STEP for success

 

1.        Lower the electric projection screen with the switch on the wall.  Use the “Large Screen” switch.

2.        Turn on the “MAIN POWER” switch located in the top right corner of the equipment cabinet.

3.        Turn on the projector: On the Projector Control panel on the wall press the “Display Power” button once.

4.        WAIT until the RED light stops blinking.  The RED light blinks to indicate the projector in on and warming up.

5.        Follow one of the choices below:

Use your own LAPTOP computer

View a VIDEOTAPE or DVD

 

1.        On the Projector Control panel press the “Computer 1” input.

Don’t turn on your computer yet!

2.        Connect your laptop to the projector using the Computer Video cable (located in the drawer in the cabinet).  Connect one end to your laptop’s monitor output and the other end to the wall plate at the front of the room.  The proper input is labeled “Computer 1 and Laptop”.

3.        If you need network access connect one end of the Ethernet cable (located in the drawer in the cabinet, if you do not have your own) to the network jack on your laptop and the other end to the Ethernet jack on the wall.  The active wall jack is typically marked with a little round red sticker.

4.        If you need sound from your laptop to come out of the room’s speakers, connect the mini-plug on one end of the computer video cable to the speaker output jack on your laptop and connect the other end to the audio jack just below the “Projector” input on the wall plate.

5.        Turn on your laptop computer.

6.        You may have to adjust your laptop’s settings to get the image onto the projector. On a PC use the FUNCTION-F key combination  (look for a little TV screen, “LCD” or “display” on the function keys).  On a MAC laptop you may have to “arrange the monitors” and/or turn on video mirroring in the control strip.

7.        Adjust the sound volume with the “VOLUME” controls on the “Projector Control” plate.

 

1.        On the Projector Control panel select the “VCR” or “DVD” input.

 

2.        Turn on the VCR/DVD power.

 

3.        Insert your videotape or DVD disc. 

 

4.        Push “PLAY” on the VCR or DVD to start the video.*

 

5.        Adjust the volume of the video with the “Volume” buttons on the “Projector Control” panel.

 

6.        The remote control for the VCR/DVD is in the drawer.  You can also control functions on the projector control panel.

 

*Note for DVD:

 

You’ll probably need the remote control to play a DVD and to navigate around the DVD’s menus.

 

 

Important!   Turn off the projector when you are done:

 

1.        Turn OFF the video projector! Press the power button on the “Projector Control” panel once.  The RED light blinks.  This is normal.

The fan on the projector will run for several minutes.  This is normal.  Turning off the “MAIN POWER’ at the top right of the

cabinet will not turn off the projector; you must use the power button on the “Projector Control” panel.

2.        If applicable: Stop and eject your videotape or DVD and turn off the power on the VCR or DVD.

3.        If applicable: Unhook the video and/or Ethernet cable(s) from your laptop computer, coil them up, and return them to the drawer.

4.        Turn off the “MAIN POWER’ at the top right of the cabinet.

5.        Lock the cabinet.

6.        Raise the projection screen.


Problems with the projector?             Call Audio Visual Services at X1193

Problems with your computer?          Call Academic Computing at X1045

 


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