SMC A205

Familiarize yourself with the AV Equipment

Power Supply

Leave turned on.

Main PC

When the PC is on, the light illuminates WHITE, if you find the PC turned off, press the power button once. 

Do not shut down the main PC.

When finished, log off of the main PC.

Troubleshooting the computer:

If you think the PC is unresponsive, press and hold the power button for a few seconds to force a shut down, wait a few seconds, and then press the power button once to turn it on.

Video Switcher

The video switcher helps select between multiple incoming video sources.

• Identify the correct input number for your device connection and select it by pressing the appropriate button

• The active selection is backlit with a red light

Input - 1: Blu-Ray / Multi-Region Player

Input - 2: Document Camera

Input - 3: Guest HDMI

Input - 4: Not in use

Input - 5: Guest VGA

Input - 6: Not in use

Input - 7: Not in use

Input - 8: Main PC

Room Audio

Note: Make all audio adjustments on the main PC.

• Click the speaker icon (outlined in red).

• Drag the slider on the bar left to turn down and right to turn up the volume (outlined in green).

The computer volume is muted if you see the speaker icon with an “x” next to it (outlined in red/green).

• To unmute the computer, click the speaker icon with the “x” that is outlined in green.

Amplifier

No controls available.

Blu-Ray Player

Document Camera

Projector

To turn on: Press the power button once. Wait for the projection to load. Might take a minute.

To turn off: Press the power button, watch for the text that will show up in the projection. Press the power button again to fully turn it off.

Freeze: This button will “freeze” the projection. The display will stay the same regardless of what you do in the computer. Press the button again to “unfreeze” and the projection will go on as usual.

Projector Screen

The projector “screen” is a whiteboard in A205.

Interactive Features

You can project from the main computer, guest laptop, video device, or document camera and annotate over your projected content using the interactive pens. You can use one pen, both pens at the same time, or a combination of pens.

1. Project an image from a connected device. You see the toolbar on the bottom of the projected image.

2. To move the toolbar to the right, left, top, or bottom of the screen, use the pen to drag it to the desired location.

3. To switch to one of the other interactive modes, do one of the following:

   1. To split the screen with whiteboard mode, select the Whiteboard icon on the toolbar.
      

      

   2. To switch to PC Interactive mode, switch to the input source for the connected computer or select the PC Interactivity icon on the toolbar and make sure it is set to ‘On’ if the computer is already connected.
      

      

   3. To show or hide the toolbar, select the up/down icon.
      

      

Back to top