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Familiarize yourself with the AV equipment

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AV Cabinet

Power Supply

Leave it turned on.

The green light (outlined below) indicates that the power supply is turned on.

Mac Mini

• When the Mac Mini is on, the light illuminates WHITE, as shown above.

• If you find the Mac Mini turned off, press the power button once.

• The power button is on the back right hand side if you are reaching from the front, as shown below. 

Do not shut down the Mac Mini.

USB Plug-in

On the left side of the lectern when facing the monitor screen, you will see an Anker USB hub. Utilize this for any slide advancers, USB sticks, or other equipment you need to plug in to the computer.

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: Main PC

Input - 2: Not in use

Input - 3: Sony Multi-Region

Input - 4: Guest HDMI

Input - 5: Document Camera

Input - 6: Guest VGA

Input - 7: DVD/VHS

Input - 8: Not in use

Room Audio

Note: Make all audio adjustments on the main PC first.

Each Mac has different icons to find volume button. Here is an example.

• Click on the 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 cross on it (outlined in red).

  • To unmute the computer, click the speaker icon.

• Use the TV remote to turn the volume up or down as needed.

Amplifier

Red circle is the power button, it has a light which indicates when the power is on / off

Green circle is the master volume, audio adjustments for any type of platform can be made there

USB Hub

The USB Hub can be used If there is a need to plugin a USB device into the Main PC.

Sony DVD / Blu-Ray / Multi-Region

The power button is outlined in red.

The disc eject button is outlined in green.

The disc tray is outlined in gold.

• Region Free Blu-ray Region change instructions:

  • Standard DVD Regions 0-8 (region free-code Free)

    • These are set to automatic - just insert the disc and press play.

To change regions

• Blu-ray Regions are changed manually with remote.

  • Turn player on and open the tray.

  • Once the tray is completely open and not moving press a button on the remote to select regions.

    • Zone A: Press the YELLOW button on the remote control.

    • Zone B: Press the BLUE button on the remote control.

    • Zone C: Press the RED button on the remote control.

  • You can now put your disc in the tray and then close the tray.

Troubleshooting:

• If your Disc does not play do the following:

  • Open the tray again and leave the disc in the tray. Once fully open press the color button to select the region. Then close the tray.

  • Firmware updates - Firmware updates can be done via the internet. To update players firmware; go to the home menu, then setup menu, and then go to Software update. You must have the player connected to the internet. Click on Update Via Internet and if there is a new firmware the player will automatically update. DO not turn the player off while it is updating.

DVD/VHS

Press the power button (highlighted in red) to turn on the Sony DVD/VHS player.

Be sure the switch (highlighted in gold) is set to DVD/Video (to the right).

Press the eject button (highlighted in green).

Insert DVD/VHS and hit play.

Document Camera

• Switch the input on the video switcher to the document camera.

• If you do not have a picture on the projector then press the button that is shown below.

Projector

• To turn on the projector, press the power button (outlined in red) once while pointing the remote at the front of the projector.

• To turn off the projector, press the power button twice.

Projector Screen

To raise or lower the projector screen, locate the switch, as shown below.

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