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Akers Hall- Room 138 (Podium)- Quick Reference Guide

To see how the remote for the projector in this room works, click here.
Please note: All remote controls are located in the cabinet.

 

Using a laptop computer

  1. Lower the projection screen.
  2. Connect the VGA monitor cable (attached to the side of the podium) to the VIDEO OUT port of the laptop.
  3. If desired, attach an ethernet cable (user supplied) from the laptop computer into the ethernet connection (located on the side of the podium near the VGA monitor cable).
  4. If desired, attach an audio cable (user supplied) from the laptop computer into the audio connector (RCA connector located on the side of the podium near the VGA monitor cable).
  5. Turn on your laptop computer. In order to activate the external video port you may have to press a set of keyboard keys on your laptop. For example, on all Dell laptops you hold down the "FN" and "F8" keys.
  6. Using the SHARP remote control, press and hold down the ON button for 2 seconds to turn on the projector.
  7. Press the COMPUTER 1 button on the remote control. The computer image should now be visible on the projection screen. If you don't see your computer image check to make sure that your external video port on your laptop has been activated.
  8. If using audio from the laptop, adjust the volume controls on the amplifier located in the cabinet.
  9. Before leaving the classroom please turn off the video/data projector. The off button must be pressed 2 times to turn off the projector.

 

Using the VCR / DVD Combo Player

  1. Lower the projection screen.
  2. Open the Video Cabinet .
  3. Point the SHARP remote control towards the video/data projector . Press and hold down the ON button for 2 seconds to turn on the projector.
  4. Press the "V" (VIDEO) button on the remote control until the word VIDEO is visible on the screen.
  5. Point the VCR/DVD remote control towards the player and press the POWER switch to turn on the VCR/DVD player. Make sure the TV/DVD-VIDEO switch on the remote is set to DVD-VIDEO.
  6. Ensure that the A/B Switch Box is in the "A" position (VCR/DVD).

 

Playing a Videotape

  1. To playback a videotape, press the SELECT VIDEO button to control the VCR.
  2. Press the INPUT SELECT switch on the remote control until L1 appears on the VCR/DVD's LED control panel window.
  3. Place the videotape slowly into the VCR (VCR will start playing the tape automatically). If closed-captioned programming is desired, make sure the closed-captioned decoder box is turned on , otherwise, make sure the decoder box is turned off
  4. Adjust the volume control located on the amplifier.
  5. Before leaving the classroom please turn off the video/data projector. The off button must be pressed 2 times to turn off the projector.

 

Playing a DVD

  1. To playback a DVD, press the SELECT DVD on the VCR/DVD remote control button to control the DVD.
  2. Press the INPUT SELECT switch on the remote control until L1 appears on the VCR/DVD's LED control panel window.
  3. Push the EJECT button on the remote or on the VCR/DVD player.
  4. Insert the disc into the tray.
  5. Press the PLAY button (the tray will close and start playing the disk automatically). If closed-captioned programming is desired, make sure the closed-captioned decoder box is turned on , otherwise, make sure the decoder box is turned off.
  6. Adjust the volume control located on the amplifier.
  7. Before leaving the classroom please turn off the video/data projector. The off button must be pressed 2 times to turn off the projector.

 

Using the VCR/DVD for campus cable (IPTV) broadcast

  1. Press the INPUT SELECT switch on the remote control until a channel number appears on the VCR/DVD's LED control panel window. If closed-captioned programming is desired, make sure the closed-captioned decoder box is turned on, otherwise, make sure the decoder box is turned off.
  2. Adjust to the desired channel number using the remote control.
  3. Adjust the volume controls on the amplifier (located in the cabinet).
  4. Before leaving the classroom please turn off the video/data projector. The off button must be pressed 2 times to turn off the projector.

 

  

 

 

Closed Captioning  

  1. To display Closed Caption text on screen, turn knob to CC1.
  2. Before leaving the classroom please turn OFF Closed Caption.

 

 

 


Using an external device

(document camera, camcorder, etc.)

  1. Lower the projection screen.
  2. Using the SHARP remote control, press and hold down the ON button for 2 seconds to turn on the projector.
  3. Press the "V" (VIDEO) button on the remote control until the word VIDEO is visible on the screen.
  4. Plug the power cord from the video device into the AC Plug located on the top right side of the podium.
  5. Connect the video and audio (if applicable) cable(s) from the external device into the inputs located on the top right side of the cart near the VGA monitor cable.
  6. Point the VCR remote control towards the VCR and press the POWER switch to turn on the VCR.
  7. Ensure that the A/B Switch (located in the cabinet) is set to the "B" position.
  8. Press the Input button on the remote control until L1 appears on the projection screen.
  9. Please turn off the projector by pressing the OFF button TWICE on the SHARP remote control.

 

 

 

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Last Updated Nov 6th, 2009