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Document Cameras

We now have AverVision 300p document cameras available at all OC campuses.
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Audio Visual Technology In OC Classrooms

Guide - classrooms with LCD projector remotes
Guide - classrooms with Crestron control panels
Guide - classrooms with Crestron touch panels
Guide - theater - how to use th AV equipment
Macs and LCD projectors/displays

LCD Projection
We're working towards having a ceiling mounted LCD projector, DVD/VHS player and sound system installed in all OC classrooms.
Here's how the standard model is designed to work.
When you walk into the room you'll see an LCD projector mounted in the ceiling. Look for the projector remote somewhere at the front of the room.

Connecting To Your Computer
There should be a long cable coming out of the wall somewhere at the front of the room. This cable contains connectors for your laptop computer display, network connection and audio.

Connect the 15-pin VGA cable to the monitor output on your laptop.

Connect the network cable to the network port on your laptop (optional - you can also run your laptop on the wireless network).

Connect the 3.5mm stereo audio plug to the headphone jack on your computer (optional).

Connect the ungrounded extension cord to the AC adapter of your computer (optional).

Start Up Your Computer.
If you're not plugged into the network cable, remember to select Workstation only when you log onto your computer. Usually, by turning on the projector first, connecting the laptop, then starting the laptop, the computer will automatically recognize that there's a second monitor and show whatever's on the laptop screen up on the projection screen. If it doesn't, press Fn-F7 (for IBM laptops). This will either cycle through the various screen options, or launch the presentation manager where you can choose to display on both the laptop LCD screen and the projector (in 1024 x768 resolution).

DVD/VCR
To show a DVD or VHS tape, press the Video button on the projector remote. This will send the signal from the DVD/VCR to the projector. Adjust the audio level using the volume knob on the audio amplifier in the cabinet.

Audio
Audio for your computer (if you've plugged the cable into the headphone jack) is controlled from both the computer audio controls and the volume knob on the audio amplifier in the cabinet.

Turning off the projector:
Press the off button on the projector remote. An on-screen message will ask you to confirm the shutdown. Note: once you turn off the projector it goes into a cooldown mode and you can't turn it again again for a couple of minutes.

Classroom Controls
Some classrooms have a Crestron control panel that you use to turn on the projector and select its inputs. Somewhere at the front of the room you'll find a cabinet. Inside that cabinet you'll find the DVD/VCR and a long cable to connect to your laptop.
Near the cabinet you'll find a Crestron control panel. Eventually they will be wall-mounted, but for now, some rooms just have them on a piece of plywood.
Press the button labeled PC on the Crestron control panel for about 2 seconds. The light beside the button will flash and after a few more seconds you'll hear a beep from the projector. This is a good time to set up your laptop and just leave the Crestron and the projector to sort themselves out. (it takes about 2 minutes for them to get settled down - if you start pressing more buttons on the Crestron controller, they just get confused).

Pressing the Video button sends the signal from the DVD/VHS player to the projector.
Audio can be controlled with the volume knob on the Crestron control panel.

Turning off the system:
Press and hold the PC button on the Crestron controller for about 5 seconds. The projector will go dark and the fan will get louder as it cools down.

There are, of course, exceptions to this standard install.

Some classrooms do not have their sound system fully installed yet, so if you want to play audio from your laptop, you'll need a set of portable speakers.
Some classrooms have a more sophisticated Crestron touch panel that controls a powered screen, LCD projector, document camera and choose between the desktop PC and a separate laptop connection.

Kelowna:	H115	C234	C240	C272
Vernon:	D212	theatre

Other exceptions include: KLO Theatre S104, Penticton Theatre PL109

How To Select Subtitles on DVD/VHS combo players

To access subtitles on any of the DVD/VHS combo players use the following information.

Startup LCD Projector using the white NEC Remote. Turn on the DVD/VCR, open the disk tray to receive the new DVD disk. Once the disk is read by the DVD/VCR player, press the stop button [] on the Sony player or the Sony remote control device which stops the unit but does not turn off the DVD/VCR player. On the Sony remote select the Menu button or the Top Menu button of the remote while pointing the Sony remote control device at the Sony DVD/VCR Player in the cabinet. Do Not Point the DVD/VCR remote at the projector as it will not care. The NEC projector will ignore that signal that the Sony player tries to send, only the DVD/VCR will access that signal request and perform what you wanted.

Once you have the Movies' Main Menu of the DVD disk displayed select the Language Options Menu or Disk Options Menu or Accessory Menu or the Subtitles Menu. It will depend on what the Movies' manufacturer choose to design to provide access to the movies subtitles track. It may be the Soundtrack Options menu, if nothing else works. Once you select the Subtitles option then select what language you want, select that item and then go back to the Main Menu and choose Play Menu, and subtitles will appear.

(This information also pertains to the Samsung DVD/VCR Combo players.)

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