Duffy 017 Instructions

This classroom is equipped with a video projector and screen, an audio mixer, a switch box to toggle between inputs, a Windows desktop, connections for a laptop, document camera, sound capability, and wired and wireless network access. In each of the rooms, there is a remote control to turn the projector on and off.

This article covers how to:

Turn the Video Projector On

  1. Aim the projector remote control towards the front of the ceiling projector, and press the power button just once. The lights under the projector will flash while the projector warms up. 
    Photo of the video projector remote with the Power Button highlighted.
     
  2. Initially, if the screen is blue, press the Source Search button on the remote control to locate the source. 
    Photo of the projector remote with the Source Search button highlighted.

Control Inputs

  1. Locate the BlackBox switch behind the monitor on the instructor's podium. 
    Photo of the instrors podium in Duffy 017, highlighting the location of the BlackBox switch box.
     
  2. Using the first three buttons, you can choose your input on the BlackBox switch box. 
    Close-up photo of the BlackBox switch box in Duffy 017 with the first three buttons highlighted.

Display the Instructor's PC

To display the screen from the instructor's PC on the podium, please:

  1. Turn on the desktop computer located on the podium.
  2. Press and release the first button, labeled 1 COMP (also labeled SEL 1) on the BlackBox control panel to project the image from the instructor's PC to the video projection screen. 
    Photo of the BlackBox switch box with the 1 COMP (aka SEL 1) button highlighted.
  3. So long as the video projector is turned on, the image from the instructor PC on the podium will display on the screen. 

Display the Instructor's Laptop (VGA)

  1. Connect your laptop to the VGA cable [1] on the podium and turn on your laptop.
    Photo of an audio cable, usb cable, and vga cable with the vga cable highlighted.
     
  2. Press and release the 2 Laptop button (also labeled SEL 2) on the BlackBox control panel to project the image from the instructor's PC to the video projection screen. 
    Photo of the BlackBox switch box with the laptop button highlighted.
     
  3. So long as the video projector is turned on, the image from the instructor laptop on the podium will display on the screen. 

Control Room Volume

The room volume is set, and we ask you not to adjust any knobs on the audio mixer.

Please use the audio controls on the room's desktop PC or your laptop to control the room volume. 

Troubleshooting Laptop Mirroring

If you don't get a picture on both your laptop and the projector screen:

  • Windows - Press the following laptop keys simultaneously, and then select the projection option you want:  
  • Mac OS X - navigate to System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement and then check off Mirror Displays.

Turn the Video Projector Off

  1. Aim the projector remote control towards the front of the ceiling projector, and press the power button just once. The lights under the projector will flash while the projector shuts down. 
    Photo of the video projector remote with the Power button highlighted.
     
  2. PLEASE NOTE: You cannot restart the system until the projector cools down (and the OFF light stops flashing). This will take approximately 2 minutes.
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