AV Equipment

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AMX System Screens

AMX System Start Screen
AMX System Main Menu
This is a touch screen. Touch the "To Main Menu" option to continue. Sytem Power - options for switching on or off the AMX system
Source - select the source of the video feed
Screen - raise or lower the display screen
Volume - increase or decrease the speaker volume
   
AMX System Startup/Shutdown
LCD Projector Use Prompt


Power Up - turns on the system
(The "Shut Down" option does not shutdown the above menu screen)
This appears when you select the source option.
Press yes to turn on the projector.
   
Projector Warmup Screen
Source Selection Menu
Once the LCD projector is selected, please wait until the projector warms up. Do not shut down the LCD projector in between. Also, WAIT at least five minutes before switching the projector on after it is switched off. This helps extend the projector life. Appears when the source button is touched. PC will either be the rack mounted PC or the notebook if connected. This is usually controlled by the KVM switch which can shift between different sources.
   
Microphone and Speaker Volume Controls
 

 
Appears when the volume button is touched.  

AMX Wall Unit

The AMX wall unit contains 4 components. The VHS cassette player is at the bottom. The DVD player is located above it. The ports for auxillary video and audio above it and the rack mounted computer at the top. Appropriate video/audio source can be selected using the AMX screen menu shown above.

Projectors


This kind of projector remote has a pull-down cover on some of its controls.

Projector Operation (for projectors not controlled by AMX system)

  • Turn on by pressing green button when facing the projector. Hold button down just until something changes in the projector lens. Release button or projector will take up to 5 minutes to reset.
  • If there is no picture, try pressing the RGB button. The picture on the computer is connected to the projector through RGB#1
  • If there is a fuzzy picture, the video button may be been pressed. To correct this, press RGB#1.
  • To turn off projector, press green button when facing the projector until you see something in the lens change. The fan will continue running.
    Do not use markers on projector screens, drop down screens or desktop cameras.

KVM Switch

The KVM switches in Engineering school classroom have already been configured to use Port 1 for main computer, Port 2 for laptop, Port 3 for Document Camera and Port 4 for auxilary input. Please do NOT alter this configuration.

Document Camera

The document camera can be used to project any written documents on the screen. Do not use markers on the document cameras.

Microphone

This is the the microphone and the wireless transmitter. The microphone can be attached to the users shirt. The transmitter has a small toggle switch which controls the mute and unmute operations. Make sure that this switch does not point to mute while in operation.

USB Switch

This 4 port USB hub can be used to connect peripherals such as USB drives. The devices can then be accessed from the desktop PC.

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