Multimedia Desk

CAPABILITIES

LCD Projection, Laptop Computer Connections, Multimedia Desk/Lectern, Document Camera, CD, DVD, VHS, Microphone Input

CONTROLS

On the top of the desk there is a computer interface screen, touch the screen and it will turn on and display the control interface

LAPTOP COMPUTER PROJECTION

Connect the desk's VGA cable (attached to the desk under the black plate at the top rear of the desk) to the VGA port of your laptop computer. Turn on your computer, press the Projection On, and PC buttons on the desk's touch screen.
The desk also has computer audio and Ethernet jacks, as well as two AC outlets. Note: Before using any application that accesses the University network through either a public Ethernet or wireless port, you must first open an internet browser application and login to the page that you are automatically directed to with your UTEID. If you have forgotten your UTEID, please visit the UTEID Self-Service Tools page for assistance.

DVD PLAYER

On the rear side of the desk is a slot-loading DVD/CD player. The controls for this unit are available on the desk's touch screen

Desk/Lectern Operation

Press and hold the Lectern Up/Down buttons on the desk interface to raise and lower the desk to your preferred height.

Laptop Projection Instructions

• The desk has built-in power outlets, PC Audio and Ethernet (UT network and internet access) cables, and a built-in VGA video cable to connect your laptop to the LCD Projector.
• To connect your laptop computer, simply plug in the desk's VGA cable (supplied under the black plate on the desktop) to the VGA port of your laptop computer. If you have audio in your presentation you will also need to connect the available PC audio cable.
• Turn on your computer, press the Projection On, and PC buttons on the desk's touch screen. If your laptop's screen appears on the room's screen you are ready to go, if not, you may need to mirror your laptop's screen onto the projector. To do this on a Dell computer, hit the FN and F8 keys at the same time until you see your laptop content on the screen. Hitting FN-F8 successively will scroll through the available viewing choices. The command to mirror your laptop's screen may be different on other manufacturer's computers, if you have any questions please consult this PDF chart.

Video Projection

PROJECTION ON

Turns on the LCD projector. While the projector starts up, the Projection Off button may be blanked out for up to 2 minutes.

PROJECTION OFF

Turns off the LCD projector. The projector will wait 90 seconds before it can be turned on again after it has been turned off.

PROJECTOR AUTO-ADJUST

This button will auto-adjust the screen image.

Source Selection

• Press the Projection On button and then the source button that you wish to use.
• There are additional instructions for the PC, DVD, CD, Doc Cam and VHS sources on this page.

BLANK

Blanks the image on the projection screen, so that the audience cannot see the projected image temporarily. This button will not turn the projector off.

PC

Selects the Laptop PC input to be displayed on the screen.

DOC CAM

Selects the document camera input to be displayed on the screen.

DVD/CD

Selects the desk's slot-loading DVD/CD player to be displayed on the screen. This button also brings up the DVD/CD controls in the center of the touch panel interface.

VHS

Selects the desk's VHS player to be displayed on the screen. This button also brings up the VHS controls in the center of the touch panel interface.

Lights

LIGHTS

These controls turn the ceiling lights on or off, and adjust their brightness.

SPOT

Turns the lectern spotlight on or off, and adjusts its brightness.

Screen, Lectern, Microphone and Volume Controls

SCREEN

Raises and lowers the projection screen. To stop the screen at any point, press the button again.

LECTERN

Raises and lowers the desk to allow for desk or lectern use.

MICROPHONE

The Microphone Up/Down buttons adjust the microphone volume (microphones may be checked out at Media Support).

VOLUME

These controls adjust the overall volume for the PC, DVD, and Auxiliary sources. Additional volume adjustments for your laptop PC may be done on the computer itself.

DVD Controls

• There are two screens to control DVD use. The uppermost screen on the right appears when the DVD/CD source button is pressed. The lower screen on the right with advanced DVD controls appears when the video image is pressed on the touch screen. To return to the main interface screen, press the video image again.

DVD INSTRUCTIONS

To use the DVD/CD source, Insert your DVD disk into the slot on the rear side of the desk and press the Projection On and DVD/CD buttons on the main interface. The DVD can take up to a minute to load so please be patient.

DVD CONTROLS - Main Screen Interface

Press the triangular play button to play the DVD. The square button stops the DVD, the button with two vertical lines pauses the DVD, the arrow buttons with vertical lines skip to the next or previous movie chapter, the double triangle buttons fast forwards or reverses through the movie, and the triangular button with a line underneath ejects the DVD. The Subtitles button brings up the subtitles menu, and repeatedly pushing the button cycles through your available language options.

DVD CONTROLS - Full Screen Interface (Touch Image)

On this page you have additional DVD controls. The Menu button goes to the DVD's main menu. The triangular arrow buttons in the North, South, East and West positions navigate through a DVD disk's menu options, and the Enter button selects the DVD option that is highlighted. The Menu button returns to a DVD disk's main menu.

VOLUME

Adjusts the overall presentation volume.

ERROR EXPLANATIONS

An icon shaped like a white circle with a diagonal line through it indicates that the DVD player accepted the command that you issued, but the DVD disk does not allow it's execution (e.g. trying to skip the FBI warning on a movie.) "No Disk" indicates that the DVD player cannot recognize the disk. Try ejecting and re-inserting the DVD disk.

 
 Main Screen Interface
 

 Full Screen Interface
 

CD Controls

CD PLAYER INSTRUCTIONS

Insert your CD disk into the slot on the left leg of the desk and press the DVD/CD source button on the main interface. It is not necessary to turn the projector on for an audio-only CD. The CD can take up to a minute to load so please be patient.

CD PLAYER CONTROLS

Press the triangular play button to play the CD. The square button stops the CD, the double arrow buttons fast-forward and rewind the CD, the button with two vertical lines pauses the CD, and the triangular button with a line underneath ejects the CD.

VOLUME

Adjusts the overall presentation volume.

Doc Cam (Document Camera) Controls

DOC CAM INSTRUCTIONS

To operate the Document Camera (Doc Cam) source, press the Projection On and Doc Cam buttons on the main interface. The Auto Adjust button on the interface screen will automatically adjust the LCD projector's image.

CONNECTING/SETTING UP DOC CAM

To connect the portable Document Camera to the desk, plug the Ethernet and power cables attached to the camera into the pop-up connection port on the desktop (see Doc Cam Connected to Desk photo on right.)
To set up the Doc Cam, refer to the Setting Up illustration on the right which demonstrates how to pull the Doc Cam into its working position. The light gray tab next to the arrow in the picture is the Pull Pad which when lifted will turn the Doc Cam on automatically.
If you have turned the unit on but you do not see your image, make sure that the EXT/INT light (see button #7 below) is OFF.

SLIDE USE

Rotating the camera head so that the lens is aimed at the slide light field (the slide-sized white rectangle towards the rear of the unit in the top illustration on the right) will set the camera to Slide. The Zoom will auto zoom to the slide size. To use the camera with a document again, gently rotate the head until you feel a slight click, this is the optimized position for document projection. The Zoom will return to your last zoom setting.

DOC CAM CONTROLS

The document camera can be controlled through either the lectern's interface screen, or by the buttons on the unit itself.

DOC CAM SCREEN

The Camera buttons turn the Doc Cam on and off. The Focus buttons manually focus the Doc Cam, the Zoom buttons zoom in/out on the document, and the Auto Focus button will automatically focus the Doc Cam. The Light button controls the Doc Cam's onboard light.

DOC CAM BUTTONS

• Refer to the "Doc Cam Buttons" illustration on right

1. LIGHT BUTTON
   Located on the right side of the base and towards the rear, the light button switches between top light, slide light field and light off. The LIGHT button also works as One Push White Balance key if pressed for 2 seconds.
2. POWER BUTTON
   The Doc Cam will automatically turn on when it's camera arm has been extended, however this button which is located on the right side of the base and towards the back will manually switch the unit on and off.
3. ZOOM WHEEL
   The ZOOM WHEEL can be found on the camera head. Holding the zoom wheel lightly down will zoom closer to your object, and holding it lightly up will zoom out from your object. The more you turn the ZOOM WHEEL, the faster the unit will zoom in or out.
4. MANUAL FOCUS BUTTONS
   When the Manual FOCUS keys are pressed the Doc Cam switches off the autofocus function. Using the Auto focus button switches the autofocus function on again.
5. AUTO FOCUS (AF) BUTTONS
   Switches the auto focus on and off. The AF light indicates if the AF is switched on.
6. FREEZE BUTTONS
   Freezes the current image. The FREEZE light indicates if the FREEZE mode is activated.
7. EXT/INT BUTTON
   Switches between the Doc Cam image and an external input. The EXT/IN light indicates that a signal from the external input is being displayed. If the unit is on, but you are not using an external source and you do not see your image, make sure that the EXT/INT light is OFF.

 Main Screen Interface
 

 Doc Cam Connected to Desk
 

 Setting Up
 

 Doc Cam Buttons
 

VHS Controls

• There are two screens to control the VCR for VHS tape use. The uppermost screen on the right appears inset within the main interface when the VHS source button is pressed. The lower screen on the right appears full screen when the video image is pressed on the touch screen, and it has advanced controls for the VHS tape player. To return to the main interface screen, press the video image again.

VHS TAPE INSTRUCTIONS

To operate the VHS tape source, Insert your VHS tape into the desk's VCR and press the Projector On and VHS buttons on the main interface.

VCR CONTROLS

Press the triangular play button to play the tape. The square button stops the tape, the double arrow buttons fast-forward and rewind the tape, the button with two vertical lines pauses the tape and the triangular button with a line underneath ejects the VHS tape.

TIMER

This button toggles the onscreen timer display through 3 states: Off, Time that the tape has been playing, and Remaining time.

BLANK

This button toggles the display from the projector on and off (e.g. for cueing a tape) but does not turn the projector itself off.

VOLUME

Adjusts the overall presentation volume, push the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons for adjustment.

 Main Screen Interface
 

 Full Screen Interface