Operating instructions for AV system in 409L.

1. The room lights are controlled from an array of buttons on the back panel of the table to the right of the lectern.
2. If the screen on the right of the lectern is dark, touch it till it comes on.
3. The first screen mainly says to touch the screen; touch it until you get the login screen.
4. As far as I know, everyone uses the same username and password.  You can obtain it by asking others who have used the system, or by calling the phone number indicated on this screen (7-1515).  There is a phone just outside the door into the lecture room.
5. Enter the username<enter>, then the password <enter>
6. From the screen asking for a choice between video conferencing and a presentation, choose presentation.
7. From the next screen asking for a selection of slides or video presentation, choose video.  I presume the slides option refers to operating the 2x2 slide projectors.
8. The next screen selects a variety of equipment that can be used.  For a powerpoint presentation, from your own laptop choose "laptop".
• I believe you can bring your presentation on just a floppy disk, or zip disk, or CD-ROM, and use the computer which is in the cabinet on the floor just to the right of the lectern.  If you press "console" rather than "laptop" and turn on the computer on the floor, Windows 2000 boots up on the screen on the left of the lectern, and your keyboard and mouse are in the tray that slides out of the lectern.  Windows 2000 requires yet again a different password, which I presume requires another phone call to obtain.
9. Assuming that you brought your own computer: On the next screen:
• Wait for the system to finish initializing.
• Select "computer" in the upper left.
• On the menu appearing on the bottom of the screen, select "laptop"
• Underneath laptop, select "table".
• Plug your laptop into the cable coming from the port on the table at the right labeled "laptop" and turn it on..
• If your laptop is on, but the projector displays "no signal", then you may have to activate the auxiliary video output port to which the projection system is connected.  Laptops often have a toggle switch to activate the rear video output port.  It is often something like Fn F8 or Fn F4 (the Fn key works like a shift key).  The relevant key may be labeled with the initials CRT, or sometimes cryptically with two rectangles separated by a slash.  The key usually toggles through 3 states: 1) only laptop screen active, 2) only auxiliary screen active (the auxiliary screen is the projector), or 3) both active.
10. The lights and projection screen can be controlled from the buttons on the rear panel of the table to the right of the lectern.
11. There are microphones intended to pick up voice without having to wear one.  If you get feedback, mute them by touching the "mute mic" button on the lower right of the screen.