Gateway M685e Manual

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Chapter3:Usingyourinteractive
whiteboardsystem
Usingyourprojector13
Usingyourremotecontrol13
Usingtheremotecontrolbuttons14
Adjustingprojectorsettings15
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Thischapterdescribesthebasicoperationofyourinteractivewhiteboardsystemandexplains
howtosetupyourremotecontrol,retrievesysteminformation,accesstheprojector’simage
adjustmentoptionsandintegrateyourinteractivewhiteboardsystemwithperipheraldevices.
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Usingtheremotecontrolbuttons
Theprojectorremotecontrolenablesyoutoaccesson-screenmenusandchangeprojector
settings.UsethePowerbuttonontheremotecontrolorpentraytoputtheprojectorinto
Standbymodeortoturniton.YoucanalsousetheInputbuttonontheremotecontroltoswitch
sourcesontheprojector.
NumberFunctionDescription
1InputSelectavideoandaudioinputsourceonthe
projectorandtheassociatedUSBinputsourceon
theECP,ifpresent.
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N O T E
TheMute,VolumeUpandVolumeDownbuttonsworkonlyifthereisanaudiosource
connectedtotheprojectorfortheselectedvideoinputsource.
Adjustingprojectorsettings
Theremotecontrol’sMenubuttonenablesyoutoaccesstheon-screendisplaytoadjustthe
projectorsettings.
I M P O R T A N T
Keepyourremotecontrolinasafeplacebecausethereisnootherwaytoaccessmenu
options.
SettingUseNotes
ImageAdjustmentmenu
DisplayModeIndicatestheprojector’s
displayoutput
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SettingUseNotes
V-PositionMovestheverticalposition
ofthesourcevideoupor
downfrom-5to5(relativeto
theprojectedimageyf.
Don’tadjustthissettingunlessyou’readvised
tobySMART Support.
Applythissettingonlyafteryoumakeall
physicaladjustments.
ThissettingappliestoVGAinputsonlyandis
usefulinsituationswherethesourcevideois
cutoff.
WhitePeakingAdjuststheimagecolour
brightnessfrom0to10
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SettingUseNotes
3DFormatDisplaysthecurrent3D
format(Interleavedor
Under-overyf.
Interleavedbreaksdowntheimageframefor
eacheye,alternatelydisplayingalineofvisual
informationfromeachframe.
Under-overconcurrentlydisplayshorizontally
stretchedimageframesforeacheye,one
abovetheother.
3DInvert
Left-Right
Selectsthe3DInvertsetting
(L-RorR-Lyf.
L-Rdisplaysvisualdataforthelefteyefirst.
R-Ldisplaysvisualdatafortherighteyefirst.
AutoSignal
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SettingUseNotes
AspectRatioAdjuststheimageoutputto
Fill Screen,Match Inputor
16:9.
ThedefaultisFill Screen.
Fill Screenproducesanimagethatfillsthe
entirescreenbystretchingandscalingthe
sourcevideotomatchtheprojector’snative
resolutionandaspectratio.
Match Inputdisplaysthesourcevideoinits
nativeresolutionandaspectratio.Asaresult,
unusedspacecouldappearalongthetopand
bottomedgesofthescreen(letterboxformatyf
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SettingUseNotes
USBSource
Select
Opensasub-menuthat
enablesyoutoselectthe
videoinputonyourprojector
andtheUSBportonthe
ECP(ifpresentyf.
Thedefaultsareasfollows:
lHDMI1,USB1
lHDMI2,Disabled(noassociatedUSB
inputyf
lVGA1,USB2
Networkmenu
NetworkActivatestheprojector’s
RJ45connectorandnetwork
features.
StatusDisplaysthecurrentnetwork
status(Connected,
DisconnectedorOffyf.
Thedefaultisoff.
DHCPDisplaysthestatusofthe
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SettingUseNotes
MACAddressDisplaystheprojector’s
MACaddressinxx-xx-xx-
xx-xx-xxformat.
GroupNameDisplaystheprojector’s
workgroupnameassetby
anadministrator(maximum
12charactersyf.
Youcansettheprojector’sworkgroupname
usingtheremotemanagementfeatures(see
Remotelymanagingyoursystemthrougha
networkinterfaceonpage43andRemotely
managingyoursystemthroughanRS-232
serialinterfaceonpage53yf.
ProjectorNameDisplaystheprojector’s
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SettingUseNotes
ResolutionDisplaystheprojector’s
mostrecentlydetectedvideo
sourcesignalresolutionand
refreshrate.
Ifthereisnocurrentvideoinputsourcesignal,
thissettingdisplaysthelastknownsource
signalimageresolutionandrefreshrate.
Firmware
Version
Displaystheprojector’s
digitaldisplayprocessor
(DDPyffirmwareversionin
x.x.x.xformat.
MPUVersionDisplaystheprojector
microprocessorunit(MPUyf
firmwareversioninx.x.x.x
format.
Network
Version...