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Turn on the Projector

Touch the touch panel screen to wake it up.

Press the Source you want to use to begin. The Projector will power on automatically.

Turn on the DVD Player

pic of rack in classroom

The DVD player is located in the classroom's equipment rack.

pic of power button

If the DVD player is not powered, press the power button which is located on the left side of the player.

Insert DVD

pic of eject button

  1. Press the eject button to open the DVD tray
  2. Insert the DVD
  3. Press the eject button to close the DVD tray

Play the DVD
  1. Press DVD on the Touchpanel
  2. Use the Menu and Play/Stop buttons to Play your DVD

Adjust the Volume

PLEASE NOTE: The volume controls and the menu across the bottom persist regardless of what screen you are on. The laptop screen is shown here only as an example.

Press the PLUS sign as indicated near the top right corner turn up the volume
Press the MINUS sign as indicated near the center right of the touch panel to turn down the volume


Press the MUTE AUDIO button to silence the audio. Press it again to restore the audio.


 

Blank the Screen

Press the *BLANK SCREEN *button at the bottom right to blank the screen. Press it again to restore the picture.
Even though the class won't see anything on the screen, you will still be able to see the picture on the teaching console monitor.

Turn off the Projector

Touch the touch panel screen to wake it up, if needed.

Please note the Laptop screen is shown for example purposes only. You may press the OFF button from any page as the bottom menu persists across all screens. 

From any screen, press the OFF text in the lower left-hand corner.


Confirm that you want to shut down the projector by pressing YES.

The projector will need to cool down for several minutes before it can be turned on again.

Gotchas & Toubleshooting:

I can't see the display on the front panel of the DVD Player

Our DVD players have a "feature" which lets you dim or blank the front panel display so that the display's brightness doesn't distract from your enjoyment of the movie. Occasionally users engage this feature accidentally. When engaged, the DVD player will not display anything on the front panel even when it is powered on. Turn it off by pressing the button with the red LED immediately left of the DVD tray.

I pressed Play but the movie didn't start

All DVDs are authored differently. Sometimes "Play" works. Sometimes "Enter" works. Try pressing "Enter" on the touchpanel.

The player won't play my foreign film.

Our DVD players will play NTSC and PAL DVDs which are coded as Region 0 (no region) or Region 1 (United States & Canada). Contact the College of Communication Technology Services team if you need help playing a DVD from a different region.

The player won't play my burned DVD.

Our DVD players will play most burned DVDs. We've had the best luck with DVD-R disks. You must remember to "close" or "write the table of contents" to your disk using your computer's DVD burning software before it will play. If your DVD doesn't play in the DVD player, you can also try playing it in the classroom computer or on your laptop. If you still have problems getting your burned DVD to play, contact the College of Communication Technology Services team for assistance with your software or check our wiki for DVD burning workflows:

I hate using the touchscreen to control the menus.

Our DVD players also have front panel controls which let you navigate menus as well as play and pause.

I see the picture on the teaching console's monitor but not on the projector.

Very occasionally, our projectors will miss a command from the touchpanel. Sometimes this happens if you switch between several inputs very quickly. Press DVD on the touchpanel again and it should set it straight.

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