Steps in this Helpsheet:
Be sure to press the LAPTOP button on this screen.
Locate Cables
Locate the cable bundle on top of the desk. This cable bundle contains an HDMI connection, a VGA connection, a 1/8" mini audio plug
Connect Cables
| Your Laptop should have a female VGA port on it. Different Apple brand laptops use various video adapters. If you do not have that adapter you check one out from technology services (see below). |
| The male audio cable goes where you insert your headphones. |
Adjust Laptop Settings
Set your laptop resolution to one of the following
- 1920x1080 60p
- 1280x720 60p
- 1024x768 @ 60Hz.
If using analog audio set the volume control on your Laptop to the maximum level.
There are three ways to connect your laptop
VGA w/ mini plug audio (analog)
HDMI w/ mini plug audio (analog)
HDMI w/ digital audio (embedded audio)
Recommend method is - HDMI w/ digital audio
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Locate the cables on the desk and choose
how you want to connect your laptop. VGA or HDMI?
This decision will be based on what connection your
laptop has.
If your laptop has an HDMI port or can be adapted to then use the HDMI cable only.
Newer PC and Mac laptops may have an HDMI, mini-display port or display port. The later two can be adapted to HDMI.
Older laptops will have VGA or require VGA adapters.
Mac laptops manufactured after April 2010 support digital audio output via the mini-display port which when paired
with the correct adapter means only the HDMI cable is needed.
Older Mac laptops will need to use the Mini Audio Plug for the sound.
Mac users see Step 4 for more details
Mini-display port adapters can be acquired from Technology Services
or Equipment Checkout in CMA 3.104. | 
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Touch the screen to wake the system up and choose
LAPTOP as the source. | 
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Choose the input method that corresponds to the cables
that you used to connect your laptop. | 
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MAC USERS ONLY
If your laptop has an HDMI port or was manufactured after April 2010 follow the steps below.
If you do not see Crestron (HDMI) as an option under the output tab, you will need to use the Mini Plug Audio for your sound.
How to change the Audio Output on your Mac laptop
You will only need to change this setting the very first time you connect your laptop to a classroom AV system
Click on the Apple icon and
go down to System Preferences | 
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From the Hardware menu choose Sound | 
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Click on the Output tab and choose
Crestron for sound output | 
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