1. 115A Multimedia Room

2. What did we eliminate? Remote Controls Physical Buttons
Common heating problems
Need for Wired network Connections (Takes advantage of existing Wi-Fi Access)
Extra Cabling

3. What is New?

4. Smart Sympodium

5. Sympodium Controls

6. VCR/DVD Player

7. Computer - Mac Mini Supports Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS
Physical size and cooling features eliminates heating problems
Wireless Internet Access
Cheap (er)

8. Mac Mini

9. Front Slot - CD/DVD

10. Glance at the Back
Power Button 

11. Items Supported
Laptop
Document Camera

12. HOW TO OPERATE…..
XPANEL

14. Instructions for Use of Podium
To turn ON the projector:
1) Verify that computer is on, if not press the
power button that is in the back of the
computer (It’s a white Mac-Mini not a Dell).
2) Verify that touch screen is on
3) As soon as the computer boots an XPANEL window will pop up.
4) If it does not pop-up, double click the XPANEL icon on the desktop.
5) On the Xpanel screen, select System Power ON/OFF and select ON
To display the onboard computer:
Select Source in XPANEL
Then select “Computer”
To display the VCR:
Then select “Video”
To Attach a Laptop:
Attach your laptop to the VGA cable on the top of the podium
For laptop audio attach the mini jack to the audio out on laptop
If you have a Dell PC, press fn(Function)-F8 to enable external display
Macs should recognize the display automatically (note you may need a DVI to VGA converter to plug in a Mac).
Then select “Laptop”

16. Advantages of the Xpanel Control
Ease of operation – controls that are not needed during instruction have been eliminated.
Lecturer friendly – Displays all visual sources on lecturers screen and allows selection with one button
User friendly interface – allows complete control over all devices by integrating all Audio/Video devices in a compact system
Additional Management features – Closer to ‘ideal’ IT support features like remote access which allows an IT support staff to log on to your screen and offer support from a remote site.