Interactive TVs

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Turning the Interactive TV On and Off

To turn on the Interactive TV: press the power button on the lower right hand corner of the TV, the power button will light up when the device is on.

Photo: TV power button.

To turn off the Interactive TV, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds. A pop-up will appear on the touchscreen reminding you that all content will be erased once it is shut down, hit continue to shut down the display.

Dialog box: 'Do you want to continue?' Buttons: 'Continue' and 'Cancel'.

Writing on the Interactive TV

The Interactive TV features a touchscreen with a stylus that is used for drawing.

Touchscreen

Annotated photo: Interactive TV screen menus to import/export, draw, & scroll
  • Import and Export Menus: Click on the menu button (three stacked lines) to open the "Import and Export" Tab.
  • Drawing Tools and Settings Menu: Add layers, choose highlighters, pens, brushes, backgrounds, select pages, and more.
  • Page Scroller: Users can click and drag left and right to scroll from one page to another.

Stylus

A stylus is required to draw on the Interactive TV, these are stored on the side of the displays.

Photo: Stylus has a thinner point pen side & thicker wide highlight tip.

Each side of the stylus can be customized to a specific width and color by opening Palette, selecting the Pen or Highlighter and choosing a width and color.

The following image shows the Pen selected with a wide tip and the color black.

Photo: Stylus interactive color palette.

Erase the screen by using your hand or finger. You can wipe away some or all of your drawing.

If a stylus is missing, please contact [email protected] to order a replacement.

Importing Your Computer to the Interactive TV

  1. Connect your computer to the display in the room using HDMI (wired connection) or Wireless Presentation (Airtame).
  2. Select the Import and Export Menu (3 stacked lines) on the right or left side of the screen.
Annotated photo: 2 Import & Export Menus are located half way down on the far edges of the screen.
  1. Select the Import tab.
Annotated photo: 'Import' selected.
  1. Select PC.
Annotated photo: 'PC' selected.
  1. Select HDMI 1.
Annotated photo: 'HDMI 1' selected.

Exporting the Interactive TV to the Projector or Zoom

  1. Select Interactive on the podium keypad.
  2. Select the Import and Export Menu (3 stacked lines) on the right or left side of the screen.
Annotated photo: 2 Import & Export Menus are located half way down on the far edges of the screen.
  1. Select the Export tab.
Annotated photo: 'Export' selected.
  1. Select Screen Share.
Annotated photo: 'Screen Share' selected.
  1. Select Wired.
Annotated photo: 'Screen Share Wired' selected.

Drawing on the Screen Over Your Laptop Image

  1. Import your computer to the Interactive TV.
  2. Select "Note On" under the "Drawing Tools and Settings" menu.
Annotated photo: 'Note On selected.
  1. Once the "Note On" button has been pressed, it will create a new layer over the top of everything on the screen, including your laptop screen; you can now write on this layer.
    1. To draw on the screen, make sure the Selection Toggle is set for Writing.
    2. Tap anywhere on the screen to get rid of the pop-up and tool menu.
    3. To show the tool menu again, push the Power Button once.
    4. To exit drawing mode, select "Close", and "Don't Save" (unless you are saving to an external drive).
Dialog box: 'Write/draw on top of this layer. Tap hand icon to control content beneath note layer

Using the Interactive TV with Zoom

  1. Plug the Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable labeled "Interactive" into your computer.
Photo: Black cable plugged into laptop.
  1. Export the Interactive TV to Zoom.
  2. Open Zoom (or whichever video conferencing solution you would like to use).
  3. Select the camera: USB3.0 Video.
Screenshot: Select camera menu with 'USB3.0 Video' selected.

Saving Your Drawings to a USB Storage Device

Exporting a drawing will save two file types to your Universal Serial Bus (USB) Storage Device: An Interactive Whiteboard file that allows you to import your drawings back into the Interactive TV and a PDF file that is viewable on your computer.

  1. Insert your USB Storage Device into the USB port on the Interactive TV, make sure you plug into the correct port as indicated:
Annotated photo: USB port. It is the 3rd port to the left of the power button.
  1. Select the Import and Export Menu (3 stacked lines) on the right or left side of the screen.
Annotated photo: 2 Import & Export Menus are located half way down on the far edges of the screen.
  1. Select the Export tab.
Annotated photo: 'Export' selected.
  1. In the export tab, click USB to export to a USB storage device.
Annotated photo: 'USB' selected.
  1. Click Save to save your export to the USB storage device.
Annotated photo: 'Save' selected.

Importing Your Drawings from a USB Storage Device

  1. Insert your USB Storage Device into the USB port on the Interactive TV, make sure you plug into the correct port as indicated in the following photo.
Annotated photo: USB port. It is the 3rd port to the left of the power button.
  1. Select the Import and Export Menu (3 stacked lines) on the right or left side of the screen.
Annotated photo: 2 Import & Export Menus are located half way down on the far edges of the screen.
  1. Select the Import tab.
Annotated photo: 'Import' selected.
  1. Select File Browser.
Annotated photo: 'File Browser' selected.
  1. Select your USB Storage Device, in the following image the name of ours is 'Cruzer', your device will likely have a different name.
Annotated photo: 'Cruzer' selected.
  1. In the USB Storage Device, if you have any saved files, you'll find them here. To import previous notes from an Interactive Display, select the file you'd like to import.
    1. Note: Selecting the PDF file will only open the file as an image. If you'd like to edit your saved Interactive Display File, click on the NON-PDF version of the file.
Photo: example File Browser interface showing available files.

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