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Videoconferencing: Using the Tandberg Remote

Videoconferencing Menu

tandberg remote

video source buttons

The five Video Sources buttons control what you and your distance participants see during the conference. At OUP, these selections will show up on the SMART Board. In Gruening, these selections will show up on the rightmost monitor.

You really only need to use two of these buttons--see #4 and #5, below. The other functions are handled by the blue Presentation button.

  1. Selects the local camera so that the distance participants can see you. This is the normal setting for discussions. You may also use the blue Presentation button to switch between the monitor and your laptop.
  2. Selects your laptop so that the distance participants can see what is on your computer screen. You may also use the blue Presentation button to switch between the monitor and your laptop.
  3. We do not use the Doc Cam button on our systems.
  4. Select the DVD/VHS player so that the distance participants can view the video that is playing. This is the only way to switch to the DVD/VHS player.
  5. An auxillary input is currently used at OUP to select the Elmo projector/scanner.
mic off button
 The Mic Off button switches the local mike on and off. When the mic is on, the distance participants can hear what you say.
presentation button
 The Presentation button will switch from the monitor to your laptop and back.
volume button
 The Vol (Volume) button adjusts the volume of the distance participants over the monitor speakers. Always use this control to adjust sound. Never use the monitor's remote for this purpose.
OK menu button
 The OK (Menu) button shows the Tandberg configuration menu on the leftmost plasma monitor. The four arrows control the local camera so that you can pan to various locations in the room.
zoom button
 The Zoom button allows you to zoom the camera closer or farther away from a speaker in your room.
layout buttons
  1. The Layout button moves the "picture in picture" view of the local video to various points around the monitor. See #3, below.
  2. The Cancel button immediately backs you out of the current menu on the Panasonic screen or cancels the last command you gave.
  3. The Selfview button cancels the remote broadcast and projects the local view on both screens.
dial and hang up buttons
  1. The green "Video Call" button initiates a call to another videoconferencing site. This should only be used when establishing a conference between Gruening 717 and OUP 160.
  2. The "Phone Book" button opens a list of numbers to dial. We do not use this feature in SOE at the moment.
  3. The red "Hang Up" button ends a videoconference session. Use this when you are finished conversing with the remote site ONLY IF YOU INITIATED THE CALL. Otherwise, simply let the system sleep.
presets buttons
  1. The Presets button switches the local camera view to any pre-defined settings, allowing you to quickly switch to different parts of the local room.
  2. The Far End button allows you to control the pan and zoom of the video camera on the remote site IN SOME CASES. It will not work with older or incompatible equipment, but it will work between Gruening 717 and OUP 160.
  3. The Services button is not use in SOE.
  4. The Help button brings up an on-screen user's guide if you need help on a particular topic.

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