Adjusting The Projected Laptop Image; On-Screen Display Controls For Windows - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Adjusting the Projected Laptop Image

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If No Laptop Image Appears or It's Severely Distorted
If you're unable to see an image from a powered-up and connected laptop computer, or the
image produced is severely distorted, that laptop's external video port may be inactive.
With newer laptops, you can synchronize the internal and external video ports at the software
level, as follows:
1 From the Windows Start menu, select Settings, Control Panel, and then Display.
2 Select the Refresh (or Monitor Refresh) tab.
3 Click the CRT/Panel option to activate simultaneous monitor and external video port
display.
This procedure may not be possible with older laptop models. With some older laptop
models, you may need to switch back and forth between the internal and external video
ports. If you aren't sure which commands or keyboard combinations are required for
switching back and forth between the internal and external video ports of your laptop,
consult your laptop owner's manual.
If Your Laptop's Serial Port is Unavailable for the SMART Board
If you've connected a SMART Board to a COM port on your laptop computer, but the SMART
Board remains unresponsive, you may be experiencing a COM port conflict created by
software on your laptop. If you use a laptop or personal digital assistant that transmits
information to your computer using infrared (IR) light waves, software resident in your
StartUp directory may be telling the COM port to continually monitor the air for nearby IR
devices.
Although you can physically connect a serial device such as a SMART Board to the laptop's
COM port, the software can override this connection, reserving the COM port for the device
specified by the software.
One solution is to use a different COM port. If your IR device software uses COM1 but your
computer has COM2 available, perform the following procedure:
1 Plug your SMART Board into COM2.
2 Click the SMART Board icon in the System Tray and select Control Panel.
3 Click the Connect button under Serial Ports in the Boards tab.
4 Select COM2 from the drop-down list and click the Select button.
If you have only one COM port, you'll need to disable the detection feature of the infrared
software so your SMART Board can use the COM port. If you require further assistance,
consult your laptop owner's manual or call SMART Technical Support at 1.866.518.6791.

On-Screen Display Controls for Windows

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When you use a SMART Board with a projector, you'll also want to use the On-Screen
Controls to enable touch-control of your display. These On-Screen Display Controls are also
available for the SMART Board for Plasma Displays.
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