AV-Help frequently asked questions.
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You can view the availability and reserve a conference room through the Oracle Calendar (Corporate Time). If an account is needed please contact the SCS Help Desk at
help@cs.cmu.edu.
A full list and brief overview of supported rooms can be found
here.
Media Tech supports many rooms on campus. To contact Media Tech and see if a room is supported, you can send mail to
mediatech@cmu.edu, call them at x8-8855 or visit their webpage
http://www.cmu.edu/computing/class-event/.
- Check to make sure the display settings are not set too high. Optimal display settings are 1024x768 with a refresh rate of 75hz.
- Ensure that the VGA cables are securely connected with both screws secured snugly.
- Macintosh laptops require an external display adapter to connect to a VGA feed. An active video signal is required before plugging the adapter into the laptop. To correct this, ensure that the display adapter is connected to the external display, disconnect and reconnect the display adapter to the laptop.
- Some laptops are equipped with a graphics card that needs to be configured from its own preferences interface. From Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced, there may be a tab for the graphics card, which will take you to its configuration settings. Be sure the settings here are also at a resolution of 1024 x 768 or lower and are on "Dual Display Mode", "Extended Desktop", or a similar option that allows the display to be rendered both on the laptop screen and the attached monitor (i.e., the projector).
- Make sure the volume is set to a reasonable level on the EZtrol or Crestron Touch Screen (podium control panel).
- Ensure that the input volume (PC or laptop Master volume) is set to a reasonable level and not muted.
- A few rooms offer a wall-mounted switch for audio control. Please check the walls near the podium to see if such a switch exists. If one exists, make sure that sound is enabled and at a reasonable volume.
- If the above do not solve your problem, try lowering the EZtrol or Crestron volume all the way to its lowest level, then raise the volume level back up to midway.
- If the problem persists, please send mail to av-help@cs.cmu.edu. If it happens to be an emergency you can call AV-Help at x8-2608.
This is a built-in function on some of our projectors and usually means the bulb needs to be replaced in the near future. Please send mail to
av-help@cs.cmu.edu with your room number and the approximate time the message was displayed.
Power off the projector on the EZtrol or Crestron Panel (podium control panel). Wait for a full minute and power the projector back on. This often solves this problem, if it does not, please repeat the process one more time before sending mail to
av-help@cs.cmu.edu.
- Please first check that your video settings are not set too high. Optimal settings are 1024x768 with a refresh rate of 75hz.
- Ensure that the VGA cables are securely connected with both screws secured snugly.
- If possible, check the connection of another laptop or the podium PC.
- If the problem persists, please send mail to av-help@cs.cmu.edu with the room number and we'll test the projector bulb. In an emergency, please call AV-Help at x8-2608.
- Try tightening up the screws on the VGA cable into the video source. On public use machines, cables tend to loosen up or are never fully plugged into the video source, this causes a poor connection and is usually the cause of this particular problem.
- If securing the VGA cable with the screws does not solve your issue, the cable could be bad or there could be a bad VGA outlet on the source machine. If the problem persists, please send mail to av-help@cs.cmu.edu with the room number and approximate time of the problem. In an emergency, please call AV-Help at x8-2608.
This is a known but rare issue with the EZtrol and Crestron panels. From time to time they may freeze up and will need to be reset. Due to the sensitive nature of these panels, we ask that you call AV-Help at x8-2608 to have the panel reset.
AV-Help supports video conferencing for the rooms
GHC6501 and
GHC7101. If you need to have it set up, you can contact Media Technology Services at
mediatech@cmu.edu, call them at x8-8855 or visit their webpage
http://www.cmu.edu/computing/class-event/ If you have reserved a conference phone and need to make a long distance call, you will need to contact Paul Stockhausen
(stocky@cs.cmu.edu) to get an LDA code from Telecom. An oracle string is necessary for billing.
The username and password for these PC's are "av-guest" and "guest". Make sure you are logging into the local machine and not the SCS domain.
