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User’s Guide
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Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................4 Touchscreens 31
About the touchscreens..................................................................32
Facilities 7 Summary of touchscreen operations..............................................32
Auditorium floor plan........................................................................8 Getting started................................................................................33
Stage floor boxes and wall plates.....................................................9 Touchscreen tips............................................................................34
Other floor boxes and wall plates...................................................10 Projectors, displays and screens....................................................36
Computers......................................................................................38
System design 11 Multistandard videocassette player................................................40
System overview............................................................................12 Videocassette recorder/player........................................................42
RGB Presentation Subsystem........................................................14 DVD player.....................................................................................44
Video Presentation Subsystem......................................................16 DVD recorder/player.......................................................................46
Video Production Subsystem.........................................................18 Television tuner..............................................................................48
Audio Subsystem...........................................................................20 Production video inputs..................................................................50
Scalers...........................................................................................52
Rack layouts and equipment 23 Videoconferencing..........................................................................54
Racks and console overview..........................................................24 Volume...........................................................................................56
Rack 1............................................................................................25 Routers...........................................................................................58
Rack 2............................................................................................26
Rack 3............................................................................................27 Typical event scenarios 61
Console..........................................................................................28 General information........................................................................62
Other equipment.............................................................................29 Preparing for a presentation...........................................................62
Preparing for a meeting or conference...........................................63
Recording an event........................................................................63
Introduction
The Auditorium Audiovisual System is a complete audio Facilities
and video system for the Auditorium and nearby areas.
The system supports: The Auditorium Audiovisual System encompasses several
Meetings adjacent areas:
Presentations
Conferences Auditorium, a theater layout with permanent seating,
and a stage with dais.
Activities that can be carried out through the system in-
clude: An open Gallery providing a waiting area with en-
Playing audio source materials such as CDs and audio trances to the Auditorium.
cassettes.
Projecting video source materials such as DVDs and An Assembly Area, at one end of the gallery, that can
videocassettes. be closed off for small meetings and press conferences.
Projecting computer displays.
Audience participation with wireless mics. Two Green Rooms, one to the left of the stage, the
Conference support using a delegate system. other to the right of the stage.
n Videoconferencing.
Audio output through assisted listening devices. And arrayed across the back of the Auditorium:
Recording event audio and video. l Five Translator Booths.
l A Press and Camera Room.
l The audiovisual Control Room.
The audiovisual system provides comprehensive audio This manual provides information to enable an experi-
and video support to the Auditorium. enced audiovisual technician to understand and operate
the system. The manual is organized in these sections:
The system includes:
RGB and composite video inputs “Facilities” provides a floor plan, and drawings of floor
Two video projectors with automatically switched boxes and wall plates.
RGB/composite video inputs
Floor boxes and wall plates for moving audio and “System design” is a collection of diagrams describing
video to and from supported locations how the system is organized.
Wireless transmitters and receivers for assisted listen-
ing and translator audio “Rack layouts and equipment” helps you find rack-
Wireless microphones mounted components in the Control Room.
DVD, audiocassette and multistandard videocassette
players “Touchscreens” shows you how to use the two touch-
DVD, digital audio and S-VHS videocassette recorders screens to configure the system.
Computer interfaces
Numerous monitors and a video switcher for video “Typical event scenarios” provides basic instructions
production for setting up the system for conventional events.
Various support devices such as RGB and video rout-
ers, and a digital audio processor “Common problems and their solutions” lists basic
Two audio mixing stations troubleshooting tips.
The system includes a well-equipped Control Room with The system is designed so it can be easily set up for typi-
windows to the Auditorium. cal events. However, the system has many capabilities
beyond those covered in this manual. For additional in-
For many events, the system can be easily configured formation, users should consult documentation (including
and controlled using either of two touchscreens (one is detailed drawings and manufacturer’s manuals) provided
located on the Control Room countertop, the other is a with the system.
wireless unit that can be used anywhere in the Audito-
rium). The system is versatile, enabling technicians to
reconfigure it for a wide range of events.
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System design
System overview
The Auditorium Audiovisual System supports presenta-
tions, meetings, conferences and other events in and
around the Auditorium.
System overview
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The Audio Subsystem begins with a 24 channel mixer,
having these inputs:
Wireless microphone receivers
Floor boxes on the stage
Delegate system
Videoconferencing system
Digital audio recorder
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Rack 1
Videoconferencing system
Composite and S-Video encoder/decoder
Stereo-to-mono amplifier
RGB-to-video scan converters
Video scalers
TV tuner
Multistandard VCR
DVD player
Computer
Rack 2
Touchscreen controller
RGB router
LCD monitors
Rack 3
Delegate system
DVD recorder
Console
Other equipment
Fixed equipment
Qty. Description
10 15" LCD monitors
2 61" LCD displays
2 61" plasma displays
Touchscreens
Getting started
If you see the logo, touch the screen anywhere to open
the main menu.
Touch anywhere
Touchscreen tips
Routing a camera to a Video Wall
3. When the walls are on, touch the Two Vid Windows.
Why are both RGB and video sent to the walls? It takes
the walls a long time to switch between the Two RGB
Windows and Two Vid Windows presets (thus, you
should avoid switching between these presets during an
event). By having both RGB and video routed to the
walls, you can transition more smoothly. So:
n Use the Two Vid Windows preset when you are rout-
ing video cameras or the videoconferencing system to
the walls.
n Use the Two RGB Windows preset when you need to
switch between RGB and video sources.
Touchscreen tips
About the Send to Projector button About the Send to Polycom button
When you touch the Send to Projector button: When you touch the Send to Polycom (videoconferenc-
ing) button:
n If the selected source is not RGB:
l Unconverted video is sent to the projector. n If the selected source is not a computer:
l The projector switches to its video input port. l Unconverted video is routed to the Polycom video-
conferencing system’s main camera input.
n If the selected source is RGB: l Visual Concert is turned off.
l RGB is sent to the projector.
l The projector switches to its RGB input port. n If the selected source is a computer:
l RGB is routed to the Polycom VGA input.
n Audio from the selected source is sent to the 24-chan- l Visual Concert is turned on.
nel mixer. If the mixer had been receiving video from
another source, that source is muted.
About the Send to Assembly button
About the Send to Dais button When you touch the Send to Assembly button:
When you touch the Send to Dais button: n If the selected source is a computer, the signal is sent
to LCD displays connected to the wall panels in the
n If the selected source is a computer, the signal is sent Assembly Area. Only computers can be sent to the As-
to LCD displays connected to the wall panels. Only sembly Area.
computers can be sent to the dais.
n Audio from the selected source is routed to the 12-
n No audio is routed. channel mixer.
3. Then:
Video screens
Computers
You can route output from a computer—including the
rack-mounted computer in the Control Room or a par-
ticipant-provided laptop computer plugged into the sys-
tem—to any destination.
4. Touch a destination.
Computers
3. Touch a destination.
Videocassette recorder/player
Playing a tape
3. Touch a destination.
Recording a tape
Videocassette recorder/player
Record
DVD player
1. Load a program DVD into the Marantz DVD player in
Rack 1.
3. Touch a destination.
DVD player
DVD recorder/player
Playing a DVD
3. Touch a destination.
Recording a DVD
DVD recorder/player
Navigate DVD’s
on-screen menu
Television tuner
1. Touch the Cable TV button.
2. Then:
Television tuner
Video sources
Scalers
The scalers enable you to send the image being scaled up
for the Video Walls to other destinations.
Scan converters
Videoconferencing
The videoconferencing system (Polycom) receives video
and audio from the far-end participants, and sends local
video and audio (from the room or program sources) to
the far end.
Videoconferencing
On-screen menu
controls
Volume
The touchscreens provide separate volume and mute con-
trols for:
n Auditorium audience
n Auditorium stage
n Gallery
n Assembly Area
n Green Rooms
n Control Room ceiling speakers
n Control Room console monitors
Volume
Routers
You can easily configure the audiovisual system’s pro-
gram sources and destinations for a variety of routine
events (as described in the previous pages). However,
you can also set up custom configurations via the sys-
tem’s two routers:
n RGB plus audio router.
n Video plus audio router.
Routers
RGB Router
1. Touch a
source
3. Touch a
destination
2. Touch Audio,
Video or Both 4. Touch Take
Keep in mind that this section only provides guidelines. 2. If the presentation involves output from a PC or oth-
The audiovisual system is extremely versatile, and can er VGA device, connect the PC or device to a floor
be configured in many different ways to accommodate box or wall plate.
different kinds of events, presenters and audiences.
Since every event is unique, setup details are left to the 3. Using a touchscreen, turn on the projector(s). This
technician(s) supporting each event. automatically lowers the screen(s).
Instructions for operating each audiovisual component 4. Using a touchscreen, route the appropriate source to
are beyond the scope of this manual. Please refer to the a projector, video wall and/or LCD displays. Acti-
manufacturer’s documentation for details. vate the source device, then assure the source mate-
rial is projected on the screen.
For audio:
n If the meeting will involve output to the Multipurpose Audio from the 24-channel mixer is automatically sent
Room, route sources through the RGB Router to that to the Video Router.
destination (see “Routers,” earlier in this manual).
Set up lighting and props.
Be certain that every component in the path is turned No image when touching wireless touchscreen:
on.
Touchscreen batteries may be dead. Place touchscreen
Check routing. in charging base. Try again later.
Audio Video
Check batteries. Replace or recharge as needed. Using touchscreen, make certain projector is on.
Make certain each wireless mic and its receiver are on Using touchscreen, make certain projector is selected
the same frequency. as destination.
Make certain each wireless mic is on a frequency not Projector may not be receiving AC power. Projectors
being used by another wireless mic. are on a separate circuit from other audiovisual compo-
nents, so Control Room may have power while projec-
tors don’t have power. Check with building engineers.
Assisted listening receivers don’t function:
Make certain each receiver and its transmitter are on Route video to a different destination. The LCD Moni-
the same frequency. tors in Rack 3 are a convenient video destination.