Smart Technologies 3000i - Manual (Page 15)

3000i Installation Guide 7
Connection Panel
The Connection Panel allows you to make a variety of external connections to the 3000i cabinet:
• A printer (1), dedicated to the internal computer
• A network (2), making the full resources of the network available to the internal computer
• An external projector (3), allowing projection of the internal computer or guest laptop (RGB output only)
onto an auditorium-sized display for presentation to a large group.
• A VCR or DVD player (4, 5 and 8). Press the Display Source button on the Control Panel to display
VCR input (but not S-video input from a DVD player) on the interactive whiteboard. You’ll need to select
the S-video input from a VCR/DVD player via your projector remote control.
• An external sound system (9), allowing audio rebroadcast to the room’s sound system. The
external sound system is then controlled by the Volume buttons on the Control Panel.
• A guest laptop (6, 7 and 10). Press the Display Source button on the Control Panel to display the guest
laptop input on the interactive whiteboard. If the SMART Board driver is installed, you can control the
laptop by touching the board.
Getting to Know Your Connectors
1 Printer Connector (Female)
Use a DB25 printer cable (not provided) to
connect an external printer that is
dedicated solely to the internal computer.
2 Network IN
Use a standard male-to-male RJ45
network cable (not provided) to enable
10/100 BaseT networking with the
internal computer.
3 Video OUT (Male)
Use an HD DB15 video cable (not provided)
to connect an external projector or monitor
to this video port (RGB output only).
4 RCA Composite Video IN
Use an RCA composite video cable (not
provided) to connect the video output from a
VCR/DVD player.
5 S-Video IN
Connect an S-video cable (not provided)
from the S-video OUT connector on a
VCR/DVD player.
6 Computer 2 Video IN (Female)
Connect the supplied DB15 video cable
(labeled Computer 2 Video in the Laptop
Umbilical cable bundle) to this 15-pin
connector (female). At the laptop end,
connect the Computer 2 Video cable to the
laptop’s own 15-pin video port.
7 Computer 2 Audio IN (Female)
Connect the supplied 3.5 mm audio cable
(labeled Computer 2 Audio in the Laptop
Umbilical) to this 3.5 mm jack. At the laptop
end, connect the Computer 2 Audio cable
to the laptop’s 3.5 mm audio OUT.
8 Audio IN
Use standard red and white RCA audio
cables (not provided) to connect the
audio output from a VCR/DVD player to
the RCA jacks. Be careful to keep your
right and left channel connections correct
for stereo sound.
9 Room Audio OUT
Use standard 3.5 mm audio cables (not
provided) to deliver unamplified sound mixed
from the internal computer, guest laptop and
VCR/DVD player to an external room sound
system. Volume buttons on the Control Panel
will control the volume of sound from the
external speakers.
10 Computer 2 Serial IN (Male)
Connect the supplied RS
−232 serial cable
(labeled Computer 2 Serial in the Laptop
Umbilical) to this 9-pin port. At the laptop
end, connect the Computer 2 Serial cable
to the laptop’s 9-pin serial port (for a USB
connection, use the SMART USB adapter
(order number USB-ADP)).
This connection enables touch control of the
projected laptop contents on the interactive
whiteboard.