Smart Technologies Smart Board V280 - Manual (Page 54)

44 | MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Tips for Trouble-Free Performance
• Ensure that you connect your SMART Board V280 interactive whiteboard
to a high-speed USB 2.0 computer interface that’s recognized by the operating
system and isn’t being used by another application.
• Make sure that you regularly install a fresh battery in each pen. Rechargeable
batteries are acceptable. When less than one hour of battery life remains, the
pen’s LED light turns red. With normal use, expect each battery to last
approximately seven weeks. You received two new batteries with your SMART
Board V280 interactive whiteboard.
• Replace the pen tip (cone) and nib when they wear out. If a pen nib is worn down
too far, you might not be able to activate the tip switch inside the pen as you write,
and the pen’s LED indicator won’t illuminate. With normal use, expect each tip
and nib to last approximately 25 weeks. Use needle nose pliers to pull the tip and
nib out of the pen, and then insert new ones. You received four replacement pen
tips and nibs with your interactive whiteboard.
Safety Tips for Teachers
• Tell students not to look directly at the light beam from the projector. Instead,
encourage them to keep their backs to the projector when working at the
interactive whiteboard. Before students turn to face the class, they should step
sideways, out of the projector’s beam.
• Make sure that you don’t look directly into the projector’s light beam. Keep your
back to the class when you write over a projected image. Step to the side of your
interactive whiteboard before you turn to face the class.
• Tell your students not to touch the projector because it can become extremely hot
during normal operation.
• Don’t use a chair to increase a student’s reach. If your students are unable to
reach the top of a wall-mounted interactive whiteboard, you might need to
remount it at a lower position.
New Pen Tip and Nib Worn Pen Tip and Nib
Nib
Tip (Cone)