Crestron Control Panel (HR)

Introduction

The updated rooms in the Hickory Ridge building use the Crestron Touch Panel to control the projectors and audio visual equipment in the room. This document will provide an example of how to interact with the touch panel for the renovated rooms in the Hickory Ridge building.
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Table of Contents

​Activate the Crestron Control Panel
Select Your Source
Select Your Destination
Blank the Projector
Adjust the Volume Levels
Turn the System or Display Devices Off

Activate the Crestron Control Panel

  1. Press the control panel to wake it up (Fig 1,1).
Fig 1

Select Your Source

The Home screen provides a list of sources that are available in the classroom. These sources will vary depending on the room type. In this image, from a 2 display classroom, you may choose to display the following sources (Fig 2):
  • Computer (the instructor’s PC)
  • Laptop VGA (a cable to connect other devices such as an additional laptop)
  • Laptop HDMI (a cable to connect media that uses this type of  connection like an extra DVD player)
  • Doc Cam
  • Air Media
  1. Press your desired source (Fig 2,1). (For this example, the left computer monitor has been selected.)
Fig 2

​Select Your Destination

  1. Press your desired projector (Fig 3,1).
  2. Press Go (Fig 3,2).
Fig 3

Blank the Projector

The Projector Video Mute button allows you to temporarily blank the projector screen.
  1. Press the Projector Video Mute button at the bottom of the Crestron Touch Screen. The projector will stop projecting the selected source and the button will appear pale blue (Fig 4,1).
  2. Press the Projector Video Mute button again to resume displaying the projector (Fig 4,1).
Fig 4

Adjust the Volume Levels

  1. Press Room Speakers (Fig 5,1) to play sound.
  2. Check the volume in the computer and the video presented.
  3. In the Crestron Touch Screen, press Volume Up (Fig 6,1) to increase the volume, and Volume Down (Fig 6,2) to decrease the volume. To mute the speakers press Volume Mute (Fig 6,3).
Fig 5
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Turn the System or Display Devices Off

  1. Press the Power button in the lower right corner of the Crestron Touch Screen (Fig 7,1).
  2. Press the Power Off button for the desired Projector to turn off only the selected projector (Fig 7,2). (For this example, Projector 1 has been selected.)
  3. To turn off the entire system and raise the projection screen, press the Yes button (Fig 7,3).
Fig 7
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