Quick start guide
Choose the inputs you’re going to use from the options across the bottom, and where you want it displayed from the options across the top.
If you want to show slides in presenter mode, your best bet is to plug in a laptop using a HDMI or VGA cable to the socket in the wall below the big monitor. Choose that input on the bottom of the controller, and send it to one/both monitors on the top; hit the present button, and you should see your notes on your laptop and the slides on the projector(s).
If you want to run Zoom and send the camera and microphone feeds there, you will need to do this from the installed computer to have inputs from the camera and ceiling microphones. Use the video and audio settings on Zoom to make sure you have the right computer and microphone selected–the ‘Test Speaker & Microphone’ tool on Zoom is very helpful for this.
When you are finished, shut down the controller on the podium, and log out from (do not shut down) the podium computer.
View the full podium instructions for a touch screen podium with advanced setup here.
* Note: in some cases, the camera and microphone feeds can only be routed to the podium computer. If, when you select a different input, you see a message saying ‘Connect camera and microphones to new source?’, you can send those feeds to your laptop. If not, they will only send to the podium computer. You can also double-check this by checking whether your room offers matrix switching in its listing on EMS.