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Trouble Shooting at the Remote Site
Distance Learning Labs

The Distance Learning Lab is pre-programmed to connect the session at 8:45 each B-day. If the equipment is not connected to electrical power at 8:45, the system will not automatically connect your school later when the units are plugged in. For this reason, it is important that this equipment is not unplugged.

  • If you can see but cannot hear other sites, check the volume to be sure it is high enough. Use both the monitor's remote control and the Tandberg's remote control.
  • If you can hear but cannot see other sites, be sure the monitors are turned on.
  • If the other party cannot hear you, it is possible that your microphone is muted. Use the mute button on the Tandberg remote control to activate the microphone.
  • If you are receiving no transmission, check the following:
    • the units are plugged into electrical power and the power button on the monitors are on.
    • the unit is plugged into the network drop.
  • If you are not connected, ask the distance learning teacher to connect you. If this does not work, call Instructional Technology and ask them to try connecting you.
  • If connection problems still exist, unplug all of your units from the electrical power for about 20 seconds and then plug them back in and ask Instructional Technology to try again to connect you.
  • If problems still exist after calling Instructional Technology, tell the teacher you are putting your phone on speaker phone and ask her to do the same so that students can hear the teacher through the phone.
  • Using the monitor's remote control, confirm that the audio/video source is set to S-Video.
  • If the remote site can see and hear other sites but cannot see themselves, check the S-Video cable on the back of the student-view monitor. When this cable is disconnected, everything works except the students cannot see themselves!
  • If the remote site can see themselves, but not in color, check the S-Video cable on the back of the student-view monitor. When this cable is only partially connected, color will be lost.

For additional information, contact Instructional Technology.