SMART Board Board 480 User manual

SMARTBoard® 480
Interactive whiteboard
User’s guide

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Important information
Before you install and use your SMARTBoard® 480 interactive whiteboard, read and understand the
safety warnings and precautions in this user’s guide and the included warnings document. The
included warnings document describes the safe and correct operation of your SMARTBoard
interactive whiteboard and its accessories, helping you to prevent injuries and equipment damage.
N O T E
In this document, the term “interactive whiteboard” refers to your interactive whiteboard and its
accessories and options.
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Contents
Important information i
Chapter 1: Introducing your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard 1
Introduction 1
Features 2
How does your SMARTBoard interactive whiteboard work? 3
Computer requirements 4
Accessories and replacement parts 4
Installation tips 4
Chapter 2: Connecting your interactive whiteboard to a computer 7
Overview 7
Installing SMARTProductDrivers 8
Orienting your interactive whiteboard 8
Chapter 3: Using your interactive whiteboard 11
Using the Floating Tools toolbar 12
Using gestures, dual touch and dual write 13
Chapter 4: Maintenance and troubleshooting 19
Tips for trouble-free performance 19
Cleaning your interactive whiteboard 20
General troubleshooting 20
Transporting your interactive whiteboard 23
Contacting SMART Support 24
Appendix A: Hardware environmental compliance 25
Index 27
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Chapter 1: Introducing your SMARTBoard
480 interactive whiteboard
Introduction 1
Features 2
Feature highlights 2
DViT technology 2
Multitouch gestures 2
Dual touch 2
Dual write 2
Durable surface 2
How does your SMARTBoard interactive whiteboard work? 3
Windows computers 3
Computer requirements 4
Accessories and replacement parts 4
Installation tips 4
Extending your USB cable 4
Avoiding electromagnetic interference (EMI) 5
Introduction
Your SMART product is a wall-mounted, front projection interactive whiteboard. It enables you to do
everything that you can do at your computer—open and close applications, scroll through files, hold
meetings with others, create new documents or edit existing ones, visit websites, play video clips
and more—by touching the interactive surface with your finger or the included pen. When you connect
your interactive whiteboard to a computer and a projector, your computer image displays on the
interactive surface. You can write over any application in digital ink, and then save these notes to a
file in SMARTNotebook™ collaborative learning software for future reference and distribution.
Your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard is a full-speed USB 1.1 bus powered device with no
external power supply. Because USB is the primary connectivity mode, your interactive whiteboard
receives power from the computer through the included 3 m (9' 10") USB cable. There’s no power
switch on your interactive whiteboard. It’s always running when your computer is turned on.
Chapter 1
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Features
Your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard is durable and reliable. It features a rugged, hardened
interactive surface, a damage-resistant pen and SMART’s proprietary DViT® (Digital Vision Touch)
technology. Your interactive whiteboard measures 195.6 cm (77") diagonally and has a 4:3 aspect
ratio.
Feature highlights
DViT technology
Two digital cameras, one in each of the interactive whiteboard’s top corners, track the position of your
finger or the pen as it moves across the interactive surface.
Multitouch gestures
Your interactive whiteboard supports multitouch gestures (Windows® only). You can use two fingers
to resize an object on a page, to rotate an object, to zoom in and out and more.
Dual touch
Your interactive whiteboard supports dual touch (Windows only). Two users can use their fingers to
simultaneously perform mouse functions.
Dual write
Your interactive whiteboard has limited support for dual write (Windows only). Two users can use
their fingers to simultaneously write on the interactive whiteboard.
Durable surface
The interactive surface is scratch-resistant, dent-resistant and optimized for projection.
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How does your SMARTBoard interactive
whiteboard work?
Your interactive whiteboard functions as an input device for your computer, enabling you to work in
any application on your connected computer. You need two additional components to use your
interactive whiteboard: a computer and a digital projector. These components work together as
follows:
lYour computer runs an application and sends the image to your projector.
lYour projector casts the image onto your interactive whiteboard.
lYour interactive whiteboard detects contact with its screen and sends each contact point,
along with Pen tool information, to the connected computer.
SMARTProductDrivers translates the information into mouse clicks and digital ink.
When you touch your interactive whiteboard’s surface, the touch of your finger becomes a mouse
click and you can control your computer from your interactive whiteboard. When you use a pen tool,
SMARTProductDrivers changes the pointer to a colored pen, which enables you to write over your
desktop or any open application with digital ink.
When you install SMARTProductDrivers, a Floating Tools toolbar appears on your desktop. You can
change pen settings such as the transparency, color and width of the ink. You can then save your
notes to a file in SMARTNotebook software. You can also customize other tools, such as the width
of the eraser tool you use to erase your notes.
Windows computers
SMARTNotebook collaborative learning software includes SMARTInk™ and
SMARTProductDrivers. SMARTInk works with SMARTProductDrivers to enable you to write on
your screen in digital ink using your interactive product’s pen or your finger.
SMARTInk starts automatically when you start your computer, and the
SMARTInk toolbar appears in the title bar of each open window on your
computer.
N O T E
SMARTNotebook software doesn’t display the SMARTInk toolbar because it includes its own ink
tools that you can use to write directly in your file.
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You can press SMARTInk to select ink properties and to perform common tasks such as
capturing your notes.
SMARTInk includes SMARTInk Notes which enable you to write in digital ink anywhere on your
desktop. When you write outside of the open windows on your computer, a SMARTInk Note appears
and you can write inside the note.
SMARTInk also includes the SMARTInk Document Viewer, which enables you to view your
PDFfiles and to write over them in digital ink.
For more information on using SMARTInk, see the SMARTInk user’s guide
(smarttech.com/kb/170191).
Computer requirements
To successfully power your interactive whiteboard and run SMARTProductDrivers, your computer
must meet certain minimum requirements. For your interactive whiteboard’s computer requirements,
see the SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard specifications (smarttech.com/kb/154638).
Accessories and replacement parts
For a full list of items that you can order for your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard, go to
smarttech.com/accessories.
Contact your authorized SMARTreseller (smarttech.com/wheretobuy) to order accessories and
standard replacement parts for your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard.
Installation tips
For the installation instructions for your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard, see the
SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard installation guide (smarttech.com/kb/154700).
Extending your USB cable
The USB cable included with your SMARTBoard 480 interactive whiteboard is within the limit defined
by the USB standard for maximum length. Your interactive whiteboard has a built-in 1.5 m (5') USB
cable and a 3 m (9' 10") USB cable is also included.
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