SMART Smart Board M600 series User manual

SMARTBoard® M600
series
Interactive whiteboard
User’s guide

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Important information
Before you install and use your SMARTBoard® M600 series 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 M600 series interactive whiteboard 1
Accessories and replacement parts 1
Computer requirements 1
Features 2
How does your SMARTBoard interactive whiteboard work? 3
Installation tips 4
Introduction 5
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 9
Using the Floating Tools toolbar 10
Using gestures, dual touch and dual write 11
Chapter 4: Maintenance and troubleshooting 17
Tips for trouble-free performance 17
Cleaning your interactive whiteboard 17
General troubleshooting 18
Transporting your interactive whiteboard 21
Contacting SMARTSupport 21
Appendix A: Hardware environmental compliance 23
Index 25

Chapter 1
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Chapter 1: Introducing your SMARTBoard
M600 series interactive
whiteboard
Accessories and replacement parts 1
Computer requirements 1
Features 2
Feature highlights 2
DViT technology 2
Multitouch gestures 2
Dual touch and dual write 2
Durable surface 2
How does your SMARTBoard interactive whiteboard work? 3
Windows and Mac computers 3
Installation tips 4
Extending your USB cable 4
Avoiding electromagnetic interference (EMI) 4
Introduction 5
Accessories and replacement parts
For a full list of items that you can order for your SMARTBoard M600 series 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 M600 series interactive whiteboard.
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 specifications for your product located at smarttech.com/SupportSBM600.

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Features
Your SMARTBoard M600 series interactive whiteboard is durable and reliable. It features a rugged,
hardened interactive surface, two damage-resistant pens and SMART’s proprietary DViT®
(DigitalVisionTouch) technology. The SMARTBoard M680 interactive whiteboard measures 195.6
cm(77") diagonally and has a 4:3 aspect ratio, while the M685 interactive whiteboard measures
221cm (87") diagonally and has a 16:10 aspect ratio.
Feature highlights
DViT technology
Four digital cameras, one in each of the interactive whiteboard’s 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® and Mac 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 and dual write
Your interactive whiteboard supports dual touch (Windows and Mac only). Two users can use their
fingers to simultaneously perform mouse functions or 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 and Mac 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.
You can press SMARTInk to select ink properties and to perform common tasks such as
capturing your notes.

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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).
Installation tips
For the installation instructions for your SMARTBoard M600 series interactive whiteboard, see the
SMARTBoard M600 series interactive whiteboard installation guide (smarttech.com/kb/170429).
Extending your USB cable
The USB cable included with your SMARTBoard M600 series interactive whiteboard is within the
limit defined by the USB standard for maximum length. Your interactive whiteboard includes a 5 m
(16' 5") USB cable.
I M P O R T A N T
The combined USB cables connected from your interactive whiteboard to your computer should not
exceed 5 m (16' 5").
However, if this cable isn’t long enough to reach from your computer to your interactive whiteboard,
you can use a bus-powered hub, such as the active USB extension cable (Part No. USB-XT) to
extend your USB connection.
Avoiding electromagnetic interference (EMI)
You can take some precautions to prevent EMI to your interactive whiteboard:
lDon’t route USB cables parallel to power cables.
lCross USB cables over power cables at a 90º angle to reduce the risk of interference on the
USB cables.
lDon’t route USB cables close to common sources of EMI, such as electric motors or fluorescent
lighting ballasts.
lDon’t bend USB cables sharply.
lDon’t use USB plug adapters or passive USB wall plates.

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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 M600 series interactive whiteboard is a full-speed USB 2.0 device with an
external power supply. Your interactive whiteboard receives power from a wall outlet through the
included country-specific power supply and cable.

Chapter 2
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Chapter 2: Connecting your interactive
whiteboard to a computer
Overview 7
Matching your computer’s resolution to your projector’s resolution 7
Installing SMARTProductDrivers 8
Orienting your interactive whiteboard 8
Overview
Your SMARTBoard M600 series interactive whiteboard’s USB interface enables you to connect your
interactive whiteboard to your computer. The included USB cable provides a digital signal from your
computer to your interactive whiteboard, and the included power supply provides power to the
interactive whiteboard.
Matching your computer’s resolution to your projector’s resolution
Ensure that the resolution settings for your projector and computer match. If your computer’s
resolution doesn’t match the projector’s native resolution, the image doesn’t properly fill the
interactive surface and can shimmer or appear distorted.
Set the projector to its optimal image resolution by following the instructions included with your
projector, and then set your computer’s resolution to match. If you need help changing your
computer’s resolution, see the instructions included with your operating system.
You might need to adjust your computer’s refresh rate to obtain the best results. Set the computer to
an initial refresh rate of 60 Hz, and then adjust this rate up or down to determine the ideal refresh rate.
For more information on changing your computer’s refresh rate, see the instructions included with
your operating system.

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Installing SMARTProductDrivers
You can install SMARTProductDrivers on any computer that meets certain minimum operating
specifications by using the software installation DVD included with your SMART product or by
downloading it from smarttech.com/downloads.
I M P O R T A N T
You must install the latest version of SMARTProductDrivers on your Windows or Mac computer in
order to write in digital ink and to use touch on the interactive whiteboard’s surface.
For your interactive whiteboard’s computer requirements, see the specifications for your product,
located at (smarttech.com/SupportSBM600).
Orienting your interactive whiteboard
After you install SMARTProductDrivers on your computer, orient your interactive whiteboard.
Orienting your interactive whiteboard ensures the greatest possible level of writing and touch
accuracy. Orient your interactive whiteboard any time your projector or interactive whiteboard has
been moved since you last used it, or whenever the mouse pointer isn’t properly aligned with the pen
or your finger when you touch the interactive surface.
To orient your interactive whiteboard
1. On the interactive surface, click the SMART Board icon in the notification area (Windows),
Dock (Mac) or system tray (Linux), and then select Orient.
The Orientation screen opens.
2. Pick up the pen from the pen tray.
3. Beginning at the first target on the screen, touch the center of the target firmly with the tip of the
pen and hold the pen steady until the target moves to the next point.
4. Repeat step 3 until you arrive at the last point.
5. At the last point, touch the center of the target, pause and then release the pen.
The Orientation screen closes.

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Chapter 3: Using your interactive
whiteboard
Using the Floating Tools toolbar 10
Using gestures, dual touch and dual write 11
Single-finger gestures 11
Selecting and deselecting an object (clicking) 11
Displaying menu options (right-clicking) 12
Dragging an object or scroll bar 12
Double-clicking 12
Displaying the next or previous page 12
Multi-finger gestures 12
Displaying menu options (right-clicking) 13
Enlarging an area or object 13
Reducing the scale of an object 13
Scrolling horizontally or vertically 13
Rotating an object 13
Best practices for gestures and tools 13
When you touch your interactive whiteboard’s surface, the interactive whiteboard registers the
horizontal and vertical (or x and y) coordinates on the interactive surface. Your computer’s mouse
driver interprets those coordinates and moves the pointer to the corresponding point on the projected
image.
WARNING
Do not stand (or allow children to stand) on a chair to touch the surface of the SMART Board
product. Instead, safely fix the product at the appropriate height on a wall or use a SMART floor
stand.
To open an application on your interactive whiteboard, press twice consecutively on the application’s
icon. When you press twice to open an application, it’s the same as double-clicking your mouse to
open an application on your computer. Similarly, each time you press once on the interactive surface,
it’s the same as a single left click.

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N O T E
If necessary, move the mouse or touch the interactive whiteboard’s surface or press any key on
your keyboard to bring your computer out of standby mode.
Using the Floating Tools toolbar
You must install and run SMARTProductDrivers on your connected computer to have use of the
Floating Tools toolbar. While you work on your interactive whiteboard, the toolbar floats over your
desktop and any open application. Use your finger or the provided pen tray pens to select a tool from
this customizable toolbar to click, write, erase and open SMARTNotebook software on your
interactive whiteboard.
For more information on how to use SMARTNotebook software, see smarttech.com/support.
To open the Floating Tools toolbar
Press the SMARTBoard icon in the notification area (Windows), Dock (Mac) or system tray
(Linux), and then press Show Floating Tools.

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N O T E S
oSMARTNotebook software includes additional toolbars which allow you to control digital
ink pens and other drawing tools.
oYou can move this toolbar to either the left or right side of the screen.
oYou can move this toolbar lower on your screen so younger students can reach it.
oYou’re unable to rotate this toolbar horizontally.
Using gestures, dual touch and dual write
Your interactive whiteboard supports multitouch gestures, dual touch and dual write with your
Windows or Mac computer. Some gestures might not work in all operating systems.
Multitouch gestures enable you to use pre-determined commands on your interactive whiteboard
without using the keyboard or mouse. With a series of two-finger touches on your interactive
whiteboard screen, you can navigate pages, change the look of an object and more.
Dual touch enables two users to touch the interactive whiteboard and to simultaneously perform
mouse functions.
Dual write enables two users to use their fingers to write on the interactive whiteboard at the same
time.
Single-finger gestures
You can perform some gestures using one finger, including selecting an object and double-clicking.
Single-finger gestures include the following:
Selecting and deselecting an object (clicking)
Quickly press and release the interactive surface to select or deselect an
object or option. This performs a standard mouse click.
N O T E
This gesture starts applications if your operating system is set to start applications on a single
click.

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Displaying menu options (right-clicking)
Press and hold the screen with your finger.
In SMARTNotebook software, Windows and Microsoft® Office programs,
the right-click menu appears.
Dragging an object or scroll bar
Press and hold an object or scroll bar on the screen. Keep your finger on
the screen and slowly move the object or scroll bar. When you reach the
position you want, release your finger.
Double-clicking
Quickly press and release the interactive surface twice in the same spot.
This performs a standard double-click.
N O T E
This gesture starts applications if your operating system is set to start applications on a double-
click.
Displaying the next or previous page
Press the screen, and then quickly press again directly to the right of that
point to display the next page.
Press the screen, and then quickly press again directly to the left of that
point to display the previous page.
Multi-finger gestures
You can perform some gestures using two or more fingers, including scaling, scrolling and
manipulating objects. Multi-finger gestures include the following:

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Displaying menu options (right-clicking)
Using two fingers on the same hand, press and hold the screen with your left finger and then press the
screen once with your right finger.
Release your left finger from the screen, and then select a menu item with any finger.
Enlarging an area or object
Use one finger on each hand to press in the center of the area or object,
and then drag your fingers away from each other.
Reducing the scale of an object
Use one finger on each hand to press the screen at opposite ends of the
area or object, and then drag your fingers toward each other.
This gesture either scales an object on a page, or the entire page,
depending on the application.
Scrolling horizontally or vertically
Use two fingers on the same hand to press the screen.
Keeping your fingers on the screen, move up, down, left or right on the
page. Release your fingers when you’re satisfied with the view.
Rotating an object
Place one finger on either side of the object you want to rotate. Keep one
finger stationary, and quickly move your second finger around the object.
Release your fingers from the screen when you’re satisfied with the angle.
Best practices for gestures and tools
Follow these guidelines when you use gestures and tools with your interactive product.

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Hold your fingers perpendicular (90°) to the interactive surface at the contact point.
90°
90°
Keep your thumb and other fingers away from the interactive surface. They can generate
unintentional commands.
Keep your other hand, elbows and loose clothing away from the interactive surface. They can
generate unintentional commands.