TANDBERG 1700 MXP User Manual - page 42
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TANDBERG 1700
MXP
USER GUIDE
Features Overview
Video Meeting Features
ThissectionoftheUserGuideoutlines
featuresavailableduringavideocall.Main
emphasishasbeenputonfeaturesavail-
ableinpoint-to-pointcallsonly(asopposed
tovideoconferencecalls–alsocalled
MultiSitecalls).However,featuresavailable
forbothpoint-to-pointandMultiSiteare
alsocovered.
ObservethatalthoughScreenLayout
featuresandStreamingindeedapplyduring
videocalls,theyarenotdescribedinthis
section,butin
GettingAcqaintedwiththe
System
and
CallHandling
,respectively.
Screen Layout
Youmaysetthesystemtoshowyourself
(selfview),theotherparty,orapresenta-
tion.
TheTANDBERG1700
MXP
canalsobeused
asalocalPCdisplay,withoutlettingthe
otherpartyseewhat’sonyourPCscreen.
Finally,youmayalsosetupthesystemto
displaymorethanoneimageonthescreen
(PictureInPicture–PIPorPictureOutside
Picture–POP).
Formoreonthis,see
Selfview
,
LocalPC
Display
and
ScreenLayout
.
Far End Camera Control
Thisisafeaturethatletsyoupan,tilt,and
zoomthefarendcamera.Iffarendpresets
areavailableyoumayaccesstheseaswell,
andyoumayalsomakeuseofanyvideo
sourcesthatthefarendmayhaveatits
disposal.
Thisfeaturerequiresamovablecamerain
thefarend–i.e.communicationbetween
two1700
MXP
unitswillnotprovidefarend
cameracontrol.
Formoreonthis,see
FarEndCamera
Control
.
Snapshots
Thesystemcantakeasnapshotofyourlive
video.Snapshotishandywhenyouarein
acallwithasystemthatdoesnotsupport
DualVideoStream
.UseSnapshotto
showasnapshotofyourpresentationand
continuethemeetingwithmaincamera.
Formoreonthis,see
Snapshots
.
Presentations
ThePresentationFunctionalityinthe
systemenablesyoutoshowotheravailable
videosourcesinadditiontoyourMainCam-
era.Thisisperfectformeetingswhereyou
wouldliketoshowaPowerPointpresenta-
tion,forexample.
UsePresentationoutsideacalltomake
alocalpresentationforthepeopleinyour
ownmeetingroom.UsePresentationwhen
youareinacalltomakeapresentationfor
thefarendaswell.
Formoreonthis,see
Presentation
.
Presets
Thefarendmayusecamerapresetsto
easilyvarybetweenpredefinedcamera
anglesintheirownend.Thustheyeliminate
theneedtomovetheircameraaboutina
manualway.
Your1700
MXP
maygetaccesstotheseset-
tings.Ifnopresetshavebeenstoredandyoutry
toaccessfarendpresetsnothingwillhappen.
Formoreonthis,see
FarEndCameraControl
–UsingFarEndPresets
.
Text Chat
Youmayuseyour1700
MXP
tosendand
receivetextmessagesusingthechatting
functionavailable.
AllyouneedistoselecttheTextChatfunc-
tionandusethekeypadasyouwouldwhen
sendingtextmessages(SMS)usingyour
cellularphone.
Formoreonthis,see
TextChat
.
Dual Video Stream
WithDualStream(optionalfeature)you
havetheopportunitytoshowtwodifferent
livevideostreamssimultaneously,main
videoandoneadditionalsource.Thisis
handywhenshowingapresentation.You
seethelivepresentationandthelivevideo
ofthepresentersimultaneously.Bothpar-
tiesmustsupportDualVideoStreamto
makethiswork.Ifnot,thepresentationwill
besentasthemainvideostreaminstead.
Formoreonthis,see
DualVideoStream
.
Accessing Far End Video Sources
Inpoint-to-pointvideomeetingsyour
systemmaybeconnectedtoasystemwith
severalinputsforvariousvideosources.
Youmaygetaccesstothesebymeansof
theFarEndVideocontrols.
Observethatyoursystemcanaccess
theinputsonly.Thefarendmayhave
connectedothersourcestotheinputsthan
theinputnamesnormallyshouldsuggest.
Formoreonthis,see
AccessingFarEnd
VideoSources
.
Streaming
Streamingletsyoubroadcastyourmeeting
toparticipantsontheweb.Theweb
participantscanviewthemeeting,listentothe
meeting,seesnapshots,butnotparticipate
themselves.Snapshotsofcurrentstream(if
MultiSite),selfview,farendandDualVideo
Streamsareaccessibleviahttp.
Formoreonthis,see
Streaming
.