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Administrator’s Guide for the V500 System

Video and Audio Tools

Diagnostic Tool	In the system’s user interface		In the V500 web interface
Color Bar test	1.	On the Diagnostics screen,	1.	Select Diagnostics > Video.
Tests the color settings of your monitor for		select Video.	2.	Click the Color Bars icon.
	2.	Select the Color Bars icon.
optimum picture quality.			3.	Click the Color Bars icon
If the color bars generated during the test	3.	Press any button on the remote		again to stop the test.
		control to stop the test.
are not clear, or the colors do not look
correct, the monitor needs to be adjusted.
Speaker test	1.	On the Diagnostics screen,	1.	Select Diagnostics > Audio >
Tests the audio cable connections. A		select Audio > Speaker Test.		Speaker Test.
	2.	Select the Speaker Test icon.	2.	Click the Speaker Test icon.
400 Hz audio tone indicates that the local
audio connections are correct.	3.	Press any button on the remote	3.	Click the Speaker Test icon
		control to stop the test.		again to stop the test.
	If you are in a call, the far site will		The people at the site you are
	also hear the tone.		testing will hear the tone, but you
			will not. You can send a message
			to tell them how to notify you
			when they hear the speaker test.
Speaker test	1.	On the Diagnostics screen,	1.	Select Diagnostics > Audio >
Tests the audio cable connections. A		select Audio > Speaker Test.		Speaker Test.
	2.	Select the Speaker Test icon.	2.	Click the Speaker Test icon.
400 Hz audio tone indicates that the local
audio connections are correct.	3.	Press any button on the remote	3.	Click the Speaker Test icon
		control to stop the test.		again to stop the test.
	If you are in a call, the far site will		The people at the site you are
	also hear the tone.		testing will hear the tone, but you
			will not. You can send a message
			to tell them how to notify you
			when they hear the speaker test.
Audio Meter screen	1.	On the Diagnostics screen,	Select Diagnostics > Audio >
Measures the strength of audio signals		select Audio.	Audio Meter to start the test.
	2.	Select Audio Meter.
from the system’s microphone.			The audio meter should register
		The audio meter should	between 0 and 15 dB.
		register between 0 and 15 dB
		for each active input.
	3.	To check the microphone,
		speak into the microphone.
	4.	To check far-site audio, ask a
		person at the far site to speak.

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