Audio-Visual Center Illustrated Glossary
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Cablecast: We broadcast media from the AV Center to your classroom through the campus closed circuit cable system. You fill out a form at our office or online for this service.
Over-the-Counter: You come to AV to check out equipment or media.
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Laptop: We have Apple Macbooks and Dell Latitudes. They all have Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Powerpoint) and an internet browser. You hook them to a Data Projector to display on a classroom screen. |
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| Data Projector: This allows you to project the image from a laptop or desktop computer onto a classroom screen. We have lots of different names for them, but if you ask for it by this name, we'll know what you mean. | ![]() |
| Ethernet cable: Connects from a computer to the campus ethernet system. Ask for one if you're using our computers to access the internet. WIRELESS ACCESS IS SPORADIC IN SFSU CLASSROOMS. | ![]() |
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| Multimedia cart: A four-wheeled cart with a VHS VCR, DVD player, a Laserdisc player, TV tuner, amplifier, speakers and a projector on top. We can hook a laptop or video overhead to the projector. A very flexible piece of equipment, a classroom console on wheels. | ![]() |
| Camcorder: We currently support Digital Video recording using tape or recording to a hard drive or flash card. |
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| VCR/DVD Multiplayer: This little gem can do it all: VHS tapes, commercial DVDs, DVD-R, CDs, CD-R, CD-RW, mp3s, wma, photo CDs. We will need to know what classroom you will be using it in, to assure that the correct cables are included. | ![]() |
| We have a couple of TVs on a cart with a VCR/DVD player. | ![]() |
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| CD/Cassette: This does three things: play CDs and cassettes in stereo and records cassettes in stereo. It does not come with a microphone. Please ask for one. | ![]() |
| Phonograph: They are old and have not had a new stylus in quite a while. But they are a surprisingly refreshing trip through the way-back machine. | ![]() |
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Sound
system: This is a powered amplifier built into a speaker case. It is mono.
Some ways to use it:
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| PROJECTION EQUIPMENT: | |
| Overhead Projector: To project transparencies on to a classroom screen. | ![]() |
| Opaque Projector: To project opaque pages (from newspapers and magazines) on to a classroom screen. | ![]() |
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Video Overhead/Document Camera: Uses a video camera perched on a overhead arm to take a video picture of whatever is underneath it. You need a data projector to get the image on the classroom screen. Will project transparencies, books, magazines or any object. |
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35mm Slide Projector: Your basic slide projector. Comes with an 80 slide carousel and a wired remote. |
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| Current AV Equipment | Classroom Services |