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November 3, 2009Projection equipment to be used in a sales meeting should be tested at least several hours before use. By checking things beforehand, you’ll have time to order repair work or replacement parts. If the machine cannot readily be fixed, you’ll have time to get a substitute.
“I had to learn this the hard way,” confessed a trainer in Des Moines. “Because the machine worked the last time I used it, I thought it should work the next time. But even if it should, it sometimes didn’t. Now I test it beforehand.”
As the equipment is set up, electrical cords should be protected so that the power will not be cut off by a careless footstep. The cords can be covered by rugs and run outside the traffic lanes.
Some “play” in the cords will provide for further protection. Also, cords can be taped to the baseboard near the wall outlet, to make a disconnection even less likely.
The screen should be high enough so that persons sitting in the rear of the room can see. This means that the bottom of the screen must be higher than the heads of the people who will sit on the front row. Ordinarily, the bottom of the screen must be nearly five feet high.
If a loudspeaker is used it can best be located on a chair or table near the screen. This produces clear and more realistic sound effects.
As for lights, it will be necessary to turn off room lights without turning off the current to the projector. This is another item to be checked in advance.
But get everyone properly seated before turning out the lights. Stumbling in the dark can be dangerous!
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