**TEL Station Operators Setup Checklist**

1.  **Ensure TEL Station connectivity cables are plugged into the color
    coded wall plate**

> \--Red labeled phone line should be plugged into the "red" slot.
>
> \--Coax/TV type cable will be screwed into RF connector -- bottom
> slot.

2.  **Ensure power cord from the cart is plugged into a power outlet**

3.  **Harvard Elite -- AT-2001**

> \--Move the volume slide lever all the way to the left -- off
> position.
>
> \--Press Satellite Audio button -- button red when activated

4.  **Turn on the VCR**

5.  **Turn on the TV monitor**

> You should be seeing and hearing CNN through the speakers on the TV,
> unless it is 30 minutes prior to a TEL event. Within thirty minutes of
> the start of TEL Training, you should be automatically switched from
> CNN and seeing a screen that gives event title information, phone
> bridge numbers. There should be music playing in the background. If
> there is no sound, turn the volume up using the TV remote or the
> volume control on the TV set.

6.  **Is this an interactive course using the
    push-to-talk-microphones?**

> **No** -- You are already set up collect. Harvard Elite settings are:
>
> \--Satellite Audio button on -- red light
>
> \--All other lights off
>
> \--Volume slide lever all the way to the left. Your audio should be
> coming from the TV
>
> monitor -- go to Step 10.
>
> **Yes** - If this is an NPS interactive course, you will need to
> connect to a phone bridge using the Harvard Elite AT-2001/Black box.
> Complete Steps 7-9.

7.  **Set out and daisy chain the number of push-to-microphones
    needed.**

There is one microphone connected to the back of the Harvard Elite
AT-2001 black box, place this

microphone out first and daisy chain the other microphones to
accommodate your students. The

> system will work if any number of microphones are connected. Push down
> on the talk button; verify that the audio has muted. If you can hear
> any sound from CNN or music during the test period while the mic
> button is pushed down, call the Help Desk and tell them your mics do
> not mute the program sound.

8.  **Turn down the volume on the TV monitor**

9.  **Connect to the phone bridge using the Harvard Elite AT-2001 Black
    Box**

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1.  Press the Satellite Audio button to the off position -- no red light

2.  Press the Internal Speaker button -- light will turn red when
    powered on

3.  Move the volume slide lever to the right about one third of the way.

4.  Press the Manual/Answer Call button -- you should hear a dial tone.

5.  On the keypad, dial the 800 number -- depending on your phone
    system, you may need to dial a 9, 1. Enter the passcode when
    prompted by the operator -- the automated operator will inform you
    when you are connected.

6.  When connected to the phone bridge, press in the Satellite Audio
    button (turns red) and move the volume slide lever button all the
    way to the left - off.

7.  Turn the TV monitor volume up -- the audio is coming through the TV.

8.  Leave the internal speaker, manual/answer call and satellite audio
    buttons on during the course.

**10. Check in your Site**

> \--using the microphone, press and hold the push to talk lever (this
> mutes the audio), identify your site by saying "this is Jane from
> Grand Canyon", release lever.

**END OF BROADCAST**

> 1\. Disconnect from the phone bridge -- Harvard Elite/ATProducts/Black
> Box
>
> \--press in the internal speaker button, manual/answer call button &
> satellite audio buttons
>
> 2\. Turn off TV monitor
>
> 3\. Turn off VCR

**RECORD A COURSE:**

Place a tape in the VCR and press the record button. You may want to
change the speed of recording -- depending on the type of tape you have
and the length of the event. Depending on your VCR, you will either
select the recording speed from your remote or the VCR menu. Check your
Owner's Manual. Write your instructions below:

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**COURSE CLOSED CAPTIONED:**

If the course is being closed captioned, there is a button on your TV
remote (CC). Press this button once. Closed captioning does not begin
until the actual program starts. To turn off, press the CC button once.

**AUDIO PROBLEMS?**

The most common step missed is not pushing Satellite Audio (red light)
after you have connected to the phone bridge.

**VIDEO PROBLEMS?**

There are several things that may cause problems with your video
reception. Here are some solutions you may check before calling the Help
Desk.

\--Your Scientific Atlanta receiver should be left on 24/7

\--If your site did not register for the course, you will not receive
the signal.

\--The Channel on your TV might have been changed. CNN should be on
either AV1 or AV2. You find these below channel 1 (one) on the channel
select buttons on the remote or front of the TV.

\--The VCR is not turned on.

\--Your channel on your VCR got changed. With the remote, change channel
going up or down once.

Channel should be on 3 or 4.