CHAPTER 1
WELCOME
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In addition, this guide includes information on the display’s settings, on-screen display menu and
remote management support.
This guide is intended for those who install and maintain displays in their organizations. Other
documentation and resources are available for those who use displays (see More information on
page10).
About the display
The SMARTBoard 6000 or 6000 Pro series interactive display is the hub of your classroom or
meeting room. PC-free embedded computing provides one-touch access to collaborative tools,
including a whiteboard, wireless screen sharing and a web browser. There’s no need for wires,
cables or manual software and firmware updates.
Features
The display includes the following features:
Feature Description
iQ technology The display’s iQ appliance provides one-touch access to
collaborative tools, including a whiteboard, wireless screen sharing
and a web browser.
Touch support You can do everything on the display that you can do at your
computer—open and close applications, meet with others, create
new documents or edit existing ones, visit websites, play and
manipulate videos, and so on—by touching the display’s surface.
You can use an array of gestures within applications, including
panning, scaling, rotating and zooming in and out.
The display’s support for at least four simultaneous touches
enables you and other users to interact with objects on the screen
at the same time.
Writing and drawing
support
You can write over applications in digital ink using one of the
supplied pens, and then erase the digital ink using your palm or the
eraser on the pen.
You and another writer can write or draw digital ink on the screen at
the same time. The PenID™ feature enables you to assign different
ink appearances to each pen.
Audio support The display includes integrated speakers for presenting audio from
connected input sources.