Use a Bose VB1 Videobar for a Meeting
Several conference rooms have the Bose VB1 Video Bar. If the soundbar in your space looks like this, these instructions will apply. If it does not, ask the department that is in charge of the meeting space for instructions on their specific hardware.
Connecting to the Videobar
You connect to the videobar the same way you'd connect to any other webcam. A USB cable should be available coming out of the videobar. Plug it into your computer and it should see it as a USB camera, microphone and speakers.
Your computer may not see the videobar by default. When connecting to your meeting, you should select Bose Videobar VB1 in the settings for your camera, microphone and speakers.
Controlling the Videobar
Unlike a regular webcam, you'll control the videobar with a remote control.
Controlling Audio
You can control the speaker volume with the volume keys on the remote.
You'll see a white flash on the right side of the videobar when increasing the volume, or on the left when decreasing the volume.
To mute or unmute the microphone, press the microphone mute button on the remote.
A mute indicator will appear on the soundbar if the microphone is muted.
Controlling the Camera
The arrow keys on the remote will control where the camera is pointing. Keep in mind that left and right are mirrored, so press left to make the camera go right and right to make it go left.
You can zoom the camera in with the zoom buttons on the bottom right of the remote.
To return to the default camera view, press the Home button on the remote.
Speaker Tracking
The Bose videobar has speaker tracking capabilities. To turn speaker tracking on press the auto frame button on the remote.
The green light at the bottom of the videobar will become wide, indicating that speaker tracking is active.
Keep in mind that speaker tracking takes some time, and you need to be reasonably close to the camera for it to pick you up. If you aren't being picked up, move closer to the videobar.
To turn speaker tracking off, hit the auto frame button on the remote again. The light at the bottom of the videobar will decrease in width.