Setting up an interactive smart board in a home office

What you’ll need

• Wall mount or rolling stand
• Stud finder
• HDMI or USB-C cable
• A helper — these are heavy

Step by step

1. 1

   Decide mount or stand

   A rolling stand is far easier and lets you move the board; a wall mount must go into studs, never drywall anchors alone.

2. 2

   Set the height for writing

   Mount so the middle of the screen is around chest height. Too high and the top of the board is unusable.

3. 3

   Connect and test the sources

   Try each input — the built-in system, laptop over HDMI or USB-C, and wireless casting — before tidying the cables.

4. 4

   Calibrate the touch layer

   Run the built-in touch calibration so the pen lands where you point. Redo it if you move the board.

5. 5

   Set sleep and auto-off

   Configure a short sleep timeout and a hard auto-off. A 65-inch panel left on all day is a real load.

Energy-saving tips

• Put the board on a switched outlet or smart plug so it is genuinely off outside working hours.
• Lower the backlight — most large panels ship far brighter than a home room needs.
• Keep one labelled spare pen; losing the pen is what stops people using these.