Cleartouch 6500K IFP Start Guide



Physical Controls

Our Cleartouch boards provide you with
  • An embedded Android operating system that includes:
  • On-screen tools such as writing overlay, spotlight, magnifying
  • A whiteboard & painting app
  • A dedicated Chromebox on the back
  • (Optional) a dedicated DVD player on the back

Main Controls

  • On the front right-side is the power button to wake up the board. You can also push this once to turn off the screen (sleep mode)
  • To the right of that are (2) USB 3 ports that you can plug in your document camera, webcam, microphone slide remote or any other USB peripheral.
  • It will connect to both the board AND the Chromebox simultaneously for use with either.


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  • On the back you may have a DVD player – accessible via the HDMI3 (or named DVD) input.
  • You will have a dedicated Chromebox – accessible via the HDMI1 (or named Chromebox) input.


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Waking up the Chromebox

If the Chromebox shows ‘No Signal’ on the input, please go to the back of the board and ensure the Chromebox is on.


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Screen Controls & Usage

    .1On the board’s homescreen below you have two fly-out toolbars on each side of the board that will appear when pressing one of the arrows (#1)
    .2On the Android (AOSP) input you’ll have a grid icon on the bottom right to launch a few built-in apps (#2)

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The built-in apps that are mainly available are Pallete and Note.
    .1Note is a whiteboard app to write notes, add shapes, use tools like a ruler, draw, etc.
    .2Palette is for drawing and coloring and has various pen styles like brushes, markers, pencils, etc.


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Fly-out Toolbar

On the toolbar below:
    .1Home – brings you to the build-in Android home
    .2Recent Items – will show recent built-in applications you used such as Palette or Note
    .3Canvas (this is no longer used, used ‘Note’ instead) – Whiteboard app for writing quick notes or drawing
    .4On-screen Pen – This will overlay anything on your screen. It does not attach to the document and isn’t permanent, mostly for making quick notes and commentary during teaching
    .5On-screen Magnifier – This can zoom in on your screen with different levels of magnification
    .6Tool – This contains various on-screen tools like a spotlight to highlight something, a countdown time, a stopwatch and more.
    .7Inputs – This is where you can switch between the Android, Chromebox, and DVD (if present) inputs on your board.
    .8Not used
    .9Not used


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Lifting a Pen

When you lift a pen a toolbar will open in the corner where the pen was for quick-access.
    .1Palette is for drawing and coloring and has various pen styles like brushes, markers, pencils, etc.
    .2Note is a whiteboard app to write notes, add shapes, use tools like a ruler, draw, etc.
    .3Easimark is the same as the on-screen pen tool that you can quickly write over anything on your board


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Moving the Board

You can move the board to wherever power exists in your room. Before moving please do the following:
  • Shutdown the Chromebox by going to the bottom right corner (where the time is) and then clicking shutdown
  • Shutdown the board fully (press and HOLD) the front power button for 5 seconds, a notice will come up on the screen that it is shutting down.
  • Turn off the manual power switch on the board after it is off. It is located on the underside, see below.


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Once moved you can turn the switch back on, turn on the board and Chromebox and proceed to normal usage.