Here is help for connecting your projector to your computer. This presentation was created by the participants in a Marlborough Public Schools 2012 Summer Professional Development mini course

1. How to Set Up Your
Projector
August 2012
Click for Projector Brochure pdf file

2. First, you need to find your projector box.

3. Open the box and this is what you'll find.

4. Out of the box, these are the only pieces you
will need. A black VGA/audio cable and
projector remote control.

5. Here is what the back of your computer
should look like. Pay attention to the vertical
(video port) slot on the left.

6. On the wall, there should be a new wall
outlet.

7. You will also need a Black & White signal
splitter cable.

8. Connect the Black end of the splitter into
the vertical video port which is in the back of
your computer.

9. You will also need a white DVI/VGA
Adapter.

10. This end of the adapter
will connect to one end
of the cable that was in
the projector box.
This end of the adapter
will connect to one of
the two output
connectors on the Y
cable

11. Connect the white DVI/VGA adapter to one
of the ends of the splitter.

12. Connect the
end of the splitter
(Y cable) that
does not have an
adapter attached
to the existing
monitor cable.

13. Connect the black long VGA cable to the
end of the Y cable with the white DVI/VGA
adapter.

14. Connect the audio cord to the green outlet
jack in the back of the computer.

15. Connect the other end of the VGA black
cord to the wall.

16. Connect
the black
audio cord
to the wall
outlet.

17. Now you can turn on your computer!

18. Here is a picture of all the features on your
remote.
1. Power button
2 Computer button (cycles through connected computer
sources)
3. Video button (cycles through connected video sources)
4. Numeric buttons (enter numbers)
5. Auto button (automatically adjusts position, tracking, and
sync settings)
6. Aspect button (selects the image aspect ratio)
7. Num button (when held down, switches numeric buttons
to number function)
8 . Menu button (accesses projector menu system)
9. Arrow buttons (move through on-screen options and
control wireless mouse functions)
10. Enter button (selects options and controls wireless
mouse functions)
11. User button (customizable for different functions)
12. Page up/down buttons (control presentation slides)
13. E-Zoom +/– buttons (zoom into and out of the image)
14. A/V Mute button (turns off picture and sound)
15. Help button (accesses projector help information)
16. Freeze button (stops video action)
17. Volume up/down buttons (adjust speaker volume)
18. Pointer button (activates on-screen pointer)
19. Esc button (cancels/exits functions and controls wireless
mouse functions)
20. Color Mode button (selects display modes)
21. LAN button (cycles between network and optional Quick
Wireless Connection Key sources)
22. USB button (cycles through connected USB sources)
23. Source Search button (searches for connected sources)

19. Turn on your projector with your remote, be
sure to point to the board, not the projector.

20. If you have an WindowsXP as your
operating system, you will need to right click
on the screen to open the NVIDIA control
panel.

21. On an XP computer you will see this screen after you click the NVIDIA . You need to check “The
same on both displays (Clone)”
A Windows 7 computer uses the keystroke combination of the windows key and P to select “duplicate
screen”

22. Dual screen shot

23. Congratulations, You are done!

24. Credits:
Margaret DeFazio
Julie Dutczak
Adrianne Fedorchuk
Jeff Gay
Jeanne Gutowski
Sean Mahoney
Christine Randall
Cathy Rosenstock
2012 MPS Summer Institute Enhancing Your Curriculum with Projectors Course