Infocus Video Card Guide for PC Laptop/Desktop Computers How to Configure Your Display Settings for an Infocus Projector
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InFocus Video Card Guide for PC Laptop/Desktop Computers How to configure your display settings for an InFocus projector Table of Contents ATI - If you have an ATI Radeon video card and a LAPTOP computer, see page 2. ATI - If you have an ATI Radeon video card and a DESKTOP computer, see pages 3-4. NVIDIA - If you have a NVIDIA GeForce video card and a LAPTOP computer, see page 5. NVIDIA - If you have a NVIDIA GeForce video card and a DESKTOP computer, see pages 6-7. INTEL - If you have an INTEL video card and a LAPTOP computer, see page 8. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Laptop Computer - ATI Rage/Radeon video card Most ATI video cards have dual monitor support. If you do not see the ATI Displays tab, download drivers from www.ati.com or the laptop manufacturer’s web site. NOTE: Single monitor support will allow you to display the laptop screen or an external display device. Dual monitor support will allow you to display the laptop screen and an external display device simultaneously. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the ATI Displays Tab. To enable the 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 second display, click enable/disable projector resolution. button in the right monitor box. Monitor Panel The right monitor (projector) is activated. To set the desktop monitor (left) as Primary Click Yes to accept the changes. The image appears on the laptop screen and 4 Display, click . To set the projector (right) 5 6 the projector. as Secondary Display, click . Click Apply. Panel Monitor A A Composite Video The desktop monitor (left) is set up as Primary Display ProjectorNet RS-232 L and the projector (right) is set up as Secondary Display . If you do not click Yes or No, the settings will revert M1-DA Note: M1-DA S-video R back to the previous settings. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 2 Desktop Computer - ATI Radeon single-head video card Some ATI video cards are single-head. If you do not see the ATI Displays tab, download drivers from www.ati.com or the laptop manufacturer’s web site. NOTE: Single head video cards have one monitor-out port to only support one display device at a time. Dual head video cards have two monitor-out ports to support two display devices simultaneously. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the Monitor or Adapter tab to set the 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 refresh rate to 60 Hertz. High refresh rates may projector resolution. cause flickering or no image on the projector. Note: Computer resolution higher than the native projector resolution may cause low image and text quality. Click Yes to accept the changes. Turn off the computer. Disconnect your The image appears on the projector. If you 4 5 desktop monitor. Connect the computer to 6 want to connect your monitor and projector the projector. to the desktop computer, see PC Desktop How To Guide. Composite A B Video ProjectorNet RS-232 L M1-DA S-video R A Connect the M1-A connector Plug the VGA connector A to the M1 port on the projector. into the monitor port on the desktop computer. C Composite Power on the projector, then the Video ProjectorNet RS-232 desktop computer. L Note: If you do not click Yes or No, the settings will revert M1-DA S-video R back to the previous settings. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 Desktop Computer - ATI Radeon dual-head video card Most ATI video cards are dual-head. If you do not see the ATI Displays tab, download drivers from www.ati.com or the laptop manufacturer’s web site. NOTE: Single head video cards have one monitor-out port to only support one display device at a time. Dual head video cards have two monitor-out ports to support two display devices simultaneously. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the ATI Displays Tab. To enable the 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 second display, click enable/disable projector resolution. button on the right monitor box. Note: Computer resolution higher than the native projector The right monitor (projector) is activated. resolution may cause low image and text quality. To set the desktop monitor (left) as Primary Click Yes to accept the changes. The image appears on the monitor and the 4 Display, click . To set the projector (right) 5 6 projector. as Secondary Display, click . Click Apply. A A The desktop monitor (left) is set up as Primary Display Composite Video ProjectorNet RS-232 and the projector (right) is set up as Secondary Display . L Note: If you do not click Yes or No, the settings will revert M1-DA S-video R back to the previous settings. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 4 Laptop Computer - NVIDIA GeForce video card If you do not see the NVIDIA GeForce tab, download drivers from www.nvidia.com or the laptop manufacturer’s web site. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the NVIDIA tab. Click the green button 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 to view the hidden NVIDIA display menu on projector resolution. the left. Click nView Display Mode in the NVIDIA Click Yes to accept the changes.. The image appears on the monitor and the 4 Menu Panel. Under the nView Modes list, 5 6 projector. select Clone and click Apply. A A Composite Video ProjectorNet RS-232 L Note: If you do not click Yes or No, the settings will revert M1-DA S-video R back to the previous settings. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 5 Desktop Computer - NVIDIA GeForce single-head video card Some NVIDIA video cards are single-head. If you do not see the NVIDIA GeForce tab, download drivers from www.nvidia.com or the desktop manufacturer’s web site. NOTE: Single head video cards have one monitor-out port to only support one display device at a time. Dual head video cards have two monitor-out ports to support two display devices simultaneously. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the Monitor or Adapter tab to set the 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 refresh rate to 60 Hertz. High refresh rates may projector resolution. cause flickering or no image on the projector. Click Yes to accept the changes. Turn off the computer. Disconnect your The image appears on the projector. If you 4 5 desktop monitor. Connect computer to the 6 want to connect your monitor and projector projector. to the desktop computer, then see PC Desktop How To Guide. Composite A B Video ProjectorNet RS-232 L M1-DA S-video R A Connect the M1-A connector Plug the VGA connector to the M1 port on the projector. A into the monitor port on the desktop computer. C Power on the projector, then the Composite Video desktop computer. ProjectorNet RS-232 L Note: If you do not click Yes or No, the settings will revert M1-DA S-video R back to the previous settings. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 6 Desktop Computer - NVIDIA GeForce dual-head video card Most NVIDIA video cards are dual-head. If you do not see the NVIDIA GeForce tab, download drivers from www.nvidia.com or the video card manufacturer’s web site. NOTE: Single head video cards have one monitor-out port to only support one display device at a time. Dual head video cards have two monitor-out ports to support two display devices simultaneously. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the NVIDIA tab. Click the green button 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 to view the hidden NVIDIA display menu on projector resolution. the left. Click nView Display Mode in the NVIDIA Click Yes to accept the changes. The image appears on the desktop monitor 4 Menu Panel. Under the nView Modes list, 5 6 and the projector. select Clone and click Apply. A A Composite Video ProjectorNet RS-232 L Note: If you do not click Yes or No, the settings will revert M1-DA S-video R back to the previous settings. Copyright © 1999-2005 InFocus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 7 Laptop Computer - Intel Graphics Controller video card Some laptops have the Intel graphics controller. With the Intel Extreme Graphics drivers, you will be able to take advantage of the video card features such as dual monitor support. If you do not see the Intel Extreme Graphics tab, you can download the drivers from www.intel.com or the laptop manufacturer’s web site. Go to Control Panel > Displays > Settings. Click the Advanced button to view Advanced Click the Intel Extreme Graphics Tab. 1 Set the computer resolution to the native 2 display properties. 3 To go to the graphics controller properties, projector resolution. click Graphics Properties. To activate Dual Display Clone, click the Click Yes to accept the changes. The image appears on the laptop screen and 4 'Intel(R) Dual Display Clone' icon on the 5 6 the projector. Devices tab. Choose the Primary Device and the Secondary Device and click Apply.