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Connecting to Video source devices
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jack:
• HDMI
• Component video
• Video (composite video)
Only 1 of the aforementioned connection methods is required to connect the projector to
the video source device. However, different connection methods would provide a different
video quality. The connection method selected would be determined by the presence of
matching jacks on the projector and Video source device:
Best video quality
HDMI is the best video connection method a
HDMI jacks, you will be able to acquire uncompressed digital video quality.
Please refer to
“Connecting to HDMI devices”
for details on how to connect the projector to
HDMI devices.
If you don’t have any usable HDMI source, the next best video signal would be Component
Video (not to be confused with Composite Video). Digital TV tuners and DVD players are
provided with Component Video output sockets. If your device includes Component Video,
then this would be your primary choice of connection to the (composite) video.
Please refer to
“To connect the projector to a Component Video source device:”
for details
on how to connect your projector to Component Video devices.
Least video quality
Composite
optimal result from your projector, being the least video quality of the available methods
described here.
Please refer to
“Connecting to composite video source devices”
for details on how to
connect your projector to composite video
Connect to the computer or monitor
Connect to the computer
1. Use the VGA cable provided. Plug one end to the D-Sub output jack at the com-
puter end.
2. Connect the other end of the VGA cable to the COMPUTER signal input jack on
the projector.
Many notebooks have not activated their monitor jack after being connected to the monitor. The
user can often press FN + F3 or CRT / LCD button to switch the externally connected monitor
ON / OFF. Find the function key labeled with the CRT / LCD or monitor icon on the notebook. Press
the FN key and the labeled function key. Please refer to the instruction manual provided with the
notebook computer for the combination keys and their functions.
ou can connect the projector to any of the following video source device with an output
vailable. If the source device comes with
Video is an analog video and will result in a perfectly acceptable, but less than
devices.
