2. Installation and Connections

Making Connections

Connecting Your PC or Macintosh Computer

Enabling the computer’s external display

Displaying an image on the notebook PC’s screen does not necessarily mean it outputs a signal to the projector. When using a PC compatible laptop, a combination of function keys will enable/disable the external display. Usually, the combination of the Fn-keyalong with one of the 12 function keys gets the external display to come on or off. For example, NEC laptops use Fn + F3, while Dell laptops use Fn + F8 key combinations to toggle through external display selections.

To connect a PC or Macintosh computer to the projector, refer to the following guide.

1.Connect a computer to the projector through one of the three available input data connections before turning on the PC or the projector. The best signal order (from best to least suitable) is as follows:

Computer 3 in as shown below (see item 1, Terminal Panel Features on page 10) is a digital signal and offers the best connection to your computer.

Note:

The DVI (DIGITAL) connector (COMPUTER 3) accepts VGA (640x480), SVGA (800x600), 1152x864, XGA (1024x768), SXGA (1280x1024), and SXGA+(1400x1050) on the NP4100.

The DVI (DIGITAL) connector (COMPUTER 3) accepts VGA (640x480), SVGA (800x600), 1152x864, XGA (1024x768), WXGA (1280x800), SXGA (1280x1024), and WXGA+(1440x900@ up to 75Hz) on the NP4100W.

Computer 2 in (see item 17, Terminal Panel Features on page 10) is an analog signal; use a DSUB-15 cable-to-5BNC connection.

Computer 1 in (see item 18, Terminal Panel Features on page 10) an analog signal that uses a standard RGB computer cable.

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