Proxima ASA DP5100

2–4 • User’s Guide

Chapter 2 • Detailed Setup

MacintoshVGA

Macintosh Video

Cable Adaptor

RGB

Connecting to your Computer

You use the VGA video cable to connect your computer to the

DP5100.

Note: If you want to connect your monitor to the computer

while the projector is hooked up, you must order the optional

distribution amplifier. See Appendix B for information.

Desktop Computers

If you are using a desktop computer, regardless whether it’s a PC

or a Macintosh, the process of connecting it to the projector is the

same. Use the VGA video cable (and the Macintosh video cable

adaptor as necessary).

Figure 2-4

VGA and Macintosh connectors

1. Turn off power to the computer, monitor, and the projector.

2. Unplug your monitor cable from your computer’s video

monitor port.

3. To connect to a Macintosh, plug one end of the Macintosh

video cable adaptor into the Macintosh’s video output

(monitor) port. Connect the other end of the Macintosh video

cable adaptor to either end of the DP5100 VGA video cable.

Skip ahead to step 5.

4. To connect to a PC, plug one end of the DP5100 VGA video

cable into the computer's video output (monitor) port.

5. Plug the other end of the DP5100 VGA video cable into the

projector's COMPUTER (RGB) 1 or 2 port.

VGA video cable