laptop video projection

bhoup · 01-30-2008, 01:07 AM

I work at a hotel and we have a meeting room where different companies come in to have business meetings. Unfortunately, some people can't seem to get their laptop to project an image on the screen via our projector. At first, we just assumed that they were not very familiar with using the key commands (such as FN + F8) in order to turn "on" the video output, but now even after doing this, some people are still not able to make it work. I read somewhere recently that if the laptop's resolution is not set to the same as the native resolution of the projector, it might cause problems. Does anybody think this is the case?

Thanks in advance!
Brent

**Terrister** · 01-30-2008, 03:32 AM

Yes. Projectors can only display some modes. If you set the signal to one it can not display, it will do nothing or say out of range.

01-30-2008, 01:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
bhoup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: OS X 10.4.11	laptop video projection I work at a hotel and we have a meeting room where different companies come in to have business meetings. Unfortunately, some people can't seem to get their laptop to project an image on the screen via our projector. At first, we just assumed that they were not very familiar with using the key commands (such as FN + F8) in order to turn "on" the video output, but now even after doing this, some people are still not able to make it work. I read somewhere recently that if the laptop's resolution is not set to the same as the native resolution of the projector, it might cause problems. Does anybody think this is the case? Thanks in advance! Brent

01-30-2008, 03:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: laptop video projection Yes. Projectors can only display some modes. If you set the signal to one it can not display, it will do nothing or say out of range. __________________