Setting a projector up requires a bit of thinking and taking
into consideration some few things like the environment in which the projection
would be done. Whether it is your home, church or theater etc. Sometimes you
may need a professionals to help. You might
choose to hung your projector from the ceiling or jest place it on a
coffee table, your choice of placement should be dependent on the frequency of
use
Screen placement
Any screen you place in your church, room or theater matters
.In choosing a screen you should be well
accustomed with your environment. Your screen should be at least three feet off
of the floor.
You may choose to install 4:3 screen or 16:9 screen but you need to
factor in your room size logistics before picking a screen type. Whether you
would like your screen to be movable or permanently placed is dependent on your
environment and usage.
Projector Placement
At least have a rough idea of how large an image you want to
project because that will affect the distance between your screen and
projector. You would note that the further you position your projector from the
screen the bigger the image. Find out the throw ratio of the projector, you can
quickly multiply the screen width by the throw ration number to have the
minimum distance. The throw ratio is the relationship between a
projector’s distance from the screen and the width of the image.
Short throw lens projectors give off large image which is
relative to the distance between the projector and the screen. Decide where to
place the projector taking into account the room logistics whether to place it
on a table or on the ceiling is dependent on its throw and usage
Connecting the Projector
You choice of connective logistics depend on usage and
placement. Most projectors have a number of video ports, like DVI, VGA or USB
etc. Some have network capabilities but it best if it can be connected over
a network. Most laptops come with one or two of these video ports.
Make sure your laptop is on.
Connect your video cable[VGA OR USB] into the video port of
the projector.
Connect the other end of your video cables into your laptops
video output port.
You laptop screen would automatically switch off and switch
back on again in some few seconds.Some projector will automatically project
whatever you are trying to project but some you would have to do some settings
or press the ‘’accept’’ button either on the remote or on the projector itself.
If you have done all the above and you do not have a
projection restart your laptop while you
project is on. If this also does not work.
Go to start.
Click on control panel.
Type in the search box projector.
Click connect to a projector.
You can now select how you want your display to be.
