


Click the Output tab and then select the HDMI device from the list (may be listed as Extron, Crestron or Sharp, depending on what your laptop sees).

Mac: In System Preferences, select Sound.If you are using HDMI, you may need to tell your laptop to output audio on the correct port: If there is no audio or if the audio is coming out of the computer's speakers instead of the room sound system, make sure your cable is connected in the proper port.Make sure your computer and your software volume is turned up. You can control the volume levels from the touch panel.PC: Press Windows + P and select Duplicate.You may need to use one of the keyboard shortcuts below to tell your computer to connect to the screen: The computer's image should display on the projection screen. Each classroom has a set of printed instructions, indicating the exact procedure for turning on the system. In most classrooms, you simply need to press the Laptop button or the HDMI button on the touch panel and this will automatically bring down the screen and turn on the projector (or TV).Activate the touch panel by pressing on it using a deliberate press (rather than a light or hard tap).Make sure to bring an adapter if your computer does not have one of these two standard connections. Connect your computer to both the audio and video cable* or use the HDMI cable.Note that if you have a Mac computer, you will need the appropriate VGA video adapter, which you can look-up at go/macadapter. This is a very general document designed to guide you to a successful session of projecting your laptop onto a classroom projection screen or flatscreen TV. It is critical to the success of projecting a computer image that you follow this procedure in the order outlined below.
