Video Out Does Not Control Power Point Slides

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This call just came in from a customer using a projector rental for a presentation:

"My projector arrived but I may have a problem.. Neither the remote or the button on the projector will advance the slides on my laptop.  Can you tell me if there is a setting I need to adjust.  If not there may be something wrong with this projector."

Our techs are calling the user right now but with only the standard VGA cable on a laptop providing a video signal to a projector there is no means to control Power Point slides on a laptop. That's like hooking up an external monitor and asking it to control your web browsing.

If you want to control a Power Point slide show with a remote you want to look at a product called an Air Mouse. This is a wireless mouse that resembles a TV remote. It obviously connects to the laptop like any other wireless mouse but again its wireless feature and the ability to be used without a flat surface make it a great fit for this application.

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arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/26/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1270	Quote Reply Topic: Video Out Does Not Control Power Point Slides Posted: Jul/13/2009 at 10:17am
	This call just came in from a customer using a projector rental for a presentation: "My projector arrived but I may have a problem.. Neither the remote or the button on the projector will advance the slides on my laptop. Can you tell me if there is a setting I need to adjust. If not there may be something wrong with this projector." Our techs are calling the user right now but with only the standard VGA cable on a laptop providing a video signal to a projector there is no means to control Power Point slides on a laptop. That's like hooking up an external monitor and asking it to control your web browsing. If you want to control a Power Point slide show with a remote you want to look at a product called an Air Mouse. This is a wireless mouse that resembles a TV remote. It obviously connects to the laptop like any other wireless mouse but again its wireless feature and the ability to be used without a flat surface make it a great fit for this application.
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John Beagle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/24/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 906	Quote Reply Posted: Jul/13/2009 at 10:21am
	Perhaps we should ad the Air mouse to our inventory. Sounds like a useful product.
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Josh Van Cleave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/24/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 845	Quote Reply Posted: Aug/04/2009 at 8:58am
	The air mouse is a great idea, but unfoutunatley there is no cure for the id-10t error :(
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