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Hi,

A good samaritan emailed me with the solution. Apparently, all I
needed to do was to change the screen resolution...from 1024 X 768 to
640 X 480...and that did the job.

Thanks!
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I've got a (possibly) related problem: when I use the composite video-out on
my ATI Rage Pro mobile card with a video monitor, the TV screen displays the
desktop and most programs fine (within the limits of its resolution); but
video from Windows Media Player do not display. Other video programs
display an image, however. Media Player merely shows the frame, with black
where the video should be. When I select 'full screen' display, I just get
a black screen...although the mouse cursor is visible.

Is there a setting I can use which will solve this problem, or is Media
Player useless for this?

jak

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Hello All,

I am new to this so if my question is really dumb, my apologies!

I just bought a used 3M MP8650 LCD projector. It powers up well, and
projects a blue screen. When connected to my PC ( Dell Dimension
/NVidea card/XP)via VGA cable, the screen remains blank. Changing the
input setting does not change.

Interestingly, when the PC is booting up the projector projects the PC
screen very well (ie..the Windows logo while booting)..however, the
moment the login screen comes on..the orohected image goes back to
blue.

My best suspicions are that either I dont have a driver..or the
projector is incompatible with XP. Could connecting the PC via s-video
cable help (my video card has TV out)?

Has anyone faced a similar problem? Can anyone point me the right
direction?

Thanking you all very much in advanced!

eklf





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Its a problem with your overlay settings.. It should be in the setup for you
video card, but I'm not familar with ati cards.. I buy Nvidia... ; ) But
you should be able to change it by right clicking on your desktop click
properties and then click the settings tab then click the advanced button...
then you shuld find something like ati rage settings or somethin else to
that effect.
You will need to find setting that pretain to overlay... This is your
problem..

Your card may not have this config menu which i am talking about, but if i
remeber right it does, it is all driver specific.

Hope that helps you some

- Mike Kennedy


"jakdedert" wrote in message
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I've got a (possibly) related problem: when I use the composite video-out

on
my ATI Rage Pro mobile card with a video monitor, the TV screen displays

the
desktop and most programs fine (within the limits of its resolution); but
video from Windows Media Player do not display. Other video programs
display an image, however. Media Player merely shows the frame, with

black
where the video should be. When I select 'full screen' display, I just

get
a black screen...although the mouse cursor is visible.

Is there a setting I can use which will solve this problem, or is Media
Player useless for this?

jak

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From:
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Subject: Newbie question, 3M LCD projector shows computer screen during
bootup only!?!?
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Hello All,

I am new to this so if my question is really dumb, my apologies!

I just bought a used 3M MP8650 LCD projector. It powers up well, and
projects a blue screen. When connected to my PC ( Dell Dimension
/NVidea card/XP)via VGA cable, the screen remains blank. Changing the
input setting does not change.

Interestingly, when the PC is booting up the projector projects the PC
screen very well (ie..the Windows logo while booting)..however, the
moment the login screen comes on..the orohected image goes back to
blue.

My best suspicions are that either I dont have a driver..or the
projector is incompatible with XP. Could connecting the PC via s-video
cable help (my video card has TV out)?

Has anyone faced a similar problem? Can anyone point me the right
direction?

Thanking you all very much in advanced!

eklf





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