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connecting xdaii to a projector?

hi all..
i have pocket slides and want to connect the xda to a projector for presentations, is there a cable available to do this...
cheers
Tony

There is a backPack module for the XDA II which has an internal battery, a CF slot and a video output port. The video output port connects to a supplied cable for either Supervideo/Composite Video/or VGA output.
I bought one two days ago and used it for a presentation today at a PDA user group meeting in KL Malaysia. Was very happy with how easy it was to use and the quality of the images being presented.
Ed

wow...cool
thanks.. but what make, and where did you get it...
thanks
maxd

The BackPack is an O2 product, details are on their website. Where to buy it from depends on where you live I guess. I'm in Malaysia and the unit has just hit the streets here though I believe it has been available in other countries for a while.
Ed

Could I ask does it come with any software or driver?
Thanks

Btw if you look on www.expansys.com you'll see a I-mate and a O2 backpack.
The I-mate backpack is cheaper, but afaik, 100% the same

Yes it does come with additional software and driver.
Two main types of software.
1. Screen Mirror: An application that mirrors (displays) everything you do on the XDA II screen on the projected screen. Very handy for tutorials on software and other XDA II features. I used this to demonstrate some new software at PPC users group meeting in KL on Saturday.
2. Presentation software: For Projecting pdf and powerpoint files. I demonstrated (at the same user group meeting) the features of the powerpoint presentation and found it was crisp, clear, good color retention and very easy to use. Some nice features in this software too. You have an on screen mouse pointer, you can also draw on the screen with multiple color pens. Both the pointer and drawings appear on the projected image as well. But perhaps the neatest feature is the ability to display the powerpoint slide plus your speaker's note on your PPC screen but only display the powerpoint slides on the projected screen. I think that is a very useful feature.
The drivers and software are inluced on a mini CD.
Ed

There are a couple of things I would like to see improved on the hardware side of things.
1. There is no way to charge the battery in the BackPack without attaching it to your XDA II. I would prefer to see an AC socket on the packpack itself so you can leave the backpack on charge and still be using your XDA II.
2. When you insert a CF card into the BackPacks CF slot a little plunger sticks out. The plunger is pressed to remove the CF card. I found the plunger sticking was a bit annoying for a right hander like me. Holding the XDA II in my left hand (so I can use the stylus in my right hand) places the CF slot plunger into the meat of my palm. It doesn't hurt at first but after using it for most of the day it was certainly annoying.
Ed

Screen mirror
Does the BackPack use the built-in ATI Imageon graphic accelerator?
Would it be possible to use higher resolution (640x480 on TV and 1024x768 on monitor) in all PocketPC applications?
I know this feature is not supported by default. But higher resolution in all apliccations is not supported on Toshiba e800 too, but with some hack you can use higher resolution in all applications.
There are applications for all PocketPCs which emulate higher resolution (using subpixels like the cleartype does). It these emulators you can see that most of applications (word, excel, internet explorer, ...) work correctly in higher resolution.
So my question: - is (or will be) possible to use your MDA2+BackPack in higher resolution (for exapmle for large XLS tables or for web browsing) on TV or VGA monitor? This feature would really be great! Imagine yourself sitting in a softchair, wireles keyboard in your hands and MDA2 connected to your TV showing XDA-Developers website in a full resolution !

It is possible to connect backpack to the TV and play divx?

ednap said:
Two main types of software.
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****, no TomTom on the PPC screen and a Divx on a external LCD ?

It is possible to connect backpack to the TV and play divx?
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well if your tv have a VGA subD input because as far as i know the backpack dont have a RCA or svhs connector

Rudegar said:
It is possible to connect backpack to the TV and play divx?
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well if your tv have a VGA subD input because as far as i know the backpack dont have a RCA or svhs connector
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... not the backpacki itself, but on the cable (VGA connector) is also the S-Video connector.
But the question remains: will I be able (using some hack) to use all PocketPC applications in HiRes on external monitor (similar hack as for Toshiba e800)?

Sorry by my badly english.
Whichever frames per second have the video signal? 2, 15, 60...?
One divx in TV with 2 FPS would be very bad :-(

hhhmmmm
i doubt that the backpack with vga out would be any kind of limiting factor when it comes to fsp it would al come down to what refreshrate it's running on the top of my head my guess would be 60Hz
this give a max fsp of 30fps
of cause if a tv of any kind of being used it 100% depend on if it's PAL or NTSC
so if your xda can play divx at an ok fps then your external screen should be able to aswell

I have been having backpack for few days. It works at the most to 2.5 FPS. :-(

Has it a tv or VGA port?

Hi,
I would like to connect a pda to a tv or VGA projector. Is this possible with the HTC touch cruise? Because it seams that the MSM7200 processor has the hardware already integrated.
Kind regards,
hqqh

no friend, not have, bye

usb pinout?
Hi,
it's a pity!
But do you know, whether the MDDI signals (Mobile Display Digital Interface) are at the "usb" connector? Do you have a pinout?
If these signals are acessable, I would try do design a converter box MDDI to VGA (if such a device such a box is not available).
Kind regards,
hqqh

The usb pin is used for usb or y hearphone.
The HTC Athena 7500 model have video out.
Bye

according to what i remember from looking at the qualcomm 7200 documents the qualcomm 7200 is able to do vga out. just need to do a hardware mod. have to look into this more to be sure though.

didn't do the research on how it works... but the shop suggests this is an option...
http://www.pdashop.nl/product/37026/47090/3481/impatica-showmate.html

Well, that is using bluetooth. And I wonder if that's usable as a complete screen replacement. Seems mostly aimed at powerpoint looking at the website (http://www.impatica.com/showmate/). Although it also says you can see the desktop etc on a blackberry, don't know about pocketpc.
Doesn't seem to be aimed at playing video etc. But then again, I haven't tried it so don't know what the performance is of this thing. But as it uses bluetooth I don't think the framerate would be that high.

polaris dont have usbhost it dont matter that the cpu support it htc use their own usb chip which dont support usb host
only Athena support host
so not posible to use usb to vga gizmo

Impatica
Hi friends, I been using the impatica showmate with my HTC TYNT II (Kayser) with windows mobile 6, and all the powerpoint presentations on the projector looks great, it use a powerpoint adapter that takes your power point presentation and then changes to an impatica presentation. I've just download the tool to make that my pocket pc screen can be display on the proyector (or datashow).
The next days I'll be using this tool a lot, if you have any cuestions, please fell fre mail me to [email protected].
This is my first time that I post something that can help somebody, so I'll be glad to help...
regards

PDA + MyMobiler via USB/Bluetooth + Laptop + Projector = Problem solved!

phil-smith.tk said:
PDA + MyMobiler via USB/Bluetooth + Laptop + Projector = Problem solved!
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Defeats the porpouse...

gnick666 said:
Defeats the porpouse...
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But solves the problem...

Is there a free music D/L application or program

I've been looking for such a thing like a mobile LimeWire or Bare Share maybe even something that down loads torrents (I can dream) an application that's free...
well if anyone knows of such a program let me know please, I hope it wasn't to stupid of a question, cuz i'm not sure if this is possible yet.

wmtorrent
http://www.wmtorrent.com/home_index.html
cheers!

hehe that is so wrong to do. but it would be nice to download a movie while traveling and watch it on the divx player without ever having to use a computer. getting free of the computer is what phones like this are for.

The Jack of Clubs said:
hehe that is so wrong to do. but it would be nice to download a movie while traveling and watch it on the divx player without ever having to use a computer. getting free of the computer is what phones like this are for.
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Do it all the time. Staying at a hotel with free WiFi is even better. I will say you do have to give the phone a break from time to time when you are pulling down a file that is close to a gig.
Plug the adapter in and plug the phone into the tv ports and watch it on a full screen.

Wil Badger said:
Do it all the time. Staying at a hotel with free WiFi is even better. I will say you do have to give the phone a break from time to time when you are pulling down a file that is close to a gig.
Plug the adapter in and plug the phone into the tv ports and watch it on a full screen.
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do you download vga res movies or full res movies to play back on your TP?

I download full res movies most are just under a gig. I then use TCPMP to play them. Use the adapter and put them right on a tv for full size viewing.

Topaz as real time camera ?

I want to use the topaz cam like a real time camera, for example when you are doing a public presentation with a pc and a videoprojector and you would like to show a small device on the desk near your pc
I want to know if it exists an app wich can display in the real time the view of the back topaz camera?
I have begun with my mobiler and when i switch on the cam app i have a black screen on the mymobiler windows of my pc so I have tried another several apps like Mobiola or WebCamera Plus but i don't succeed to have on my PC a real time screen of my topaz .
I also try tinycam but the display in yhe browser is too small and with poor quality
Thanks for your help

gaetan505 said:
I want to use the topaz cam like a real time camera, for example when you are doing a public presentation with a pc and a videoprojector and you would like to show a small device on the desk near your pc
I want to know if it exists an app wich can display in the real time the view of the back topaz camera?
I have begun with my mobiler and when i switch on the cam app i have a black screen on the mymobiler windows of my pc so I have tried another several apps like Mobiola or WebCamera Plus but i don't succeed to have on my PC a real time screen of my topaz .
I also try tinycam but the display in yhe browser is too small and with poor quality
Thanks for your help
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I can get real time camera with Mobiola. Not sure why it wouldn't work for you?
Have you tried Pocket Controller? It is like My Mobiler but better.

Bruce Inman said:
I can get real time camera with Mobiola. Not sure why it wouldn't work for you?
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With mobiola it only works in 240x320 but it is too small.
Bruce Inman said:
Have you tried Pocket Controller? It is like My Mobiler but better.
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I have tried Pocket Controller and when i switch on the camera, i have a black screen on my Pocket Controller PC screen.
But if i start mobiola, i can see it in a bigger size on my Pocket Controller PC screen. So it works but it is not very easy and i have to start 2 apps
Why i can not see on my Pocket Controller PC screen the camera view when it is switch on whereas with mobiola i can?

gaetan505 said:
With mobiola it only works in 240x320 but it is too small.
I have tried Pocket Controller and when i switch on the camera, i have a black screen on my Pocket Controller PC screen.
But if i start mobiola, i can see it in a bigger size on my Pocket Controller PC screen. So it works but it is not very easy and i have to start 2 apps
Why i can not see on my Pocket Controller PC screen the camera view when it is switch on whereas with mobiola i can?
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Yeah, unfortunately Pocket Controller can't render real time images because there is always a slight delay.

Bruce Inman said:
Yeah, unfortunately Pocket Controller can't render real time images because there is always a slight delay.
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the display time with Pocket Controller is faster than with my mobiler
But I don't understand why with Pocket Controller or with my mobiler, the PC display windows don't show the screen of my topaz and replace it with black screen?

gaetan505 said:
the display time with Pocket Controller is faster than with my mobiler
But I don't understand why with Pocket Controller or with my mobiler, the PC display windows don't show the screen of my topaz and replace it with black screen?
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Yeah, I have never cared for My Mobiler, much prefer Pocket Controller.
I think they lack the proper video drivers to render video from the screen correctly, so the screen goes black.

Bruce Inman said:
I think they lack the proper video drivers to render video from the screen correctly, so the screen goes black.
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I think about that too
But why i can see the screen with mobiola and not with Pocket Controller? perhaps it is a drivers problem....

Htc hd2 on larger display

Is there a special app, tool, utility, cable that would allow me to display my HD2 on a larger screen whether it be a laptop, monitor, or tv?
Thanx

My mobile would be great for displaying the phones display on your pc. Although it wouldn't be ideal for play back of videos because there is a very slight delay.
http://www.mtux.com/
It is completely free and very useful.

Thanx! Ill give it a whirl!

TheDisneyMagic said:
My mobile would be great for displaying the phones display on your pc. Although it wouldn't be ideal for play back of videos because there is a very slight delay.
http://www.mtux.com/
It is completely free and very useful.
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Bump, LOL! Thanks very useful indeed.