I have a project coming up in one of my classes and I need visual aids. I know HDMI would work much better, but I was wondering if I could connect my tablet to a projector via USB would it be able to work in similar fashion?
ZanaZulu888 said:
I have a project coming up in one of my classes and I need visual aids. I know HDMI would work much better, but I was wondering if I could connect my tablet to a projector via USB would it be able to work in similar fashion?
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I don't think video over USB is possible. Your options are HDMI or anything else you can convert HDMI into (e.g. DVI, VGA).
I have a monitor adaptor that connects via the USB for my desktop, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibilities. If you can find a USB to Monitor adapter give it a shot and let me know how it works. Maybe I should try plugging my tablet into my USB Monitor adapter to see what happens.
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The problem is not in the adapter, it's in how the video signal is routed out from the main device. He (and I) bet that the Transformers have no capablity to send video over USB.
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Sorry to reply so late... It's not video that I'm going to be using, just pictures in a slide show like format. Even though video would be an excellent addition to the project and would help immensely, it's not required as much as picture stills are.
I use the Asus micro hdmi to VGA adapter for work presentations, and it works great.
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ZanaZulu888 said:
Sorry to reply so late... It's not video that I'm going to be using, just pictures in a slide show like format. Even though video would be an excellent addition to the project and would help immensely, it's not required as much as picture stills are.
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You misunderstood. I'm not talking about video as in motion pictures - I'm talking video as in the video signal (as in output from video card to screen) that is not handled via USB.
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Hi all,
I have been trying to find information about this particular feature. I know of a similar feature on the iPad 1 & 2, where Keynote can be used to project a presentation on an external monitor whilst being controlled by the iPad etc. via a connection add-on (VGA or HD output)
Is there any mention or does anyone know of support for a dual monitor setup using the HDMI out port or even the micro-USB port?
I ask because this is a feature I would love to see but I'm not interested in the iPad because of the usual 'Jobs' approach and besides, the Xoom has way better specs in comparison.
Many Thanks,
Craig
what, you mean mirroring the xoom's display over hdmi? That's there by default..
You can watch a movie on the xoom and tv at same time not sure about video on tv control on xoom but I assume that it could happen
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what, you mean mirroring the xoom's display over hdmi? That's there by default..
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I think mirroring was a bit of an off term, I think I probably meant like a dual monitor support similar to that of a computer.
This is the iPad doing the "dual monitor" style I am trying to desrcibe
www [DOT] youtube [DOT] com/watch?v=GysMfb4_79A
Hope that clears my question up a bit better.
There was an article on Engadget recently about a new Android app that allowed that. I don't remember the name though. It was probably commercial app.
I dont see why you wouldnt be able to use any standard HDMI splitter like this http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10113&cs_id=1011301&p_id=5418&seq=1&format=2
Magnesus said:
There was an article on Engadget recently about a new Android app that allowed that. I don't remember the name though. It was probably commercial app.
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I shall have a look on there later thanks for your input
patass said:
I dont see why you wouldnt be able to use any standard HDMI splitter like this www[DOT]monoprice[DOT]com/products/product[DOT]asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10113&cs_id=1011301&p_id=5418&seq=1&format=2
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I don't want to split the signal from the Xoom, I'd like to create a second monitor similar to a computer dual monitor approach, like a second desktop if you will, where the Xoom would be a presentation controller and the HDMI Out signal would serve as the presentation itself, instead of duplicating the Xoom homescreen, where you could hold your finger on a part of the Xoom Screen and then on the output, a red dot like a laser would appear.
The idea is to offer a second screen, not mirroring the Xoom where you could create presentations, plug into a projector, and have the Xoom turn into a controller where you could preview upcoming slides, and then the outputted image, at the same time, would show the presentation full screen.
you can use a micro HDMI to HDMI and go directly to your projector or TV and it mirrors automatically. You can control everything from your tablet just fine.
XoomTech.net
guitarwiz said:
Hi all,
I have been trying to find information about this particular feature. I know of a similar feature on the iPad 1 & 2, where Keynote can be used to project a presentation on an external monitor whilst being controlled by the iPad etc. via a connection add-on (VGA or HD output)
Is there any mention or does anyone know of support for a dual monitor setup using the HDMI out port or even the micro-USB port?
I ask because this is a feature I would love to see but I'm not interested in the iPad because of the usual 'Jobs' approach and besides, the Xoom has way better specs in comparison.
Many Thanks,
Craig
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Idisplay in the market
still no cigar...
I think that many people did not quite understand what the OP was asking. He/she wants to hook up an external monitor to the Xoom and display a different image on the monitor as compared to the Xoom itself. On a Windows machine it would be called extended desktop. The iDisplay software does the opposite: it uses the Xoom as a second display.
Maybe someone else uses Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. You have a presentation mode there where, for example, you can see your PowerPoint presentation on a projector but the laptop screen will show the timeline, notes, and other useful options.
This option would be useful not only for PowerPoint presentations but also for watching movies from the Xoom on an HDTV but having the Xoom display turned off to save battery.
Not that this directly helps the OP but maybe someone else has any idea if there's a software for that need.
I get it, encase you want to watch two different porn0 flix at the same time. Nice...
I was thinking whether is possible to switch XOOM display off during watching the movie thru the HDMI. It could save battery. Anyone any idea whether it coould be possible?
Thanks
craig4855 said:
Idisplay in the market
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iDisplay would make the Xoom an extended desktop monitor for the PC and like funnycreature pointed out, the OP wants to use a secondary monitor for the Xoom instead.
Besides even if you wanted to use the Xoom as an external monitor for the PC (which I would actually like to do) iDisplay wouldn't be the way to go. After reading the reviews of the app it's not even close to being worth the $5 price tag. One person said that it will work on the Xoom, but is so slow it's pretty much unusable.
Hello all. I am trying to connect my Asus Transformer to my old television in a fairly complicated way. I would like to use a Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter, followed by an HDMI to VGA cable. This will run to a video converter, which will finally output as S-Video or RCA. Does anyone have any suggestions about this? Will it work?
i would suggest using asus's minihdmi to vga right off the bat then use a vga to ryw input
also check this out for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088243
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i would suggest using asus's minihdmi to vga right off the bat then use a vga to ryw input
also check this out for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088243
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Thanks mrevankyle. Did not know Asus sold their own. What do you mean by vga to ryw?
Is there a way to get OTA TV on my TF?
I bought the Asus genuine Micro HDMI to VGA converter http://www.asus.com/Peripherals_Acc...ories/Micro_HDMI_to_VGA_cable/#specifications to connect my TF700T.
However, when I use this to connect to either an external Lenovo monitor, or a multimedia projector, the display is not accurate - just a part of the total screen from my TF is mirrored to the external device !
I now note in the specifications that this is compatible with the TF201 and TF300 - no mention of TF700. Is that because of the enhanced resolution of the TF700 as compared to the older ones?
Can someone please help ? I desperately need this working to get my TF up and running for professional use. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
To add on - the TF700 does show an updated status at the bottom saying micro HDMI connected - but that is on insertion of the connector. Also, I do get an output signal on the LCD monitor and on the LCD projector, but I do not get an output on my LCD TV using VGA.
You could write Gary Key a message maybe he can answer this.
Please keep us up-to-date as this is also an important feature for me, thanks!
DarsVaeda said:
You could write Gary Key a message maybe he can answer this.
Please keep us up-to-date as this is also an important feature for me, thanks!
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Thanks for the one-up. I did write to him, but only got an auto-responder. Shall try writing again. Till then, looks like I am stuck
This is strange... Perhaps it can be solved with some firmware update(?). I'm hoping it does because this is one feature that I need to do presentations in school =/
Interested in this as well, I was planning on using it for presentations, I don't see why there should be any hardware limitations to this :/
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This is serious one. It happens so that for now micro HDMI is useless in TF700...
OP any updates on this? This is something that I'm really looking forward to doing with the Infinity =/
I have a hdmi to micro hdmi that I used with my prime. It worked on my two tv's. If the hdmi on the 700 doesn't work when it gets delivered I'm returning it.
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Wasn't able to find confirmation elsewhere, so I thought I'd post here to let folks know: the HDMI to VGA dongle for the TF300 does, indeed, work with the Infinity. I haven't been able to test it with my projector, but it works with the monitor just fine. The dongle disables speaker output, but the headphone jack still works.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006AR1QAA/
FYI, the less expensive CableMatters adapter does NOT work. Save your time and money.
I can confirmed that i ordered this product (from amazon too) and it worked on my Asus Zenbook UX31E & my Asus Infinity tablet
Can you confirm if it worked with your projector, and more details pls
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Wasn't able to find confirmation elsewhere, so I thought I'd post here to let folks know: the HDMI to VGA dongle for the TF300 does, indeed, work with the Infinity. I haven't been able to test it with my projector, but it works with the monitor just fine. The dongle disables speaker output, but the headphone jack still works.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006AR1QAA/
FYI, the less expensive CableMatters adapter does NOT work. Save your time and money.
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Hi - I bought the same one, but it is not working with my TF700 I tried connecting it to a lenovo external desktop monitor, a VGA projector, and even a plasma tv with a VGA in - and none of them worked !
What configuration did you carry out? Are any tweaks to be done on the tablet itself?
Any details you can share will be appreciated !
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Hi - I bought the same one, but it is not working with my TF700 I tried connecting it to a lenovo external desktop monitor, a VGA projector, and even a plasma tv with a VGA in - and none of them worked !
What configuration did you carry out? Are any tweaks to be done on the tablet itself?
Any details you can share will be appreciated !
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i have the same one that i bought when had my prime.it works just fine on my tf700 all you do is plug and play. try to see if it works with a different device other than the tf700 or grab a micro to hdmi cable and connect to a tv and see if it works.if not you might have a bad connector on the tf700. i did on my first prime thats why i say
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cool_scorpion said:
Hi - I bought the same one, but it is not working with my TF700 I tried connecting it to a lenovo external desktop monitor, a VGA projector, and even a plasma tv with a VGA in - and none of them worked !
What configuration did you carry out? Are any tweaks to be done on the tablet itself?
Any details you can share will be appreciated !
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Assuming you got the one I linked in my post, complete with the "Asus" logo, there are no settings: it's just plug-and-play. Could be you got stuck with a faulty adapter or (worse yet) a tablet with a faulty HDMI port. I'd try to RMA the adapter through Amazon and try a different one. If you get the same problem, sounds like your tablet might be the source of the difficulty.
I'm using this one ^ too and it's working fine for producing the right output on external monitor, but I'm not happy with it overall, as for some reason it LAGS the device, so the lagged output on a bigger screen is what I get with it...
Got a response from Asus and its more complicated now
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Assuming you got the one I linked in my post, complete with the "Asus" logo, there are no settings: it's just plug-and-play. Could be you got stuck with a faulty adapter or (worse yet) a tablet with a faulty HDMI port. I'd try to RMA the adapter through Amazon and try a different one. If you get the same problem, sounds like your tablet might be the source of the difficulty.
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Got a reply from Asus "Unlike a PC, Android on the tablet doesn't allow any resolution adjustments. So it'll be outputting 1920x1200. You didn't mention the make/model of the projector but you should check the available input range and check how this is handled, especially if it's not a full hd projector. Also check the projector settings and see what options are allowed for zoom/scaling the input."
So what they are saying is that this will only work with devices that support 1920x1200 as a resolution on VGA input. Can you confirm if your device does that, or does it have a max resolution which is less than this?
I checked my devices and both the plasma tv and the LCD projector are only capable upto SXGA (1280x1024) on the VGA interface. Now my questions revolve around the Asus MicroHD to VGA converter - does this only provide as an output what is the input? I noted that this works with the TF300 and TF200 as well - both of them are at 1280x800 - which means that this cable should be capable of outputting that signal... is there a way to make the cable downconvert to a static output of 1280x800? Or is it hardwired to output only what it receives as an input?
Asus is feeding you false information. It will not output the full resolution of the tablet no matter what you do.
Cross posted from another thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879564
I have never seen the crop or scale options on my tf700... not sure how any of you have seen that with a stock ROM. Here is the kick with a 1920x1200 monitor.... it will output 1920x1080! It will not allow you to output the entire desktop unless the monitor scales the image itself. Once it is scaling and you can see the system bar, now go into settings hdmi.. then hit back. You will see the image fill the horizontal resolution properly, but vertical is cropped and cuts off the system bar. In either mode, you will get 1080 on the vertical res.
I WISH it would output the full res with ANY HDMI monitor!! I have several monitors that are at the native res and none of them will allow you to display the screen properly. If anyone has any ideas how to force the hdmi res to the native res of the tablet, please let me know! This would solve an issue that I have been trying to fix or find a workaround to ever since the release of this tab.
The acer branded mini hdmi to vga adapter also works with the tf700
$15 at office depot.
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I'd like to know if it would ever be possible to use USB Cable as HDMI for a device without it?
Does that make any sense?
Also, if you guys have any apps or mods that can record a video of my phone screen at a decent framerate (to record gameplay)
Please let me know.
jacob66 said:
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I'd like to know if it would ever be possible to use USB Cable as HDMI for a device without it?
Does that make any sense?
Also, if you guys have any apps or mods that can record a video of my phone screen at a decent framerate (to record gameplay)
Please let me know.
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It is certainpy possible with a pc. You could use a raspberry pi as a "converter" so you can output to your tv
jacob66 said:
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I'd like to know if it would ever be possible to use USB Cable as HDMI for a device without it?
Does that make any sense?
Also, if you guys have any apps or mods that can record a video of my phone screen at a decent framerate (to record gameplay)
Please let me know.
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If your device has MHL (Like the HTC EVO 3D), you have HDMI out through the USB port.
You just need an MHL adapter. Other than that, if your phone does not support HDMI out, it won't have it.
USB to HDMI?
You mean hdmi to USB correct? I used this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007KI8IMW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00
to connect a monitor to my PC via USB 3.0 (has worked like a charm for weeks now.
They are designing a new one, or perhaps it's already out. Search ianker.com if you are looking for something similar.
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I use the same Very good conventer
jacob66 said:
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I'd like to know if it would ever be possible to use USB Cable as HDMI for a device without it?
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In the generic sense, no. As noted above, some mobile devices have USB-style connectors that support MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link), which allow low-cost cables to support HDMI output and/or USB.
For PCs (Windows, Macs and Linux), there are video adapters that can be thought of as video cards that connect via USB (rather than PCI Express, for example). This kind of adapter could work on tablets, phones, etc. if there were a driver written for them, but this is a nontrivial task and the market is unproven, especially as MHL adoption grows.
Jonathan from Plugable
monoprice.com seach usb to hdmi
The only issue is if the device does not have mhl, then as of right now theres no way of gerting it to work in that sense. Even if you use say CM roms they cant take advantage of mhl even id your phone supports it. The devs have stated time and time again its proprietary and will basically never come. Regardless, im much more interested in miracast, simply put wireless hdmi connection to your tv. I have my nexus 7 using it via my ras pi. However its not polished yet and is a similar state to what Ive gotten using samsungs version with a dongle. Check it out if your interested google Android Transporter. Its on the raspberry pi website. They also got it working on the galaxy nexus and some other nexus device's.
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