Projector doesn'recognize iPad

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Projector doesn'recognize iPad

I just got a dock connector to VGA adapter, hooked it up to the computer connector of a NEC VT491 projector and just a blank screen appears with the projector. I tried both computer inputs and the direct video with no success. Is the problem this particular projector (which will work with a laptop plugged into it) or is it just the iPad?

G4 1.8 Ghz dual Quicksilver/iPad, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1.12 GB ram, 1.33 TB storage on 2 internal, 2 extenal firewire, iPad

Posted on Aug 18, 2010 2:19 PM

Answer 1

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David M Brewer

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Aug 18, 2010 11:17 PM in response to Derryl S

It says in the info for Goodreader ... "It does video and audio out." I have Goodreader and it works. You never did say anything about using and app that supports video out....YouTube app, video app, photo slideshow app. If you iPad doesn't work with those apps/VGA. You need to take your iPad or the VGA connector into an Apple store to be fix.

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Answer 2

docdac

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Aug 19, 2010 11:13 PM in response to Derryl S

It does work but only with video output--the manual indicates the applications it will work with--need to be photos or videos. I use mine for keynote presentations and you tube. It works fine:))

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lllaass

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Aug 18, 2010 3:35 PM in response to Derryl S

The VGA out only works for specific applications like KeyNote, a couple of browsers, GoodReader (I think too) and some other apps. The VGA out does NOT duplicate the iPad's screen.

Answer 4

Aug 18, 2010 3:38 PM in response to Derryl S

Try the YouTube app.

Answer 5

Aug 18, 2010 8:05 PM in response to Derryl S

Please provide the info i ask for on my previous post. Nobody can help you if no one knows what your trying to do.

Answer 6

Derryl S Author

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Aug 18, 2010 4:06 PM in response to David M Brewer

Guess I wasted $30 on something that won't ever work.

Makes me wonder why Apple even markets it.

If it is so limited in what it will do, why there is not a disclaimer as to what it can (or can't) do on the package! Would be like buying an extension cord and then finding out after you buy it that it only works with a particular kind of floor lamp. (sarcasm)

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Derryl S Author

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Aug 18, 2010 10:07 PM in response to David M Brewer

I read the the iTunes documentation on Goodreader as well as the website documentation (manual) and I never found any reference of using with a projector, but only as a reader of a wide array of document types.

Since the projector would not even recognize my iPad was connected and no mention the Goodreader does anything but just read documents I do not see this is a solution.

Thank you for your input. Perhaps a future release of iOS will bring this support.

Answer 8

Aug 18, 2010 4:15 PM in response to Derryl S

What are you trying to view on the projector and what app are you trying to use?

Answer 9

Derryl S Author

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Aug 18, 2010 7:04 PM in response to David M Brewer

All I got was the projectors blue screen and a message of No Signal.

From that, nothing would have run and I have unhappily accepted the limitation.

Answer 10

Derryl S Author

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Aug 18, 2010 8:34 PM in response to David M Brewer

I would have wanted to display Pages, Numbers, PDF, and photos

Since it can't do any of those, I will have to used handouts and marked the question answered and moved on.

Answer 11

Aug 18, 2010 9:04 PM in response to Derryl S

The Goodreader app can read, Page, Numbers, PDF's, photos and can display them on a projector.

Answer 12

Aug 20, 2010 12:08 AM in response to docdac

Not only video and photos but, web pages, PDFs, word documents, anything that the above apps can be read can be displayed with a projector.

Answer 13

Aug 20, 2010 1:44 AM in response to David M Brewer

Opps

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