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I bought a Brookstone hdmi pocket projector for my Macbook air. I connected with a Belkin mini display port adaptor. It will show some windows and Powerpoint in presentation mode, but will not display movies from itunes or Quicktime. I bought it to project movies. What am I missing?
MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I also have the Brookstone pocket projector and the connection states it is "draining too much power from USB" and disconnects. It will not work at all on my MacBook Pro
I connected with a Belkin mini display port adaptor I bought from the Apple store. It connects to the thunderbolt port on my laptop to the connector provoded from the projector (not usb connection).
Then my problem was solved by the following discussion post...
FYI... I did this for iOS 10.8 and it worked fine. if you are using the HDMI to mini DVI adapter, you have to do 3 steps....
1) Select the mode button on the top of the HDMI projector (it's the circle) and change the mode to "Standard" by pressing it again. (Usually it starts out in presentation mode whenever you power up the projector.)
2) System preferences on mac... go to "Display", make sure that Mirroring Screen option is selected. Press the "Gather Windows" button, then you want to bring to front the screen it brings up. From that window, press the "appearances" tab. Make sure you select "Mirror Display". That should fix it.
3) System preferences on mac... go to "Sound", select the "Output" tab, and make sure your HDMI is selected.
That should do it!!! Good luck!
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Hi k-ski
My Mac Air doesn't recognize my Brookstone Pocket Projector. I get "no signal" and I cannot select "movie." I have two choices- movie or document, but tapping on the circle to select movie does not select it. In settings on my Air, no device shows up in Display, so I cannot mirror.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks.
Tom
It's the same here. I have a 13" Mid-2010 MacBook Pro, using the Mini Display Port to HDMI and the original HDMI cable provided. It shows no signal on the projector (which has only "movie" and "document" mode) and there is nothing in the Display window in the Mac. I have tried cleaning all the ports, but nothing happened. Please help me, I don't want these 300 dollars to go to waste.
Any help is hugely appreciated,
Ishaan
I purchased the Mini DisplayPort | Thunderbolt® to HDMI® Adapter w/ Audio Support as the brookstone suggested adaptor did not work with the Macbook Air. Once this was plugged in and the above steps were taken, everything worked fine.
My Macbook does not have a Mini Display port. Or I have not seen it! 😟
Feeling the same as Ishaan.3108. Don´t want to waste $300
hi! i have the same problem! i just bought my mini brookstore projector and doesnt work on my macair 2014 ..thunderbolt..did u fix it??
I have the same problem as Ishaan. Has anayone discovered how to fix this?
I've just solved this problem by connecting the projector to my MacBook, turning it on and restarting my MacBook. Once it restated, it automatically recognized the proyector and started projecting my screen on it.
I have figured it out!!!!!! None of the cables brookstone sends work. I am currently projecting with a hdmi to square box in two lines apple converter (http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Mini-DisplayPort-Thunderbolt-Adapter/dp/B00NH 13K8S/ref=pd_bxgy_422_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1K21R1WFPGXY854DX8KB)( | box |) and a two headed hdmi cord. It would NOT work with the micro usb to hdmi. I happened to have the two headed hdmi cord and that worked!!!
Brookstone hdmi pocket projector for my Macbook air.
