NEC NP-P401W - Projecting Your Computer’s Screen Image or Video from the Projector over a LAN (Image Express Utility Lite) (not supported by PE501 X)

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8. User Supportware
❸ Projecting Your Computer’s Screen Image or Video from
the Projector over a LAN (Image Express Utility Lite) (not
supported by PE501X)
UsingImageExpressUtilityLitecontainedonthesuppliedNECProjectorCD-ROMallowsyoutosendthecomputer’s
screenimagetotheprojectoroveraUSBcableorawiredorwirelessLAN.
ImageExpressUtilityLiteisaprogramcompatiblewithWindows.
ImageExpressUtilityLiteforMacOSisaprogramcompatiblewithMacOS.(→page179)
ThissectionwillshowyouanoutlineabouthowtoconnecttheprojectortoaLANandtouseImageExpressUtility
Lite.FortheoperationofImageExpressUtilityLite,seethehelpofImageExpressUtilityLite.
Step1:installImageExpressUtilityLiteonthecomputer.
Step2:ConnecttheprojectortoaLAN.
Step3:StartImageExpressUtilityLite.
TIP:
• ImageExpressUtilityLite(forWindows)canbestartedfrommostcommerciallyavailableremovablemediasuchasUSBmemory
devicesorSDcardswithouttheneedtoinstallonyourcomputer.(→page178)
What You can Do with Image Express Utility Lite
•Imagetransmission(forWindowsandMacOS)
• Thescreenofyourcomputercanbesenttotheprojectorviaawiredorwirelessnetworkwithoutacomputercable
(VGA).
• Byusing“EASYCONNECTION”function,thecomplicatednetworksettingscanbesimpliedandthecomputer
willautomaticallyconnecttotheprojector.
• Thescreenofyourcomputercanbesenttouptofourprojectorsatthesametime.
•Audiotransfercapability(forWindowsonly)
• ImageExpressUtilityLiteallowsyoutosendthecomputer’sscreenimageandaudiototheprojectoroverwired/
wirelessLANorUSBconnection.
• Audiotransfercapabilityisavailableonlywhen thecomputerconnectswiththeprojectorinpeer-to-peer net-
work.
•Playingstreamingvideo(forWindowsonly)
• ImageExpressUtilityLiteallowsyoutosendstreamingvideofromthecomputertoasingleprojectoroverwired
orwirelessLANwithouttheneedofconnectingacomputercable.Forlistofsupportedmovielesandplayback
requirements,seepage59of“4.UsingtheViewer”.
•USBDisplay(forWindowsonly)
• Computer’sscreenimageandaudiocanbeprojectedviaaUSBcable,withoutconnectingacomputercable
(VGA).
• JustconnectingthecomputerandtheprojectoroveraUSBcablewillmaketheUSBDisplayfunctionavailable
(Plug&Play)evenwithoutinstallingImageExpressUtilityLiteonthecomputer.(→page40)
•GeometricCorrectionTool[GCT](forWindowsonly)
See“❹ Projectingan ImagefromanAngle(GeometricCorrectionToolin ImageExpress UtilityLite)”. (→page
180)
NOTE:
• WhenImageExpressUtilityLiteisused,theaudiofromtheCOMPUTERAUDIOINMiniJack(StereoMini)maynotbesynchro-
nizedwiththevideo.