DMullert

Hey Gang!

I just installed a copy of the Pocket PC Powerpoint version in my AXIM X5 and I am blown away by how awesome this works. As a Sales Engineer, I can now take my Powerpoint presentations to customer sites and run the whole enchilada from my Dell PDA - pretty darn hip.

The problem I am confronting is that I need to hook the AXIM up to an overhead projector to do my presentations. How do I do that? Is there a cable available somewhere to connect it to the projector?

Thanks for any help!

Sincerely,

Dennis D. Mullert

Dave Bugg

An overhead projector is a lightbox with a stage that transparencies lay on, where the light is then passed to an overarm lens that then focuses it on a screen. I think you mean a front projector, either an LCD of a DLP? I apologize if I am wrong here.

For my home theater, I've used A2Z Cables. If they don't have a cable that will work, they can custom make one. I had them custom-make a component-to-RGB breakout cable, and the quality was superb.

Best Regards,
Dave

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Dave Bugg

Dennis, just another thought. Apparently there is a docking cradle available with a serial plug-in, as well as the cradle with a USB plug-in. Most front projectors include one or more serial inputs, so you can try hooking up the cradled Axim, via the serial connection, into a projector. In my home theater, I have no problem hooking up my PC to my Panasonic 75U front projector and running it as my display screen. I don't have the serial version of the cradle, so I can't test it out with the Axim. Dell should be able to tell you if this will work, however, since they sell front Projectors.
Dave

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Tom61

If you want to use your Axim on a projector, the 'presenatation card' that Dell offers for $199 is an option. It hooks to the Axim's CF card slot and outputs VGA, which you can plug into a projector.

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Most front projectors include one or more serial inputs, so you can try hooking up the cradled Axim, via the serial connection, into a projector. In my home theater, I have no problem hooking up my PC to my Panasonic 75U front projector and running it as my display screen.

I think you've confused the VGA input plug with serial, they look quite a bit alike, but the VGA plug has alot more pins. A few projectors do have serial output, but that's to use the projector's remote as mouse on a PC.

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theotherMJ

Hey try the Colorgraphic Voyager CF --it has an adapter for s-video, vga, rca. It comes with software that allows you to

present regular powerpoint slides. Dell sells the Margi, which you can find on ebay for $120 but it only has a VGA out.

Also the software makes you convert your PPt slides and doesn't do annimations. The plus side is the Margi has its own

power cord I believe, but with an extra Axim batery who needs it? I am buying the Colorgraphic. It is much more useful and the software is better. Don't buy the Voyager at Colorgraphic's page.. go to next tag or something.

Colorgraphic page

margi