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Author Topic: External monitor, keyboard & mouse on a Christie/Cinelister projector Steve R Pike Film Handler Posts: 66 From: Gloucestershire, UK Registered: Apr 2011 posted 06-18-2013 12:54 PM                     Hi Currently our Christie CP2000 projector has the Doremi Cinelister touchscreen built into the frame work. The touchscreen is quite small and, with our setup, in an awkward position to operate. What we would like to do,is to link up an external monitor (i.e a computer screen) to this system along with a keyboard and mouse so that we can operate Cinelister at a comfortable position. My questions are; can it be done? if so, does anyone know the best equipment? Also - if anyone knows ... we currently have a LCD screen on top of the projector which is our visual monitor linked to our DVD/Blu Ray and Satellite set top box (for Live transmissions). The only connections on it are HDMI and SCART. As I'm guessing (and I may be wrong here) that the monitor screen for the Cinelister is a standard monitor connection - can this be connected to a HDMI or Scart connection via a converter? Suggestions welcome  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 06-18-2013 01:38 PM                     I have my Doremi Showvault IMB on a desktop monitor in the next room without any problems.It's using an Acer monitor and keyboard.  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-18-2013 02:56 PM                     Output of the Doremi is VGA. You can get VGA-> HDMI convertors, but in all honesty you could buy another monitor with the relevant inputs for the same cost.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-18-2013 06:34 PM                     Just find yourself a monitor with a VGA input and connect it to the back of the Doremi. Same for a keyboard and mouse. It is no different than a computer. If you can't get a monitor with a VGA input, this adaptor will work.  |  IP: Logged Steve R Pike Film Handler Posts: 66 From: Gloucestershire, UK Registered: Apr 2011 posted 06-19-2013 04:45 AM                     Thanks everyone for your help. One more question (and it may be a bit of a dumb one ... but who knows)... when I plug in a VGA monitor into the bottom VGA output connector will it work like a 'plug and play' monitor (ie. work first time) or will I need to install it? Also, if we decide to go back to the small touchscreen, if i replug the current connection back into the VGA output, will it just come back on? Sorry if these are silly questions - with my luck of technology this week I don't want it to mess up thanks again all  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 06-19-2013 06:21 AM                     It will work without any installation, just plug it in. The Christie touchscreen is remote access using VNC - it will not interfere with the cable connected monitor at all. As a matter of fact, you can use both options at the same time. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-19-2013 07:14 AM                     Whatever VGA monitor you plug in to the server VGA output will just work fine. The image output is fixed at 640x480, so there's no reason to pay extra for a high definition monitor. Since 4:3 monitors are unobtainable now the image will look stretched... get used to that or change the monitor display mode to pillarbox it. When you reconnect the internal monitor's jumper cable, the screen will wake up and display the image... unless it has been turned off. You can shut off the internal monitor: the switch is just above where the stylus clips on, poke something (like the stylus) in the hole. It's a push-on push-off switch. You can not shut off the touch function: even with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse, touching the screen will still move the cursor.  |  IP: Logged Steve R Pike Film Handler Posts: 66 From: Gloucestershire, UK Registered: Apr 2011 posted 06-19-2013 08:14 AM                     Thanks everyone for your help  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 06-19-2013 09:45 AM                     quote: Dave Macaulay 4:3 monitors are unobtainable now Well, perhaps NEW ones are not available, but used ones are easy to come by. My local computerguy has stacks of them cluttering up his shop that he sells for $10-20 each depending on how badly he needs to get rid of them to clear up workshop space. I bought several to use strictly for 'machine terminal' use, since I COULDN'T STAND the 'stretched' image on the newer monitors. (It was like watching a movie with the wrong lens. I found it very annyoying!) Haven't had aproblem with any of 'em.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-19-2013 10:37 PM                     True, but our customers don't seem to like getting a used monitor with new equipment. You can still get new 4:3 monitors but the prices are nuts, low demand makes them a "special" item... so we get a new basic 16:9 one when required. I like the pullout consoles but they are very pricey ($700+) and difficult to sell when compared to a $100 monitor plus a basic mouse and keyboard.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-20-2013 06:04 AM                     Try the NEC AS171-BK...new and nearly 4:3 (5:4). Thinks don't look stretched, either.  |  IP: Logged

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