Most budget projectors are multi-media projectors, and these projectors have no built-in Android systems. To access streaming content, you need to connect the multi-media projector to a TV stick or smartphone. In this guide, we will explain how to connect phone to projector and provide four methods.
Most smartphones support screen mirroring or cast. You can check the control center of your phone. In this post, we conclude the general method and you can slightly change the details accordingly when using screen mirroring. Here are the detailed steps.
1. Power on your projector.
2. Enter the screen mirroring page and click Apple Cast. Some projectors may use iOS Cast on the screen.
3. Then follow the OSD (On-Screen-Display) guide on the screen to operate. If there is no literal guidance, please follow the steps below to mirror the screen.
4. Connect the projector to Wi-Fi.
5. Connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network as the projector.
6. Enter your iPhone Control Center by swiping the screen. (Some iPhone models need you to slide up while some iPhone models require to slide down.
7. Tap the “Screen Mirroring”. Then your iPhone will scan available devices.
8. Choose the signal of projector and connect.
9. Then, the screen of your iPhone will be mirrored on the screen.
Some projectors need to connect the iPhone to the Wi-Fi signal by inputting the password of the projector. You can know the password on the screen. In addition, some projectors may have no dedicated screen mirroring section and you need to enter the input source to select screen mirroring as the input source.
Most Android phones have a Cast function and you can follow the steps below to connect the projector and the Android phone.
Some multimedia projectors support USB direction, meaning that you can connect your phone to the projector via a USB charging cable.
If the projector doesn’t support USB direction, then the projector will charge for your phone and won’t mirror your phone screen.
Most video projectors on the market support HDMI connection, which is stabler and quicker than wireless screen mirroring.
For iPhone
1. Turn on the projector.
2. Select HDMI as the input source.
3. Get your lightning Digital AV adapter and HDMI cable.
4. Plug the HDMI port into the projector’s HDMI interface and plug the lightning port into your iPhone.
5. Tap “Trust” to enable the projector to access your iPhone.
6. Then, the projector and your iPhone can be connected.
For Android Phone
After introducing how to connect phone to projector, then we introduce how to connect a laptop to projector.
You may be interested in How to Use a Projector as a TV or Auking Mini Projector Troubleshooting.
Some video projectors support Wi-Fi and you can do as follows to connect it to Wi-Fi.
It is familiar to connect the laptop to a projector in daily life. Here are the steps for you.
It is worth noting that the output resolution of the laptop should be no more than the resolution of the projector. That’s all for the guide on how to connect phone to a projector and related guidance.
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