If a user wishes to connect a laptop to a lab or classroom podium please follow this procedure.
1. Plug in the VGA cable.
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Some classrooms have cables built into the podium while others require the user to bring their own. If there is a black hatch in the table surface of the podium cables are provided. If the user needs cables please give them a set and ask them to keep it with their laptop.
2. Plug in the audio cable.
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Plug the audio cable into the headphone jack of the laptop.
3. Switch the source to laptop.
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Select the laptop input on the rooms control panel.
4. Enable the external display.
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If an image does not project have the user enable their external display.
On dell laptops this can be done by pressing Function + F12.
In windows 7 and 8 press Windows + P and select the desired output