7/25/2023 0 Comments Setting up chromecast on projector![]() You’ll need to download the Chromcast for Mac app, but otherwise, the setup is about the same as you’d experience on a PC. Ron Stephenson wrote up a good guide, with plenty of screenshots on how to configure Chromecast for your mac. You’re using a Mac? There’s plenty of documentation on how to set it up. You really need detail or are running into issues? Check out MakeUseOf’s excellently detailed article on how to set it up. If you’re more visual, this video on YouTube was pretty straight forward. Tech Republic wrote up a good overview on how to set up Chromecast in your conference room. While Apple TV is about as simple as you get, Chromecast requires a little finagling. Lastly, you’ll need a little bit of patience. ![]() ![]() You’ll also need pretty good wifi as well as a projector or conference room TV with an HDMI port. First, you’ll need a Chromecast dongle, which you can buy from Google as well as a number of retailers. Setting up Chromecast in a meeting room is pretty straight forward and the requirements are very manageable. Conference Room Projector Installation with Chromecast With Chromecast, whoever wants to control the presentation can simply click on the “Cast” button in Chrome and they’re in control. Quite impractical if you have a big group or people are sitting far away from the cord. In a wired setting, you have to unplug the wire from the first computer and plug it into the second. Using Chromecast for the conference room TV setup also has another big benefit – quickly and easily switching who gets displayed on the screen. Chromecast has solutions for sharing things that are not in your browser, which I’ll get to in a bit. As the name implies, Chromecast is designed to work best in conjunction with Google’s Chrome web browser. This works best if you’re sharing something that is in a web browser. As most projectors and wall-mounted TVs in conference rooms have an HDMI port, you can also use Chromecast to wirelessly display your screen. Less well known, is how you can use Chromecast for business purposes. Chromecast for Conference Room Wireless Display Just plug the Chromecast dongle into the HDMI port, and you can wirelessly stream Hulu, Netflx, and many other media sources. Most people use Chromecast to turn regular TVs into smart TVs. But sitting in a controlled and organized meeting room, shouldn’t I be able to wirelessly connect my computer to the projector or TV? I think so! Fortunately, with a little tinkering and $35, I can do so with Google’s Chromecast. I can change the settings on my thermostat using Nest and my cell phone. While not exactly a remnant of the stone age, there’s something that feels antiquated about connecting to a projector through a wire.
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