nView ViewFrame Spectra C LCD Panel

[Gazzaden]

What is the color depth of the Spectra C?

What do the inputs look like?

Can you recommend a good OHP for use with this?

Gazzaden

[partyharty]

There were two versions of the Nview Spectra C
one has 185k colors (usable but not great) and the other version had either 1.4 or 1.8 million colors (I have seen both specs on various sites). This version is really good.

Like wise there were also different inputs offered. The earlier version had VGA input ONLY. The newer version has VGA, Svideo, RCA inputs. Several have said that although theirs had all 3 inputs they have been unable to get anything but the VGA in to work. I personally have not had this problem.

One other thing.....Make sure you get the remote or you will wish ya did. I got one with mine but I know of several that did not. This is the only way I know of to switch between inputs.

Chris

[tex]

I have the remote, but have found that the mode is auto selected.

When you apply a Composite video input, it switches over to use that.

I expect it would be the same for any of the other modes..

[arringnl]

I have a nview veiwframe spectra but can not get it to communicate with my laptop. I think it may be the vga cable but I can nto find one does anyone have a clue where to get one. I do have the manual for it if anyone needs some info. It is a pretty generic book.

[BruceW]

I have a used unit (model number not shown) and have connected it to my XP laptop (HP Presario 723us). When I toggle the display key (f 4), the laptop display will go blank and the projection screen works ok. I have been unable to get both of the displays to work at the same time. I have connected a lcd screen in place of the ViewFrame and can get both the laptop and lcd to display at the same time. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get that performance with the ViewFrame? I would like to use PowerPoint and have the ability to select slides from my laptop. Thanks

[uvodee]

You need a special cable,
indeed vga but nView has their own.

are ou using this specific cable?
you can get them online at several places....



Jean-Pierre

[sfeitler]

Hi, I got a Spectra C off E-bay--one of the old ones that just has analog video and digital video in, no RCA or Svideo--and it only came with the Apple video cable. I got a PC to Apple video converter so I could connect my laptop to the panel. I can get my laptop to display on a regular lcd monitor, but not on the panel.

Laptop is running Vista, display set to 640x480, 60 Hz, 16 million colors.

Any idea what I should look at? The panel shows the nView logo, but never shows my laptop's screen.

Thanks in advance,
Sarah

[uvodee]

a) is your laptop an Apple?
b) if not, why use the Apple cable plus the converter, would be much easier to use a cable from the nview to the ordinary laptop.
c) did it come with the remote? if so, does the green light at the from of the panel flicker when you push a button from the remote?


Jean-Pierre

[sfeitler]

My laptop is a pc. The cable that came with this particular nView is an old apple-type 15 pin connector, the 2-row style. Not the standard 15-pin 3-row vga connector. Both ends are this way, and the connector at the panel is also a 2-row 15-pin connector.

I don't have a cable that has 3-row 15-pin to 2-row 15-pin.

It did come with a remote, and the green light does flash when I press the remote.

-Sarah

[BruceW]

Is the LCD display that works the Laptop display or an external display? If it is the laptop, maybe you need to switch the computer display to the mode where both displays are activated. Make certain your Vista is set up for external display.

Also, the instruction manual for my ViewFrame says the display resolution must be no greater than 640 by 480, 2,16,or 256 colors. Your 2 million colors may be outside the capability. I have used the 16 and 256 colors with success.