Worship Him's multiple monitor support
1- What is
multiple monitors?
Multiple monitors is a Windows feature that allows a
computer to utilize more than one monitor.
This typically means 2 or more video cards
and monitors on one computer together
forming one large windows desktop, and
allows you to view a different program in
each monitor simultaneously. Worship Him is
designed to use a second video card or
monitor output to supply the image to a
video projector instead of a second monitor
screen. This allows the Worship Him operator
to have a display independent of what the
video projector is showing.
2-
What advantage does multiple monitors give
to Worship Him?
With multiple monitors, the Worship Him
operator's computer monitor is independent
of the projector's display. This means the
Worship Him operator can browse songs,
search, select songs from the queue list,
etc without causing any interruption of the
projector's display. Also, the operator
simply clicks on the verse he or she wants
and the projector displays it. Without
multiple monitors, the operator's control
screen and projector must share the same
display.
How do I get
multiple monitors to work?
1)
Start with the computer turned off.
2) Plug in
the projector’s VGA cable to the external
VGA port on the back of the laptop, or
second monitor VGA or DVI connector on the
back of the desktop computer.
3) Turn on
the computer and wait for Windows to finish
loading.
4)
Windows XP:
Right-click on an empty part of the windows
desktop and select ‘Properties’. The
‘Display properties’ window will appear.
Select the ‘Settings’ tab at the top.
Windows Vista: Right-click on an empty part
of the windows desktop and select
'Personalize' then click 'Display settings'.
Windows 7:
Right-click on an empty part of the windows
desktop and select 'Screen resolution'.
5) You
should see a picture with two monitors shown
– one with a ‘1’ in it and the other with a
‘2’ in it. Click on the ‘2’ monitor and put
a check in the box labeled ‘Extend my
windows desktop onto this monitor’. Also,
with monitor 2 still selected, look for a
box that says 'This is my main monitor' or
'Use this device as my primary monitor' and
make sure it is NOT checked, then click
‘OK’.
6) Run
Worship Him. If Worship Him does not
automatically detect and use the second
monitor proceed to step 7, otherwise you’re
done!
7) From the
main window’s menu select ‘Options’,
‘Projector display options’ then ‘Setup
projector displays’. This will bring up the
projector 'Setup projector displays' window.
8) Find the
‘Monitor number’ option and set it to ‘2’.
9) Click
the ‘Done’ button.
If you saw
only one monitor in step 5:
Either the computer does not support
multiple monitors or there is a setting
somewhere that needs to be changed to enable
the second monitor. Look for a
monitor/displays setting that has the word
'Extend' in it. Also some computers
automatically disable the second monitor if
nothing is plugged into it when the computer
is turned on, so it's always a good idea to
plug the projector in before you turn the
computer on.