[Teacher] How to connect a computer to your BenQ Board with an HDMI cable?

Connecting a computer to your BenQ Board with an HDMI cable in 2 steps

Step-by-step

Before turning on your BenQ board, make sure the Power switch is set to ON.

  1. Waking up the screen
    • Option 1: tap the screen to wake up the board
    • Option 2: press the power button on the remote control
    • Option 3: wake up the screen with the power button found at the lower right of the control panel
      IFP & Remote control-Power on and off
  2. Connect the computer to your BenQ board with an HDMI cable:
    • Plug the supplied HDMI cable into your computer's HDMI port
    • Plug the other side of the HDMI cable into your BenQ board
    • For touch capabilities, connect your computer and the BenQ board with the TOUCH-USB cable provided in the box

Tip: once HDMI cable is connected, the BenQ board automatically switches to HDMI input when a computer is plugged in. If this doesn’t happen automatically, manually:  

  • select HDMI input in the settings menu
    (brought up by taping the IFP-Settings icon)
    IFP-Select source icon
  • or set your computer's screen mirroring to Duplicate or Extend
    IFP-Screen mirror icon

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