One screen for the operator, one for the people.Checking your hardware configuration

Presentation Manager uses a dual screen configuration for displaying worship songs. Simply put, there is one screen for the operator and a separate screen for the projector.  This way the congregation never sees what the operator is doing, while allowing the operator to make changes to a program in the middle of service.  In order to take advantage of Presentation Manager's dual screen functionality you will need to be sure to have the proper computer hardware.

Desktop Hardware Setup
Connect your Monitor to one output and your projector to the second. Connect your projector to the CRT and your monitor to the DVI using a convertor if necessary.
2 CRT (RGB) dual display card CRT/DVI dual display card

In order to achieve the dual screen output you need on your desktop you will need a dual display video card.  A dual display video card will either have two standard CRT (also called RGB) outputs, or a CRT and a DVI output.  If you have a card with 2 CRT outputs you can directly connect your monitor to one and your projector to another.  If you have a CRT/DVI card you can connect a LCD monitor to the DVI output (or use a DVI to CRT convertor to connect a standard monitor) and connect the projector to the CRT.  You can connect your projector to the S-Video out on a video card, but this is not recommended because it will severely reduce projection quality.  If you do not have a dual display card installed already you can purchase one from most computer retailers or go to our web site www.presentationmanager.info.

If you need to purchase a dual display card it is recommended that you do not get a standard PCI card because they are not powerful enough to run live video through our software.  It is recommended that you either purchase an AGP or PCI Express card, depending on whether your motherboard supports AGP or PCI Express.

Laptop Hardware Setup

Laptops typically come with a place in the back to connect an external monitor.  Connect your projector to this port you can enable your laptop's dual display.

Connect your projector to your laptop.

The easiest way to tell if your laptop supports dual display is if it has a 3rd party video card integrated into the system.  That is, if your laptop's video card was supplied by ATI or NVidia then chances are you laptop supports dual display.  If the graphics card is not supplied by a 3rd party like ATI or NVidia chances are it will not support dual display.  Check your user manual or contact the manufacturer to be sure.