Does anyone have any experience with the Electrohome Vista Pro Projector?
It is pretty old (of course) and at my school we are having trouble with it. It is installed outside of our light booth (above our theater's main entrance) and the video system that was installed to make it run needs to be reprogrammed. Does anyone have any idea how to make it work?
Here's the set-up:
The projector is in a box (mounted to the top of it) in front of the LB
The remote port is plugged into a Axcent 2 Control System
VCR is plugged directly into projector with it's (vcr's) remote port plugged into the Axcent 2 Control.
The RGBHV ports on our stage plug also directly into the projector
There is a mini touchpanel remote that plugs into the system in the LB that turns on/off the vcr and projector and what source the projector is on. (Plugged in via XLR connector)
Here's what happened:
The system was fine and then the remote froze up and didn't work (it was the battery) So we changed the battery in teh remote.
When we plugged in the remote to the system it was blank except for a main menu button (or something to that effect) We would have to re-program the remote.
I called the company that installed the system and they had broken up into three other companies many years ago, so they don't have a copy of the program/settings.
Now the system doesn't work and we cannot access the projector because of where it is positioned. (IT has no idea how to fix it; they supported our buying another projector and setting it on top of the current projector box but we don't have money and they and admin won't buy one)
What should I do?
If anyone has any advice at all about getting this to work it would be extremely helpful!
(I forgot to mention that the system died the summer of 2007: over a year ago, and right after a school district event)
Thanks in advance and sorry for such the long message!
It is pretty old (of course) and at my school we are having trouble with it. It is installed outside of our light booth (above our theater's main entrance) and the video system that was installed to make it run needs to be reprogrammed. Does anyone have any idea how to make it work?
Here's the set-up:
The projector is in a box (mounted to the top of it) in front of the LB
The remote port is plugged into a Axcent 2 Control System
VCR is plugged directly into projector with it's (vcr's) remote port plugged into the Axcent 2 Control.
The RGBHV ports on our stage plug also directly into the projector
There is a mini touchpanel remote that plugs into the system in the LB that turns on/off the vcr and projector and what source the projector is on. (Plugged in via XLR connector)
Here's what happened:
The system was fine and then the remote froze up and didn't work (it was the battery) So we changed the battery in teh remote.
When we plugged in the remote to the system it was blank except for a main menu button (or something to that effect) We would have to re-program the remote.
I called the company that installed the system and they had broken up into three other companies many years ago, so they don't have a copy of the program/settings.
Now the system doesn't work and we cannot access the projector because of where it is positioned. (IT has no idea how to fix it; they supported our buying another projector and setting it on top of the current projector box but we don't have money and they and admin won't buy one)
What should I do?
If anyone has any advice at all about getting this to work it would be extremely helpful!
(I forgot to mention that the system died the summer of 2007: over a year ago, and right after a school district event)
Thanks in advance and sorry for such the long message!