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Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector?

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On 2017-04-06 19:19:46 +0000, sms said:

> This morning I was at a meeting where they have a professional grade 
> ceiling mount Panasonic projector with the audio and video cables going 
> through the ceiling and into a closet.
> 
> We've used the projector (VGA) with a number of computers, including 
> Macbooks with Mini-Display-Port via an Apple Mini-Display-Port to VGA 
> dongle. This morning, a presenter had a 2016 Macbook Pro with only the 
> USB-C ports. She had an Apple USB-C to Mini-Display-Port dongle, and an 
> Apple Mini-Display-Port to VGA dongle. These did not work connected 
> together. She also had an Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and 
> an HDMI to VGA adapter. These did not work connected together.
> 
> She ended up transferring her presentation to a USB stick and then 
> using someones Windows laptop with her HDMI to VGA adapter and that 
> worked.
> 
> We know that her HDMI to VGA (non-Apple) adapter works since we used it 
> on the Lenovo laptop. We know that the Apple Mini-Display-Port to VGA 
> adapter works with older Macbooks and Windows machines.
> 
> I see that Apple sells a Belkin USB-C to VGA adapter, but she did not 
> have one of those.
> 
> So the questions, to anyone with a 2016 Macbook Pro, are 1) have you 
> successfully used a USB-C to Mini-Display-Port adapter combined with a 
> Mini-Display-Port to VGA adapter, 2) have you successfully used a USB-C 
> to Digital AV Multiport adapter with an HDMI to VGA adapter? 3) Do you 
> have to use the Belkin USB-C to VGA adapter in you need VGA out of a 
> 2016 Macbook?
> 
> A lot of places still use the older ceiling mount projectors that don't 
> support HDMI, and they are not going to replace them, and run new 
> wiring, so we're stuck with VGA for a while. We can buy one of those 
> Belkin USB-C to VGA dongles if necessary.
> 
> BTW, the woman with the Macbook Pro is an engineer at Apple. She's not 
> clueless when it comes to Macs.

I have an 2016 Macbook Pro that I bought right after they came out in 
November.  Since I do some occasional presentations with VGA 
projectors, I asked what adapter I would need for that purpose and I 
was told to use the USB-C to VGA adapter as the mini-display port 
adapter would not work.  Since then I have had no problems connecting 
to a projector when using the USB-C to VGA  adapter ( I did buy the 
Belkin, since it was available through the Apple Store).

-- 
Paul Goodman

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2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2017-04-06 12:19 -0700
  Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-06 15:44 -0400
  Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? Paul Goodman <goodmanp@comcast.net> - 2017-04-06 17:16 -0400
    Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2017-04-06 20:53 -0700
      Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-07 00:18 -0400
      Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2017-04-07 11:51 -0700
      Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-07 21:29 +0000
  Re: 2016 Macbook Pro to VGA Projector? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-07 03:44 +0000

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