Use Microphone with Epson Projector?
I have an Epson WUXGA 5450 mkll projector mounted in the ceiling.
It is connected to speakers that are mounted in the ceiling as well. When we connect to this projector with HDMI or over the network the projector automatically plays the sound from these speakers, rather than directly from the computer's speakers.
I would like to be able to somehow hook up a microphone to this projector, so when someone is giving a presentation/showing a movie they could talk into the microphone and hear their voice through the speakers alongside whatever else is being played.
Anyone know if this would be possible?
Edit - It is connected to this amplifier which mentions a feature called "source grouping". Could that mean that I could plug a microphone into the Amp and tell the amp to play from two sources at the same time?
Posted Apr 16, 2012, 9:08 AM UTC · edited
It is possible but you would need these connectors to do so.
http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/25438_l.jpg
http://www.image-tmart.com/images/C/CL086/0.14-18-Stereo-Female-Mini-Jack-to-2-Male-RCA-Adapter-01.gif
(p.s. I don't know anything about the websites I just used them for the pics)
And if you don't yet have a mic you have a few options.
A wired mic is the cheapest and I'd suggest this one http://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_sm58s.htm
Wireless mics are better if the speaker wants to walk about or you don't want a long wire running to the mic. I suggest this one http://www.thomann.de/gb/sennheiser_freeport_vocal_set.htm
or if you want to go hands free there is this mic http://www.thomann.de/gb/sennheiser_freeport_presentation_set.htm
Any more questions hit me up on my subreddit r/soundtechhelp.
Hope all this helps
We definitely want to go wireless -- but I'm not exactly clear on how to get the sound from the mic to play alongside whatever else is being fed to the beamer/amp. Ideally we would want the mike to always work, whether the beamer is used or not, so connecting the the always-on amp seems to be what we need to do.
Unfortunately I cant reach the amp at the moment because I do not have a ladder large enough to reach the ceiling where it is installed :-) but on the invoice it says we have a "Russound D250 Class D" Amplifier. Not sure if I linked the correct one above.
You have experience with this?
You could use this desk http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_xenyx_802.htm to sit between the mics and the amplifier. This would allow you independant volume control for each input without adjusting the amplifier.
You would need to of these to convert the output to be albe to plug into the amp. www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Iwm&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&q=1/4+jack+to+rca&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=627&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=10061554018351333968&sa=X&ei=ohuMT5e_NIas0QWu2tW1CQ&ved=0CH0Q8wIwAQ
The thing is all thie equipment is stuck in the ceiling with no access. It would all have to be automatic.
Our amp, and presumably the microphone receiver, are sitting on top of ceiling tile.