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Your PDF. On the big screen. · Interactive walkthrough

Show a PDF on TV or a Projector Without HDMI

A clean PDF on the display, with page changes controlled from your device.

Display a PDF on TV or a projector from your phone or laptop. Follow Document, Show now, Fit page and Fit width with an interactive page-control illustration.

Download the printable PDF guide

All six steps are below. The downloadable PDF is ready to print.

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Open vuthis.com on the TV or projector

Open vuthis.com in the display browser. For a projector, use its browser or the computer already connected to it. Keep the connection code on screen.

What you should seeThe screen is ready for a controller.
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Connect your phone, tablet or laptop

Scan the screen QR code with your phone. On a laptop or tablet, open vuthis.com/r and enter the screen code. Both devices need internet; they can use different networks.

What you should seeThe content controls are on your device.
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Choose Document and select your PDF

On the connected controller, choose Document and select the PDF you want to present. Check that it is the intended document.

What you should seeThe PDF is selected on the controller.
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Tap Show now to display the PDF

Choose Show now. The PDF appears on TV or the projector while its controls remain on your phone or laptop.

What you should seeThe audience sees the document.
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Use Fit page or Fit width

Fit page keeps the complete page visible. Fit width enlarges a tall page for reading. Choose the view that makes the important text legible.

What you should seeThe page is framed for your audience.
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Turn pages from your phone or laptop

Use Previous and Next. In Fit width, the controls move through a tall page a screenful at a time before changing pages.

What you should seeYou can present the document at your own pace.

Useful when it matters

Put it to work in the room.

  • A proposal on a meeting-room projector.
  • A training worksheet on a classroom screen.
  • A PDF menu or programme on a venue TV.

Read the V U This Show a PDF on TV or a Projector Without HDMI product guide

Watch the Show a PDF on TV or a Projector Without HDMI video

Get the result right

A quick screen check.

  • Use a standard, unprotected PDF. Export password-protected material to an authorised unprotected copy before selecting it.
  • For a portrait document, compare Fit page with Fit width from the audience position.

Read the screen from the audience position. Keep the selected content clear, current and useful for the people in the room.

Already have the screen code? Open the controller.

Your PDF. On the big screen.

Open vuthis.com on the display. Connect from another device. You can present the document at your own pace.

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Keep this walkthrough with the next job.

The two-page handbook has clickable setup and related-guide links. Its page images and descriptions are also available as a IIIF presentation manifest, linked to this interactive page and the main V U This product.