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How to Use a Nintendo Wii as a Home Projector

The Nintendo Wii game console has all the connections needed to display video on a television. You can use the Nintendo Wii as part of a home projector to display an image on a wall or projection screen. You will need an overhead projector which can be purchased for very little money from an office supply shop or even used at a flea market along with a small LCD television. The quality of your home projector will not equal that of a commercially made model, but it will enable you to display a video image that is much larger than any TV you can buy.

Things You'll Need

Overhead projector
Nintendo video connector
LCD TV, 10-inch diagonal portable

Instructions

- 1
  Place a table opposite the wall that will become the “projection screen.” Place the overhead projector on the table with the lens on the side of the lens arm assembly attached to the overhead projector facing toward the wall. Plug the power cord into the overhead projector for power.
- 2
  Place the Nintendo Wii on the table alongside the overhead projector. Plug the power cord into the Wii for power. Plug the black square on one end of the Nintendo video connector into the square connection port on the back of the Wii.
- 3
  Plug the yellow video plug on the other end of the Nintendo video connector into the video connection on the portable LCD TV.
- 4
  Place the portable LCD TV face down onto the glass top of the overhead projector, with the TV’s bezel facing toward the front.
- 5
  Turn on the Wii. Turn on the TV. Turn on the overhead projector. Focus the image from the Wii that is being projected onto the wall using the focus knob on the side of the lens arm assembly attached to the overhead projector.

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