Gadget Talk
projector itself, but this multifunctional remote can do it all.
Twisting one end of the remote control adjusts the volume, while
pulling out the end and twisting lets you manually alter the focus.
There’s a power button at one end, and on the side four buttons
for back, home, options and entering mouse mode. A speaker but-
ton lets you audibly control the G1, but currently in Chinese only.
Just below this sits a mute button.
Using the mouse mode can be a bit fiddly and takes some time to
get used to; it doesn’t help that the mouse is very sensitive and
works best when you point the controller directly at the projector. At times using the mouse is the only way to access
options within certain apps, but in other cases we found it easier to use the small toggle that works like a joystick. It
lets you scroll through web pages and apps, move up, down, left and right through menus and push down to select.
Setting up the JmGO G1 couldn’t be easier. You point it a blank wall or screen, plug it in and turn in on. The G1’s UI
is based on Android 4.3 KitKat, and it’s preinstalled with various apps including Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, XBMC,
Gmail, Skype, Amazon and full access to Google Play. These are found on the main screen, and you can hit left to
change the source to AV or HDMI, or right to access the device settings.
Within the image settings are options to alter the brightness, contrast, image mode, aspect ratio and more. Digital
zoom lets you resize the display to match your screen or wall, while automatic and manual keystone correction
adjust the angle of the display so you get a great picture no matter where the projector is sited. You can also turn the
display upside down, should you want to mount the projector from a ceiling (a bracket is supplied in the box).
You’ll also find options within this settings menu for managing wireless, audio, language, time and date, recovery,
apps and upgrading the software.
We connected the G1 to our home network over WiFi (an ethernet connection is also available), then logged into our
Google account and set about downloading various apps including Google Chrome and our usual Android bench-
marking utilities. The only app we had trouble with was NowTV if you want to access Sky content you’ll need to
physically plug in a Sky or Now TV box via the HDMI input (the
apps will install but report an error when you try to use them).
And that leads to our one major gripe with the JmGO G1 there’s only one HDMI port. We bought an HDMI splitter
that turned the single port into three, but of course that meant yet another remote control was required to switch be-
tween them. Still, with our threeway HDMI splitter in place we were able to connect a NowTV box, a Freeview box
(which we found easier to control than using an app such as TVCatchup) and a DVD player.
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