User Guide of AnyRec Phone Mirror

Instructions

AnyRec Phone Mirror is a versatile casting tool for you to screen-mirroring both your iPhone and Android to your Windows computer. Meanwhile, it offers both conventional ways of the USB connection for mirroring as well as the wireless connection of screen casting. Moreover, you can also get more features like recording or taking a snapshot while casting phone screens.

Install and Launch

Download AnyRec Phone Mirror on your computer for free via the button at the top. You can double-click the package to install it after the download finishes. Then, choose a preferred language and installation path. Click the Install button to begin. After it finishes, click the Start button to launch the program on your computer.

Purchase

After purchase, you can access the full features of AnyRec Phone Mirror. Simply click the Purchase button with the shopping cart icon on the upper right side after launching the program to purchase it online. Next, on the following webpage, choose a plan, and fill in your email address, which is used for receiving the registration code later.

Register

Once you have successfully purchased the product, you can check your email and copy the registration code you receive. Then, in the Phone Mirror app, click the Register button with a key icon above to enter this code and the email address you used for the purchase. Finally, click the Activate button to unlock all functionality.

Update

There are two ways to update the program: manual update and auto-update. You can manually update it by clicking the Menu button with the three-line icon. Then, click the Check Update button to check for a new version. Besides, you can also go to the Preferences window and More tab. Next, tick the Automatically check for updates option to enable the auto-update.

Preferences

In the Preferences window, you can freely tweak more settings like output settings and hotkeys. You just need to click the Menu button with the three-line icon to activate a small menu. Then, click the Preferences button to move on.

Output

In the Output section from Preferences, you can adjust settings for video, screenshot, audio, and directory. To change the destination folder of your output files or screenshots, click the three-dot icon under Directory Settings to select a new folder. Additionally, you can click the Screenshot format dropdown option to choose a different format from PNG, JPG/JPEG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF. Then, for Video and Audio Settings sections, you can adjust video and audio format, video and audio quality, video codec, and frame rate.

Sound

Here you can adjust the volume of the system sound and microphone. Or tick the Microphone noise cancellation option to have a clear audio effect. You may also enhance microphone performance by ticking the Microphone enhancement option. Next, click the Start Sound Check button to check if the sound from your computer and microphone is normal.

Hotkeys

From the Hotkeys section, you can see all the default shortcut keys, their usage, and whether it is occupied. You can click on one of them and to change the key combination, you press the corresponding keys you want on your keyboard to set it up. If you want to withdraw your changes, click the Restore Hotkeys button to back to the default ones.

More

You can enable or disable hardware acceleration and automatically check for update options. There are also four screen capture modes offered for you: Auto, Mode 1, 2, and 3. Moreover, you can tick to Update automatically while exiting the program. Or decide whether to launch the program automatically every time you boot the computer. Besides, there are two actions available for closing the main panel. Whatever changes you have made in these sections, you need to click the OK button to save them.

iOS Screen and Audio Mirror

There are two modes for you to cast the iOS screen onto the computer: USB connection and Wi-Fi connection. Besides, you can screen-mirroring only the audio from your iOS device to the computer as well. Here are the detailed steps for the two modes.

Wi-Fi Connection

Make sure your iPhone and the computer are both connected to the same Internet before following the guide below.

Screen Mirroring

Step 1: First, launch the program and click iOS Mirror on the main interface. On the new popup, you will see two mirroring styles under the Wi-Fi Connection and choose Screen Mirroring. Meanwhile, you will also see a GIF showing how to activate the screen mirroring on your iPhone.

Step 2: Now, take out your iPhone, and open the Control Center. Then, tap Screen Mirroring. It will automatically search for workable devices. Next, tap AnyRec Phone Mirror to cast your iPhone screen to the computer.

Audio Mirroring

Step 1 After choosing the iOS Mirror, click Audio Mirroring in the new pop-up window. This allows you to cast the audio you are playing on the iPhone to the computer. Next, unlock your iPhone, and swipe down from the top or swipe up from the bottom to go to the Control Center.

Step 2 On the right corner, tap the audio you are playing to access the music playback menu. Then, your iPhone will show you the Speakers & TVs you can use for mirroring. After that, tap AnyRec Phone Mirror, and your music or audio will be played on the computer.

Android Screen and Audio Mirror

When mirroring your Android screen or audio to the computer, you can either do it through a wireless connection or connect your Android device to the computer with a USB cable. The former requires a specific app installed on your Android phone. Then, you can follow the steps below.

Wi-Fi Connection

Step 1 Make sure your Android phone and the computer are under the same Wi-Fi connection. Then, click Android Mirror after launching the program. After that, install the FoneLab Mirror app on your phone before continuing screen mirroring. Then, you can tap the Detect icon in the FoneLab app and it will start searching devices. Tap your computer to cast once its name shows up.

Step 2 Meanwhile, you can also click the PIN Code button and enter the code in the app on your phone.

Or you can also click the QR Code button to get a QR code for you to scan with the FoneLab Mirror app so that your phone screen will be shown on the computer.

USB Connection

Step 1Once you launch the program, click Android Mirror and choose the USB Connection option, you need to connect your Android phone to the computer with a USB cable. Then, several instructions for different Android versions will appear. And you also need to make sure that the FoneLab Mirror app is installed on your Phone.

Step 2 Now, unlock your phone and go to Settings. Next, find System & Updates and tap Developer options from there. Then, tap the USB debugging option to enable it. Go back to your computer screen and click the Complete button to finally start casting your Android phone screen.

More Features

AnyRec Phone Mirror offers more than just screen mirroring. When mirroring your iPhone or Android screen, you may also capture the phone screen on your computer through Snapshot or record on the computer what your phone screen shows.

Record

When the phone screen is cast on your computer screen, you can click the Record button with the red dot icon on the tool below to start recording. Or you can press Ctrl, Alt, and R keys to record iPhone and Android screen as well. Before start recording, you can also click the gear icon to adjust record settings like output video resolution, which speaker’s sound you want to include, or video and audio format. Once you finish recording, click the Stop button with the red dot icon or use the key combination again to stop. After that, you can play, cut, rename, or share the recorded video.

Snapshot

To capture a certain moment when screen mirroring your phone, you just need to click the camera icon on the toolbar or use Ctrl, Alt, and C key combinations. You can take several screenshots successively by setting up the number behind Each successive screenshot. Additionally, if you do not want the toolbar to show up in your snapshot, simply click the Hide button below. Furthermore, you can also click the Full-Screen icon to make the window bigger.