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    Installation menu
    The installation menu provides an onscreen display (OSD) for projector 
    installation and maintenance. Use the OSD only when the message No signal 
    input is displayed on the screen. 
    The menu options include settings and adjustments for screen size and distance, 
    focus, keystone correction and more .
    1 Turn on the projector by pressing Power button on the control pad.
    2 Press the MENU button on the control pad to launch the OSD for 
    projector installation and maintenance.
    3 The background pattern acts as a guide to adjusting the calibration and 
    alignment settings, such as screen size and distance, focus and more .
    4 The Installation menu includes the following options:
    •Projection Mode
    •Projection Location
    •Auto Keystone settings
    •Manual Keystone settings
    •Language settings
    •Reset to factory default function
    Use the up and down arrow keys to select an option, the left and right 
    arrow keys to adjust selected option settings, and the right arrow key to 
    enter a submenu for feature setting. The new settings will be saved 
    automatically upon exiting the menu.
    5 Push the menu button anytime to exit the menu and return to the Acer 
    welcome screen.
    Note: Functions vary depending on model definition.
     
     
     
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    Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus
    The projector has multilingual OSD that allow you to make image adjustments 
    and change a variety of settings.
    Using the OSD menus
    •To open the OSD menu, press MENU on the remote control or control 
    panel.
    •When the OSD is displayed, use the   keys to select any item in the 
    main menu. After selecting the desired main menu item, press   to enter 
    submenu for feature setting.
    •Use the   keys to select the desired item and adjust the settings by 
    using the   keys.
    •Select the next item to be adjusted in the submenu and adjust as described 
    above.
    •Press MENU on the remote control or control panel, the screen will 
    return to the main menu.
    •To exit OSD, press MENU on the remote control or control panel again. 
    The OSD menu will close and the projector will automatically save the new 
    settings.
    Note: Some of the following OSD settings may not be available. Please 
    refer to the actual OSD of your projector.
    Note: Functions vary depending on model definition.
    Main menu
    Sub menuSetting
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    Display ModeThere are many factory presets optimized for various types of 
    images.
    •Bright: For brightness optimization.
    •Presentation: For meeting presentation.
    •Standard: For common environment.
    •Video: For playing video in a bright environment.
    •Game: For game content.
    •Education: For education environment.
    •Movie: For brighter and general movie/video/photo playing.
    •Dark Cinema: For dark movie content.
    •Sports: For sport picture.
    •User: Memorize users settings.
    Wall colorUse this function to choose a proper color according to the wall. 
    There are several choices, including white, light yellow, light blue, 
    pink, dark green. It will compensate the color deviation due to the 
    wall color to show the correct image tone.
    BrightnessAdjust the brightness of the image.
    •Press   to darken the image.
    •Press   to lighten the image.
    ContrastContrast controls the difference between the lightest and 
    darkest parts of the picture. Adjusting the contrast changes the 
    amount of black and white in the image.
    •Press   to decrease the contrast.
    •Press   to increase the contrast.
    SaturationAdjusts a video image from black and white to fully saturated 
    color.
    •Press   to decrease the amount of color in the image.
    •Press   to increase the amount of color in the image.
    TintAdjusts the color balance of red and green.
    •Press   to increase the amount of green in the image.
    •Press   to increase the amount of red in the image.
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    Note: Saturation and Tint functions are not supported under computer 
    or HDMI mode.
    Note: Functions vary depending on model definition.
    Color 
    TemperatureMode
    Use this function to choose CT1, CT2 (Native), CT3, User mode.
    R Gain
    Adjusts the red gain for color temperature optimization.
    G Gain
    Adjusts the green gain for color temperature optimization.
    B Gain
    Adjusts the blue gain for color temperature optimization.
    R Bias
    Adjusts the red bias for color temperature optimization.
    G Bias
    Adjusts the green bias for color temperature optimization.
    B Bias
    Adjusts the blue bias for color temperature optimization.
    Dynamic BlackChoose On to automatically optimize the display of dark movie 
    scenes enabling them to be shown in incredible detail.
    GammaEffects the representation of dark scenery. With greater gamma 
    value, dark scenery looks brighter.
    AdvancedInd. Color Management
    Adjusts the red, green, blue, cyan, yellow and magenta colors.
    Ind. Hue
    Adjusts the color balance of red and green.
    Ind. Saturation
    Adjusts the selected color to be less or more saturated color.
    Ind. Gain
    Adjusts the selected colors contrast.
    Brilliant Color
    Produces an expanded on-screen color spectrum that delivers 
    enhanced color saturation for bright, true-to-life images.
    White Peaking
    Increases the brightness of whites that are near 100%. (video 
    sources only)
    Film Mode
    Sets the image optimized to 24-frame True Film mode.
    Noise Reduction
    Adjusts signal noise reduction.0 means the noise reduction is off, 
    >0 increase noise reduction.
    Black Extension
    This ensures optimum black level for each analog source.
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    Image
    Projection
    • Front-Desktop: The factory default setting.
    • Rear-Desktop: When you select this function, the projector 
    reverses the image so you can project from behind a translucent 
    screen.
    • Rear-Ceiling: When you select this function, the projector 
    reverses and inverts the image at same time. You can project from 
    behind a translucent screen with ceiling mounted projection.
    • Front-Ceiling: When you select this function, the projector 
    inverts the image for ceiling-mounted projection.
    Projection Mode
    • Front: The factory default setting.
    • Rear: Reverses the image so you can project from behind a 
    translucent screen.
    Projection Location
    • Auto: Automatically adjusts projection location of image.
    • Desktop
    • Ceiling: Turns the image upside down for ceiling-mounted 
    projection.
    Aspect Ratio Use this function to choose your desired aspect ratio.
    •Auto: Keep the image with original width-higth ratio and maxi 
    mize the image to fit native horizontal or vertical pixels.
    •Full: Resize image to fit full screen by width (1280 pixels) and 
    height (800 pixels).
    •4:3: The image will be scaled to fit the screen and displayed using 
    a 4:3 ratio.
    •16:9: The  image will be scaled to fit the width of the screen and 
    the height adjusted to display the image using a 16:9 ratio.
    •L.Box: Keep original signal aspect ratio and zoom in by 1.333 
    times.
    Auto Keystone Automatically adjusts vertical image.
    Manual Keystone Adjust image distortion caused by tilting projection. (±40 degrees)
     The Manual Keystone function is unavailable under Auto 
    Keystone setting to On.
    Sharpeness Adjusts the sharpness of the image.
    •Press   to decrease the sharpness.
    •Press   to increase the sharpness.
    H. Keystone
    Press the   or   button to adjust image distortion horizontally 
    and makes a squarer image.
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    Note: H. Position, V. Position, Frequency and Tracking functions 
    are not supported under HDMI or Video mode.
    Note: HDMI Color Range and HDMI Scan Info functions are only 
    supported under HDMI mode.
    Note: Functions vary depending on model definition. V. Keystone
    Press the   or   button to adjust image distortion vertically and 
    makes a squarer image.
    H. Position 
    (Horizontal 
    position)
    •Press   to move the image left.
    •Press   to move the image right.
    V. Position 
    (Vertical position)
    •Press   to move the image down.
    •Press   to move the image up.
    Frequency Frequency changes the projectors refresh rate to match the 
    frequency of your computer’s graphics card. If you can see a vertical 
    flickering bar in the projected image, use this function to make the 
    necessary adjustments.
    Tracking Synchronizes the signal timing of the projector with the graphics card. 
    If you experience an unstable or flickering image, use this function to 
    correct it.
    HDMI Color Range Adjust the color range of the HDMI image data to correct color display 
    error.
    •Auto: Automatically adjust by information from player.
    •Limited Range: Prosess the input image as limited color range data.
    •Full Range: Prosess the input image as full color range data. 
    HDMI Scan Info Adjust the overscan ratio of the HDMI image on screen.
    •Auto: Automatically adjust by information from player.
    •Underscan: Always no overscan on HDMI image.
    •Overscan:   Always keep overscan on HDMI image.
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    Startup Screen Use this function to select your desired startup screen. If you 
    change the setting, the changes will take effect when you exit the 
    OSD menu.
    • Acer: The default startup screen of your Acer projector.
    • User: Use memorize picture from Screen Capture function.
    Screen Capture Use this function to customize the startup screen. To capture the 
    image that you want to use as the startup screen, follow the 
    instructions below.
    Notice:
    Before proceeding with the following steps, make sure that the 
    Keystone is set to the default value 0 and the aspect ratio is set 
    to 4:3. For details, refer to the Image section.
    • Change the Startup Screen from the default setting Acer 
    to User.
    • Press Screen Capture to customize the startup screen.
    • A dialog box appears to confirm the action. Choose Yes to 
    use the current image as your customized startup screen. The 
    capture range is the red rectangular area. Choose No to 
    cancel the screen capture and exit the onscreen display (OSD).
    • A message appears, stating that the screen capture is in 
    progress.
    • When the screen capture is finished, the message disappears 
    and the original display is shown.
    • The customized startup screen, as shown below, takes effect 
    when there is a new input signal or when you restart the 
    projector.
    Source Lock When source lock is turned Off, the projector will search for 
    other signals if the current input signal is lost. When source lock is 
    turned On, it will lock the current source channel unless you 
    press Source button on the remote control for the next channel.
    Closed Caption
    Selects a preferred closed captioning mode from CC1, CC2, CC3, 
    CC4, (CC1 displays captions in the primary language in your area).
    Select Off to turn off the captioning feature. This function is only 
    available when a composite video or S-Video input signal is 
    selected and its system format is NTSC.
     Set your screen aspect ratio to 4:3. This function is not 
    available when the aspect ratio is 16:9 or Auto .
    VGA OUT (Standby) Default is Off. Choose On to enable VGA OUT connection.
    Reset
    •Press the   button and choose Yes to return the 
    parameters on all menus to the factory default settings.
    Security Security
    This projector provides a useful security function for the 
    administrator to manage usage of the projector .
    Press   to change the Security setting. If the security function 
    is enabled, your must enter the Administrator Password first 
    before changing the security settings.
    •Select On to enable the security function. The user has to 
    enter a password to operate the projector. Please refer to the 
    User Password section for details.
    •If Off is selected, then the user can turn on the projector 
    without password.
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    Timeout(Min.)
    Once Security is activated to On, the administrator can set 
    timeout function.
    •Press   or   to select the timeout interval.
    •The range is from 10 minute to 990 minutes.
    •When the time is up, the projector will prompt the user to 
    enter the password again.
    •The factory default setting of Timeout(Min.) is Off.
    •Once the security function is enabled, the projector will 
    request user to enter password when switch on the projector . 
    Both User Password and Administrator Password can be 
    accepted for this dialogue.
    User Password
    •Press   to setup or change the User Password.
    •Press number keys to set your password on the remote control 
    and press MENU to confirm. 
    •Press   to delete character.
    •Enter the password when you see Confirm Password 
    displayed.
    •The password should be between 4 and 8 characters long.
    •If you select Request password only when plugging the 
    power cord in., the projector will prompt the user to enter 
    the password every time the power cord is plugged.
    •If you select Always request password while projector turns 
    on., the user has to enter the password every time when the 
    projector is turned on.
    Administrator Password
    The Administrator Password can be used in both the Enter 
    Administrator Password and Enter Password dialog boxes.
    •Press   to change the Administrator Password.
    •The factory default of Administrator Password is 1234.
    If you forgot your administrator password, do the following to 
    retrieve the administrator password:
    •An unique 6-digit Universal Password which is printed on 
    the Security Card (please check accessory in the box). This 
    unique password is the number which will be accepted by 
    projector anytime no matter what the Administrator 
    Password is.
    •If losing this security card and number, please contact with an 
    Acer service center.
    Lock to user startup screen
    Default Lock User Startup Screen is Off. If lock user startup screen 
    is On, users cannot change startup screen anymore and avoid 
    other users change that arbitrarily. Choose Off to unlock startup 
    screen.
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    Note: Functions vary depending on model definition. LANLAN
    Default is Off. Choose On to enable LAN connection.
     If users want to do LAN control under standby mode, 
    change VGA OUT (Standby) from Off to On.
    LAN IP/Mask
    Identify IP and Mask address.
    LAN Reset
    Reset LAN function.
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    Management
    Note: Functions vary depending on model definition. ECO Mode Choose On to dim the projector lamp which will lower power 
    consumption, extend the lamp life and reduce noise.  Choose Off 
    to return normal mode.
    High Altitude Choose On to turn on High Altitude mode. Operate the fans at 
    full speed continuously to allow for proper high altitude cooling of 
    the projector.
    Turn Off Mode
    •Instant Off: Shuts down the projector without fan cooling.
    •Instant Resume: Resumes the system when the Power button 
    is pressed again within 2 minutes.
    •Standard: Properly shuts down the projector after fan 
    cooling.
    Auto Shutdown The projector will automatically shutdown when there is no signal 
    input after the allocated time. (default is 120 minutes)
    Lamp Hour Elapse Displays the lamp’s elapsed operating time (in hours).
    Lamp Reminding Activate this function to display a reminder to change the lamp 30 
    hours before its expected end-of-life.
    Lamp Hour Reset
    Press the   button and choose Yes to turn the lamp hour 
    counter to 0 hours.
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