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    Setting up the Projector
    Turning Off the Projector
    If you want to turn off the projector for a short period of time, 
    press the 
    standby button on the keypad or remote. This blanks the 
    screen for fifteen minutes, but keeps the projector running. (You 
    can change the amount of time the projector stays in standby 
    mode; see “Standby Time” on page 24 for details.) After 15 min-
    utes, the lamp goes out (the projector keeps running). To exit 
    standby mode, press the 
    standby button again. (It may take sev-
    eral seconds for the projection lamp to reach full power and 
    project the image again.)
    NOTE: Lamp life will be extended
    if you turn the lamp off, then wait
    1 minute while the lamp cools
    before unplugging the projector.
    The Lamp LED will light green
    when the lamp has cooled. See
    page 16 for details on the Lamp
    LED.
    To completely power off the projector, unplug it. If you want to 
    turn the lamp back on immediately, you must allow about a 
    minute for the lamp to cool. The lamp won’t light if it’s too hot. 
    						
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    USING THE PROJECTOR
    This section describes how to use and make adjustments to the 
    projector. It also provides a reference to the keypad and remote 
    buttons and the options available from the on-screen menus.
    Basic Image Adjustment
    1Make sure you have powered up your equipment in the right 
    order (page 11).
    2If the image doesn’t display completely, zoom the image 
    (page 15), adjust the height of the projector (page 15) or center 
    the image by adjusting its horizontal or vertical position 
    (page 23). Be sure the projector is at a 90 degree angle to the 
    screen.
    3If the image is out of focus, rotate the focus lens (page 15).
    4If the image appears to shimmer or if it has blurry vertical 
    bars after you have adjusted the focus, turn Auto Image 
    (page 21) off and then back on to reset the automatic sync and 
    tracking. If that doesn’t clear up the image, turn Auto Image 
    off and adjust the sync (page 22) and/or the tracking 
    (page 22) manually.
    5If the colors don’t look right, adjust the brightness (page 19).
    Using the Remote Control
    NOTE: To control the computer’s 
    mouse from the projector’s remote 
    or keypad, you must connect the 
    mouse connector on the computer 
    cable to the computer. See page 8 
    for details.
    The projector ships with a remote that has four function buttons, 
    a disk mouse and two mouse buttons, one on the top of the 
    remote and one on the bottom.
    Point the remote control at the projection screen or at the front of 
    the projector. The range for optimum operation is about 25 feet. If 
    you point the remote at the projection screen, the distance to the 
    screen and back to the projector must be less than or equal to 25 
    feet. For best results, point the remote directly at the projector. 
    						
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    Using the Projector
    F
    IGURE 9
    Remote control
    NOTE: If the remote is inactive
    for several minutes, it “sleeps” to
    conserve battery life. Press any
    button except the disk mouse to
    re-activate the remote.
    Press anywhere on the edge of the disk mouse to move the cursor 
    on the screen. You can move the cursor at any angle by pressing 
    the corresponding edge of the disk. The mouse button on the top 
    of the remote simulates your computer ’s right mouse button; the 
    button on the bottom simulates your computer ’s left mouse but-
    ton. See “Using the Keypad and Remote Buttons” starting on 
    page 16 for a description of the four function buttons.
    If you are creating presentations in Microsoft
    ® PowerPoint®, you 
    can use the remote’s mouse buttons to navigate through your 
    presentation while in Slide Show mode. To configure PowerPoint 
    for this, choose Options from the Tools menu, click the View Tab, 
    de-select the “Popup Menu on Right Mouse Click” option in the 
    Slide Show section, then click OK. Then, when you’re in Power-
    Point’s Slide Show mode, a left click advances to the next slide 
    and a right click returns to the previous slide (other PowerPoint 
    modes are not affected). 
    disk mouse
    right mouse button
    left mouse button
    (on underside of remote) 
    						
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    Adjusting the Projector
    To focus the image, rotate the focus ring (Figure 10) until the 
    image is clear. To zoom the image, rotate the zoom ring. This 
    adjusts the image size without affecting focus.
    FIGURE 10
    Focus ring and zoom ring
    The projector is equipped with a self-locking, quick-release eleva-
    tor foot and button (Figure 11).
    To raise the projector:
    1Press and hold the elevator button (Figure 11).
    2Raise the projector to the height you want, then release the 
    button to lock the elevator foot into position. 
    FIGURE 11
    Adjusting the height of the projector
    focus ring
    zoom ring
    elevator buttonelevator foot(under finger) 
    						
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    Using the Projector
    Using the Keypad and Remote Buttons
    While the menus are displayed, the volume, source, and standby 
    buttons on the keypad act as menu navigation buttons. See 
    “Using the On-Screen Menus” on page 18 for details.
    FIGURE 12
    Keypad and remote buttons
    Lamp on/off (keypad only) 
    Press the lamp on/off button to turn the lamp on or off. The Lamp 
    LED indicates the state of the lamp. A green Lamp LED indicates 
    that you can turn the lamp on, or the lamp is currently on. An 
    orange LED indicates the software is initializing or the lamp is 
    cooling. Do not press the 
    lamp on/off button when the LED is 
    orange.
    Menu 
    Press the menu button to open the on-screen menus. Press menu 
    again to close the menus. When you close the menus, the projec-
    tor saves any changes you made. For more information about the 
    on-screen menus, see page 18.
    Source (keypad only)   or Computer and Video (remote only)
    When you have more than one source (computer and video) con-
    nected to the projector, select between them by pressing the 
    source button on the keypad or the computer or video button on 
    the remote. 
    lamp LED 
    						
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    Standby  
    When you press standby, the display and audio turn off and a 
    blank screen is displayed for 15 minutes. You can change the 
    amount of time the projector stays in standby mode; see 
    “Standby Time” on page 24 for details.
    If you press standby again within 15 minutes, the projector 
    returns to normal operations immediately.
    If you press standby again after 15 minutes, there is about a 
    60 second delay before the lamp turns back on.
    If you don’t press standby again, the lamp turns off after 15 
    minutes.
    Volume (keypad only)     
    To increase the volume, press volume + . To decrease the vol-
    ume, press 
    volume - .
    Volume adjustments are saved for each source you have con-
    nected. 
    						
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    Using the Projector
    Using the On-Screen Menus
    The projector
     has six drop-down menus that allow you to make 
    image adjustments and change a variety of settings. Most of these 
    adjustments aren’t available directly from the keypad. 
    NOTE: Some menu items may be
    grayed out at certain times. This
    indicates the item is not applicable
    to your setup (for example, video
    standards do not apply to
    computer sources) or the item is
    not enabled until another selection
    is made (for example, Manual
    Tracking is not available until Auto
    Image is turned off).
    To open the on-screen menus, press the menu button on the 
    keypad or remote. This changes the volume, source, and standby 
    buttons on the keypad to menu navigation buttons. Press the 
    corresponding buttons to move the cursor up, down, left, or 
    right, or use the disk mouse on the remote. To select a menu, 
    move the cursor left or right to highlight the menu you want. The 
    drop-down menu appears.
    FIGURE 13
    Keypad navigation buttons and drop-down menu
    To change a menu setting, use the up and down navigation but-
    tons on the keypad or the disk mouse on the remote to move the 
    cursor up and down to the item you want to change (the selected 
    item is highlighted), then use the left and right navigation but-
    tons to adjust a setting. Some submenus, such as Brightness, con-
    sist of a slider bar you use to increase or decrease a value; some 
    submenus, such as Standby Time, consist of options you scroll 
    through to select the desired one. All changes are saved when 
    you close the menus.
    To access another menu, use the up and down navigation buttons 
    or the disk mouse to move back to the top of the current menu, 
    then use the left and right navigation buttons to move to another 
    menu.
    use these buttons to navigate through
    the menus
    Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
    Brightness
    Contrast
    Tint
    Color
    Sharpness
    Blank screen blue
    Reset all 
    						
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    Display Menu 
     
    FIGURE 14
    Display menu
    Brightness
    Adjusting the brightness changes the intensity of the image.
    Press the left navigation button to darken the image.
    Press the right navigation button to lighten the image.
    Contrast
    The contrast controls the degree of difference between the lightest 
    and darkest parts of the picture. Adjusting the contrast changes 
    the amount of black and white in the image.
    Press the left navigation button to decrease the contrast.
    Press the right navigation button to increase the contrast, mak-
    ing the blacks appear blacker and the whites appear whiter.
    Tint
    The tint adjusts the red-green color balance in the projected 
    image. Changing the Tint setting has no effect on PAL or SECAM 
    video sources. 
    Press the left navigation button to increase the amount of green 
    in the image.
    Press the right navigation button to increase the amount of red 
    in the image.
    Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
    Brightness
    Contrast
    Tint
    Color
    Sharpness
    Blank screen blue
    Reset all 
    						
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    Using the Projector
    Color
    The color setting adjusts a video image from black and white to 
    fully saturated color. This setting is not available for computer 
    images.
    Press the left mouse button to decrease the amount of color in 
    the image.
    Press the right mouse button to increase the amount of color in 
    the image.
    Sharpness
    This setting adjusts the sharpness of a video image.
    Press the left mouse button to decrease the sharpness.
    Press the right mouse button to increase the sharpness.
    Blank Screen
    Blank Screen determines what color is displayed when there is no 
    active source and when the projector is in standby. Click the left 
    or right navigation button to toggle between blue and black.
    Reset All
    Click the left or right navigation button to reset all the options 
    (except Language, Video Standard, Rear Projection, and Standby 
    Time) in all the menus to their original settings. 
    Audio Menu
     
    FIGURE 15
    Audio menu
    Vo l u m e
    NOTE: Changing the volume
    using the menu is the same as
    changing it using the keypad.
    Press the left navigation button to decrease the volume. 
    Press the right navigation button to increase the volume.
    Volume adjustments you make are saved for each source.
    Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
    Volume 
    						
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    Image Menu 
    FIGURE 16
    Image menu
    Ke y s t o n e
    This option helps to keep the image square as the angle of projec-
    tion is changed. To adjust the keystone, highlight Keystone, then 
    click the right navigation button. This option is available for com-
    puter sources only.
    NOTE: Some screen savers inter-
    fere with the operation of Auto 
    Image. If you’re experiencing prob-
    lems, try turning your screen saver 
    off, then turning Auto Image off 
    and back on. OverscanThis option crops all the edges of the image to remove noise gen-
    erated on the edges by your source. This option is available for 
    video sources only.
    Auto Image
    The projector automatically adjusts tracking, signal synchroniza-
    tion and vertical and horizontal position for most computers 
    (Auto Image does not apply to video sources). If you want to 
    adjust these features manually, you must turn off 
    Auto Image first 
    by highlighting Auto Image in the Image menu and clicking the 
    left or right navigation button to select “off”.
    Resize
    NOTE: When you connect an 
    HDTV source, the projector auto-
    matically displays the image in 
    16x9 format.
    This option works differently for computer and video sources. 
    For computer sources, 
    Resize automatically resizes the image by 
    scaling it up or down. It only affects computer images that are not 
    the projector ’s native resolution. When 
    Resize is on, the projector 
    makes the best fit of the image to the computer screen. If you turn 
    Resize off (by highlighting it in the Image menu and clicking the 
    left or right navigation button to select “off”), the image may be 
    either cropped or too small for the screen.
    Display Audio Image Controls Language Status>>
    Keystone
    Overscan
    Auto image on
    Resize onon
    Manual sync
    Manual tracking
    Horizontal position
    Vertical position 
    						
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