Epson Projector Emp Twd3 User Manual

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Quick Start
APress   at the point where you want 
to begin slow motion playback. The 
image will pause.
BPress .
•There are 5 levels of playback speed which 
change each time   is pressed.
• Slow motion review can be performed 
by pressing  . There are 5 levels of review 
speed which change each time   is pressed.
•Press   to return to normal playback.
•Sound is not output during slow motion 
playback.
The break function is useful if, in the middle of a 
movie, you want to get up or move around carrying a 
drink, or some food, and so on. By simply pressing the 
 button you can pause the disc being played until 
you can get up to turn the lights on in the room. 
Press   during playback.
•The projection lamp remains lit, whilst the 
projected image disappears.   flashes in the 
lower right of the screen.
•The lamp darkens after about five minutes if the 
projector is left in break mode without any 
operations being made.Additionally, when about 
30 minutes have elapsed, the projector power 
automatically switches off.
•Press   to return to the state before break was 
pressed.If the power has switched off, press   
to switch the power back on.You can select a picture quality to correspond to the 
brightness and other conditions of your room.
APress .
The currently selected color mode name is 
displayed on the screen.
BWhile the color mode name is displayed, 
press   repeatedly until the desired 
color mode name appears.
After waiting a few seconds, the color mode 
name disappears and the picture quality changes.
•When theater or theater black are selected, the 
EPSON cinema filter operates automatically and 
characters skin color takes on a more natural 
tone across the whole image. 
Press  during playback.
•Sound stops coming from the speakers, 
headphones, and the subwoofer.
•Press   to return to normal playback.The 
former volume is also restored when the 
projector power is next switched on,
•Operations cannot be performed when the disc 
menu is displayed.
•When you press any of the following buttons, 
break mode is cancelled and the function of 
the button you pressed is performed.
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Slow motion playback
Temporarily using the projectors 
light as illumination (Break)
Selecting a picture quality to suit the 
conditions of the room (Color Mode)
Suitable for use in bright 
rooms.
Suitable for use in rooms 
with the curtains closed. 
(default setting)
Suitable for use in rooms 
with the curtains closed and 
the lights out.
Suitable for use in 
completely darkened rooms.
Temporarily stopping the 
audio (Mute) 
						

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Advanced 
Operations
Press .
Whenever you press   the display window display changes as 
follows. The brightness of the display window and the brightness of the 
indicators on the main unit change accordingly.
Becoming a playback expert
•When an   is inserted, this function is not available, even when 
“DIMMER AUTO” is set. It changes to “DIMMER OFF”. 
•When in stand-by mode, the brightness cannot be changed, even if   
is pressed.
•Once the brightness is changed, it is remembered even after the main 
power switch is turned off.
Changing the brightness of the display window (Dimmer)
Set to the [Function] position before 
performing operations
The brightness increases.
The brightness decreases.
Darkens during playback and 
brightens when paused or stopped. 
						

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Advanced Operations
Some   have the following kind of original menu saved onto them.
•Top menu: When multiple titles (image and audio) have been recorded, this 
integrated disc information is displayed. 
•Menu: Title specific playback data (chapter, angle, audio, and subtitle menus) 
is displayed. 
1Press   or   during playback or when stopped.
2Press   and select the item you want to 
see.
You can also select the title number or chapter number directly using the 
numeric buttons. 
3Press .
When using the numeric buttons
With the function/numerics toggle switch in the [123] position, press the 
following buttons.
Example)
 5: 10:  → 
15:  → 20:  →  → 
25:  →  → 
Once you have finished entering numbers, return the function/numerics toggle 
switch back to the [Function] position.
•Certain discs may not contain a menu. If a menu is not recorded, these 
operations cannot be made.
•Depending on the disc, playback may begin automatically, even if   is 
not pressed.
Playback from a DVD menu 
						

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If a Video CD with “PBC (playback control) enabled” specified on the disc or 
jacket is inserted in the disc tray, a menu screen is displayed. You can select the 
scene or information you wish to see interactively from this menu.
1When playing a Video CD that contains PBC, the following 
kind of menu is displayed.
2Select the item you want to see using the numeric buttons.  
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The selected contents are played.
To turn to the previous/next page of the menu screen
Press  /  when the menu screen is displayed.
To call the menu screen during playback
Each time   is pressed, the menu goes back by one step. Press   repeatedly 
until the menu is displayed.
To play without using the menu (playback without PBC)
Playback using either of the following methods.
•When stopped, specify the track number that you want to see using the numeric 
buttons.
•When stopped, select the track number using  /  then press  .
Calling the menu screen when playing back without PBC
Press  or .
After pressing   twice to stop playback, press  .
PBC (playback control) playback 
						

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Advanced Operations
1When playing back a disc that contains both MP3/WMA files 
and JPEG files, the following kind of  group/track (file) name 
list is displayed.
2Press   and select the group.
3When you press   the pointer moves to the track (file) 
name list. When you press   the pointer returns to the 
group name list.
4Press   and select the track.
You can also make the same selection using  .
5Press   or   to begin playback.
When you press   for a  , continuous playback begins from 
the selected file (slideshow playback
*). When you press  , only the 
selected file is played.
* During slideshow playback, each file is displayed for approximately 3 
seconds then the next file is displayed. Once playback of all files is 
completed, the slideshow stops automatically.
•Track selection can also be made by entering the track number with the 
numeric keys.In this case, steps 3-5 are unnecessary.
When playing back a disc on which a mixture of different file types (MP3/
WMA files and JPEG files) has been saved, select the file type to be played 
from the “FILE TYPE” PICTURE settings menu. 
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When playing MP3/WMA audio (Image Off)
Once menu selection is complete and the audio begins, press  . This unit beeps 
and the projection lamp turns off so you can enjoy just the music being played.
Press   to turn the lamp back on. Once the lamp has been turned off and when 
the Image Off indicator is flashing orange, the lamp does not come back on even if 
you press  . Wait until the Image Off indicator goes out.
MP3/WMA, JPEG playback
Set to the [Function] position before 
performing operations
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When you want to repeat playback
1Press   during playback or when stopped. 
Each time you press  , the repeat mode changes as shown in the 
following table.
2Press .
Notes on playback
•Depending on the recording and the characteristics of the disc it is possible that 
the disc may not be readable, or that reading the disc may take some time.
•The time it takes to read a disc differs depending on the number of groups or 
tracks (files) recorded on the disc.
•The order of the group/track (file) name list display and the order displayed on a 
computer screen may be different.
•When playing commercially available MP3 discs, it is possible that playback 
will be in a different order to the order described on the disc.
•It may take some time to play still pictures containing MP3 files. The time-
elapsed is not displayed until playback has commenced. Further, there are times 
when an accurate elapsed time is not displayed, even once playback has 
commenced.
•It is possible that data that has been processed, edited, or saved using computer 
image editing software might not play.
Set to the [Function] position before 
performing operations
*MP3/WMA files only
When MP3/WMA files are recorded on the disc, repeat play can be 
performed even during program play and random play.
Repeat 
modeDiscScreen 
displayDisplay 
window 
display
Group 1Group 2
Track 1Tr a c k  2Track ATrack B
Track 
repeat*
Group 
repeat
Disc repeat
Repeat 
OFFnot 
displayednot 
displayed
Repeat modeScreen displayDisplay window 
display
Repeats the track chosen when repeat play was 
selected
Repeats all tracks set during program play, or repeats 
all tracks in random play
Repeat OFF not displayed not displayed
Repeat play position 
						

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Advanced Operations
Specifications of files that can be played
To playback a CD-R or CD-RW containing MP3/WMA or JPEG files with 
this unit, the contents of the disc must conform to the following criteria.
MP3/WMA
File system: ISO9660 level 1 or level 2
Discs that have been recorded in the packet write (UDF) format cannot be 
read.
Bitrate: MP3: 32 kbps - 320 kbps
WMA: 64 kbps - 160 kbps
Sampling frequency: 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
Filename: Half width English characters only. Must bear the “.mp3” or “.wma” file 
extension. Distinction between upper and lowercase characters is not 
performed.
Group (folder) count: up to 99
Track (file) count: up to 1000
Other: It is possible to playback multi-session recorded discs.
This unit is not compatible with Multiple Bit Rate (MBR : a file that contains 
the same content encoded at several different bit rates).
JPEG
File system: ISO9660 level 1 or level 2
Discs that have been recorded in the packet write (UDF) format cannot be 
read.
Filename: Half width English characters only. Must bear the “.jpg” or “.jpeg” file 
extension. Distinction between upper and lowercase characters is not 
performed.
Total number of pixels: Images containing up to 8192 x 7680 pixels can be read.
However, because it takes time to reproduce files with a resolution exceeding 
640 x 480 pixels, it is recommended that images be saved at 640 x 480 pixels.
Group (folder) count: up to 99
Track (file) count: up to 1000
Other: It is possible to playback multi-session recorded discs.
Only baseline JPEG is supported.
Monochrome JPEG files cannot be read.
Progressive JPEG and motion JPEG are not supported.
JPEG data created by a digital camera and conforming to the DCF (Design 
rule for Camera File system) standard is supported. When certain digital 
camera functions such as automatic rotation have been used, it is likely that the 
data will not comply to the DCF standard. If this is the case, playback may not 
be possible.
During playback, select the chapter or track number you wish to 
play by pressing the numeric buttons.
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• Can be used when stopped or when playing back 
with PBC off.
• Can also be used when stopped.
•Depending on the disc, certain operations may not be possible.
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You can playback from a specified time position. Depending on the disc, the 
start point position varies as follows.
 Time elapsed from the start of the title
 When executing from stopped: Time elapsed from 
the start of the disc
When executing during playback: Elapsed time from the start of the current 
track being played
1Press   twice during playback or when stopped. 
The following menu bar is projected.
• This function can only be used during playback.
• Cannot be used when playing back using the PBC 
function.
2Press   until the pointer reaches  .
3Press .
4Enter the time using the numeric buttons.
• The start position is specified in hours/minutes/seconds. You 
can leave out the minutes/seconds if desired.
• The start position is specified in minutes/
seconds.
5Press .
Entering the time
Example)
To playback from 0 hours, 23 minutes, and 45 seconds
Set the Function/Numerics toggle switch to the [123] position.
Press the numeric buttons in the order of   →  →  → 
 → .
If you make a mistake, press   and delete the incorrect number, then re-
enter the correct number.
Once you have finished entering the time, return the function/numerics 
toggle switch back to the [Function] position.
Designated time playback (time search)
Set to the [Function] position before 
performing operations
Status bar
Menu bar 
						

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Advanced Operations
6Press   once and the menu bar disappears.
Set the playback range (start point to end point) from the menu bar during 
plackback.
1Press  twice during playback. 
The following menu bar is projected.
• Where possible, this function can be used during playback.
• Cannot be used when playing back using the PBC 
function.
2Press   until the pointer reaches  .
3Press .
4Press  then select  .
You can also select other repeat modes from here.Other repeat modes 
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5When you reach the scene or track to be the starting point of 
the loop range, press  .
The menu bar icon changes to  .
6When you reach the scene or track to be the end point of the 
loop range, press  .
The menu bar icon changes to   and   is displayed in the 
display window of the main unit. A to B playback begins.
•If the elapsed time is not displayed in the display window during 
playback with  , this function will not work.
• It is also possible that some discs may prohibit time 
searching.
•The status bar is not displayed when playing back cinemascope 
(letterbox)  . Although functions can be set in this state, when 
it is necessary to display the status bar, press   to return the aspect 
ratio to normal. Press   to return to the former aspect ratio.
•When playing back in program play or random play modes, this function 
will not work.
Looping playback of a favorite scene (A-B repeat playback)
Set to the [Function] position before 
performing operations
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7Press   once and the menu bar disappears.
Depending on the type of disc, you can loop playback within a range of titles, 
chapters, or tracks, as in the following table.
Press   during playback.
The repeat mode changes whenever you press   and the repeat mode 
name and icon are displayed on the projected screen and in the display 
window.
• Where possible, this function can be used during playback.
• Cannot be used when playing back using the PBC 
function.
To cancel A to B playback
To cancel A to B play back, do one of the following operations.
•Display the menu bar, select   then press   twice.
•Press .
•Turn off the power switch on the main unit.
•You cannot specify a range which includes multiple titles or tracks.
•“A-B repeat” cannot be performed at the following times. 
- During program play   - During random play
- During repeat play   - During PBC
•The status bar is not displayed when playing back cinemascope 
(letterbox)  . Although functions can be set in this state, when 
it is necessary to display the status bar, press   to return the aspect 
ratio to normal. Press   to return to the former aspect ratio.
Looping playback (repeat play)
Set to the [Function] position before 
performing operations
Repeat 
modeTitleScreen 
displayDisplay 
window 
display
Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4
Chapter 
repeat
Title repeat
Repeat 
OFFnot 
displayed
Repeat play position