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MainThe PD8130/PD8150 Main Menu, shown in Figure 4-2, provides access to the 
most commonly-used projector functions. 
Figure 4-2. PD8130/PD8150 Main Menu
1. For best results, Planar recommends that you set 
DynamicBlack to Off before adjusting Brightness, Contrast 
and other image quality settings in this menu (refer to 
DynamicBlack on page 50). After you have completed the 
initial calibration, set DynamicBlack to On if desired. 
2. Image controls only operate on the active source. To adjust 
the PIP source, switch to the PIP source (thereby making it 
the active source), adjust the controls and then switch 
back.
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Aspect Ratio: To change the aspect ratio (size and shape) of the projected 
image, press 
 or  to highlight Aspect Ratio. Use the  or  buttons to select 
the appropriate aspect ratio for your screen size, installed lens configuration 
and the type of program material being viewed, then press ENTER; refer to 
Table 
4-2. 
Table 4-2. Aspect Ratio Settings 
Aspect 
Ratio 
Setting
Description
Aspect 
Ratio of 
Source 
SignalGeometry of Projected Image
With Standard Lens 
(1.78:1
 Screen)With Anamorphic Lens (2.35:1 Screen)
16:9
16:9 linearly scales the 
source active image 
horizontally and 
vertically to fill a 16:9 
screen.
16:9
4:3
4:3
4:3 linearly scales the 
source active image 
horizontally and 
vertically to fill a 4:3 
screen.
16:9
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Letterbox
Letterbox mode scales 
(zooms in on) a 4:3 
image linearly (by the 
same amount on all 
sides) to fill a 16:9 
display, cropping the 
top and bottom of the 
image. 
16:9
4:3
4:3
Narrow
4:3 Narrow linearly 
scales the source 
active image 
horizontally, so that a 
4:3 source has the 
correct aspect ratio 
when using an 
anamorphic lens. 
16:9
4:3
Table 4-2. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued)
Aspect 
Ratio 
SettingDescriptionAspect 
Ratio of 
Source 
SignalGeometry of Projected Image
With Standard Lens 
(1.78:1 Screen)With Anamorphic Lens (2.35:1 Screen) 
						

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Native
Select Native to 
display the source 
signal in its native 
resolution, centered in 
the display area with 
no re-sizing or 
overscan. 
This means, for 
example, that 720p 
HDTV programs will 
display with unused 
pixels on all sides: 320 
on the left and right 
sides and 180 above 
and below. 
With SDTV and EDTV 
sources, the 
PD8130/PD8150 scales 
the image horizontally 
to achieve a 16:9 
aspect ratio. 
16:9
4:3
Table 4-2. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued)
Aspect 
Ratio 
SettingDescriptionAspect 
Ratio of 
Source 
SignalGeometry of Projected Image
With Standard Lens 
(1.78:1 Screen)With Anamorphic Lens (2.35:1 Screen)
1080i HDTV Image
720p HDTV Image1080i HDTV Image
720p HDTV Image
480i SDTV Image
1024x768 PC Image480i SDTV Image
1024x768 PC Image 
						

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Memory: Select Memory from the Main menu, then press ENTER to recall image 
quality settings previously saved, or to save changed settings in any of four 
memory locations.
•Recall Memory: Select Recall Memory from the Memory menu to recall 
saved image quality settings.  Unless you select Default (see below), this 
control affects all sources, not just the active source.
•User Memory 1 and User Memory 2 contain the factory default settings 
when the projector is initially turned on.
• When you recall the ISF Day or ISF Night memory settings, all settings 
associated with these stored values are grayed out. This prevents 
unintended adjustments from being made.  To remove this restriction, 
choose User Memory 1 or User Memory 2.
 
 
ISF Day and ISF Night are grayed out unless these custom settings have 
already been saved.
• Choose Default to restore the factory-default settings for the active source 
only. The other sources are unaffected.
•Save Settings: Select Save Settings from the Memory menu to save any 
image-related settings you have changed to User Memory 1 or User 
Memory
 2. 
The following items are saved (for all sources, not just the active source):
•Brightness / Contrast
•Color Saturation / Color Tint
•Sharpness (all settings in sub-menu)
•Noise Reduction (all settings in sub-menu)
•Color Space
•Video Standard
•Gamma
•Color Temperature
•DLP Frame Rate
•Color Gamut
•Brilliant Color™
•DynamicBlack
•Adaptive Contrast
•RGB Adjust (all settings in sub-menu)
•Lamp Power
•Save ISF: Select Save ISF from the Memory menu to save any image-related 
settings you have changed to the ISF Day or ISF Night memory location.  
The settings that are saved are the same as those saved with the Save 
Settings command (see above). 
You must enter a passcode to access the Save ISF 
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Brightness: On your external test pattern source, select a PLUGE pattern. (PLUGE 
is an acronym for “Picture Line-Up Generation Equipment.”) 
Figure 4-3 shows a 
typical PLUGE pattern.
Figure 4-3. Typical PLUGE Pattern for Adjusting Brightness
PLUGE patterns vary but generally consist of some combination of black, white 
and gray areas against a black background. The example above includes two 
vertical bars and four shaded boxes.
Select Brightness from the Main menu. Use the  or  buttons to adjust the level 
so that:
• The darkest black bars disappear into the background. 
• The dark gray areas are barely visible.
• The lighter gray areas are clearly visible.
• The white areas are a comfortable level of true white.
• The image contains only black, gray and white (no color).
Contrast: On your external test pattern source, select a stepped, gray-bar 
pattern like the one shown in 
Figure 4-4. 
Figure 4-4. Typical Gray Bar Pattern for Adjusting Contrast
Select Contrast from the Main menu. Use the  or  buttons to adjust the 
contrast up until the top two bars become almost the same brightness, then 
down just until the brightness change between these bars is consistent with the 
other bars.
Below Black
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Color Saturation: To adjust the overall color intensity, select Color Saturation 
from the Main menu. Decrease this setting if colors are overly saturated; 
increase it if colors appear muted or washed out.
Color Tint: Tint or “hue” is the ratio of red to green in the color portion of the 
image. To adjust the tint, select 
Color Tint from the Main menu. Decrease this 
setting to shift the hue toward red; increase it to shift the hue toward green. 
Sharpness: “Sharpness” is the amount of high-frequency detail in the image. To 
adjust this, select Sharpness from the Main menu and press ENTER. On your 
external test pattern source, select a pattern like the one shown in Figure 4-5.  
Figure 4-5. Typical Test Pattern for Adjusting Sharpness
•Sharpness (Simple Mode): Adjust as needed, looking for white edges around 
the transitions from black to gray and differently-sized lines in the “sweep” 
patterns at the top and bottom. Lower the sharpness setting to eliminate 
them. 
Brightness and Contrast controls are interactive. A change 
to one may require a subtle change to the other in order to 
achieve the optimum setting. 
Like the Brightness and Contrast controls, the color and tint 
controls are interactive. A change to one may require a subtle 
change to the other in order to achieve the optimum setting. 
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•Sharpness Mode: Sharpness Mode allows or prevents access to the detailed 
sharpness controls in this menu. 
In most cases, Simple mode provides a sufficient level of control to produce 
the best picture from the most popular sources. In Simple mode, only the 
Sharpness (top-most) slider is adjustable; the others are grayed out.
Choose Advanced mode if you need more precise control over sharpness. In 
Advanced mode, only the top slider is grayed out. 
•Horizontal Sharpness / Vertical Sharpness / Diagonal Sharpness: Use these 
controls to enhance image detail along horizontal, vertical and diagonal 
edges respectively. 
•Sharpness Overshoot: Use the Sharpness Overshoot control to minimize or 
eliminate rings or shadows on dominant edges that cannot be removed 
using the “simple” 
Sharpness control. 
•Horizontal Texture / Vertical Texture / Diagonal Texture / Texture Overshoot: 
Use these controls to remove artifacts from textured areas that cannot be 
removed using the “simple” 
Sharpness control. 
•Noise Threshold: The Noise Threshold setting adjusts the frequency below 
which the Sharpness controls have an effect. Frequencies above the 
threshold are considered “noise.” 
Generally, the higher the setting, the more noticeable the effect of any 
adjustments will be. 
Noise Reduction: To apply noise reduction to the source signal, select Noise 
Reduction from the Main menu and press ENTER. Noise Reduction is useful for 
clearing up noisy images from interlaced SD sources.
•Noise Reduction (Simple Mode): Use the  or  button to adjust as desired, 
keeping in mind that reducing noise (which reduces high frequencies) may 
also soften the image. 
•Noise Reduction Mode: Noise Reduction Mode allows or prevents access to 
the detailed noise reduction controls in this menu. 
In most cases, Simple mode provides a sufficient level of control to produce 
the best picture from the most popular sources. In Simple mode, only the 
Noise Reduction (top-most) slider is adjustable; the others are grayed out.
Choose Advanced mode if you need more precise control over noise 
reduction. In Advanced mode, only the top slider is grayed out. 
•General Noise Reduction: General Noise Reduction is temporal and spatial 
noise reduction for all types of inputs. The scene is analyzed for differences 
from frame to frame and reduces those differences that are not determined 
to be motion.
•Block Artifact Reduction: Use this control to reduce or eliminate so-called 
“block artifacts” in MPEG-compressed video signals (digital broadcasts or 
DVDs). Set it as needed to minimize distortion within horizontal and vertical 
block boundaries. 
•Mosquito Noise Reduction: Use this control to reduce or eliminate so-called 
“mosquito noise” in MPEG-compressed video signals. Set it as needed to 
minimize distortion around the edges of moving objects, moving artifacts 
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Overscan: Some television programs are produced based on the assumption 
that older television sets may not display the outer edges of the broadcast 
picture area. 
Overscan effectively hides these inactive, outer edges of the 
image. Choose one of the following:
• Off: This setting leaves the image as-is.
•Crop: This setting adds a mask at the left and right edges of the source active 
image equal to 3% of the displayed horizontal resolution, and at the top and 
bottom edges equal to 3% of the displayed vertical resolution.
•Zoom: This setting adds a factor to the scaling of the source active image so 
that the vertical and horizontal resolutions are 106% of the size determined by 
the aspect ratio function. Anything outside of the original image area is 
removed.
Figure 4-6 illustrates the effect of each overscan setting for each aspect ratio. 
Figure 4-6. Overscan Examples
When the Aspect Ratio is set to Native, set Overscan to Off or 
Crop.Note
Off C rop Zoom
4:3
16:9
4:3 
Narrow
Native 
(720p)
= Source Image Area
= Edge Noise
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Source Select: To select a video source, press  or  to highlight Source Select, 
then press ENTER. This displays the Source Select sub-menu, shown in Figure 4-7. 
The default source selection is HDMI 1. All sources that are not available per the 
source enable function (refer to 
Source Enable on page 54) are grayed out.
Figure 4-7. Source Select Sub-Menu
PIP Select: To select a PIP (secondary) video source, press  or  to highlight 
PIP Select, then press ENTER. The default PIP selection is Off.
All sources that are not available per the source enable function (refer to 
Source Enable on page 54) are grayed out.
All sources that cannot be used for PIP due to a shared electronic path with the 
Active source are grayed out. The PIP source is a saved setting for each source, 
like brightness and contrast.
If for some reason the current PIP source becomes invalid (by disabling it in the 
source enable menu, for instance), 
PIP Select automatically resets to Off.
Resync: If the projected image becomes unstable or degraded, press  or  
to highlight Resync, then press ENTER. This causes a re-acquisition of the active 
source and the PIP source, if present. It also changes any Fine Sync settings 
(described on page 51) for this timing to the default setting.