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Adjusting the position
1.Press the POSITION button on the remote control.
The “POSITION” indication will appear on the screen.
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position.
When you want to reset the operation, press the RESET button on the remote 
control during the operation.
To complete this operation, press the POSITION button again. Even if you do 
not do anything, the dialog will automatically disappear after a few seconds.

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When this function is performed on a video signal, s-video signal or component video 
signal, some image such as an extra-line may appear at outside of the picture.

”When this function is performed on a video signal, s-video signal, or component video signal 
of 525i (480i) or 625i (576i), the range of this adjustment depends on the OVER SCAN in 
IMAGE menu 
(	30) setting. It is not possible to adjust when the OVER SCAN is set to 10.
ESC MENU RESET
POSITION AUTO
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PUSH ENTER
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Operating
Correcting the keystone distortions
1.Press the KEYSTONE button on the 
remote control. A dialog will appear on the 
screen to aid you in correcting the distortion.
2.Use the cursor buttons 
x/
z to select AUTO or 
MANUAL operation, and press the button 

y to perform the following.  
1)  AUTO executes automatic vertical keystone correction. 
2)  Manual displays a dialog for keystone correction. 
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the dialog will automatically disappear after a few seconds.


						

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Operating
Using the magnify feature
1.Press the ON button of MAGNIFY on the remote control.  
The “MAGNIFY” indication will appear on the screen 
(although the indication will disappear in several seconds with 
no operation), and the projector will go into the MAGNIFY 
mode.
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Operating
Temporarily blanking the screen
1.Press the BLANK button on the remote control. 
The blank screen will be displayed instead of the screen 
of input signal. Please refer to the BLANK item in SCREEN 
menu
(	39).
To exit from the blank screen and return to the input signal screen, press the 
BLANK button again. 


						

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Operating
Using the menu function
This projector has the following menus: PICTURE, IMAGE, INPUT, SETUP, AUDIO, 
SCREEN, OPTION, MIU, and EASY MENU. EASY MENU consists of functions often used, 
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using the same methods. The basic operations of these menus are as follows.
1.Press the MENU button on the remote control or one of 
the cursor buttons on the projector.  
The Advanced MENU, or EASY MENU that has priority just 
after powered on, will appear. 
In the EASY MENU
2.If you want to change it to the Advanced MENU, select the 
"Go to Advanced Menu..."
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If you want to change it to the EASY MENU, select the 
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control, or the ENTER button on the remote control to select 
an item. The display of the selected menu will be active.
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Then press the cursor button 
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on the remote control to progress. The operation menu of the selected item will appear.
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When you want to reset the operation, press the RESET button on the remote control 
during the operation. Note that items whose functions are performed simultaneously 
with operation (ex. LANGUAGE, H PHASE, VOLUME etc.) cannot be reset.

”In the Advanced MENU, when you want to return to the previous display, press the 
cursor button 

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control.
5.Press the MENU button on the remote control again to close the menu 
and complete this operation. Even if you do not do anything, the dialog will 
automatically disappear after about 10 seconds.
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when a certain input signal is displayed.
RESET button ENTER button
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EASY Menu
EASY Menu
Item Description
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See the ASPECT item in IMAGE menu (
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AUTO 
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The picture modes are combinations of GAMMA and COLOR 
TEMP settings. Choose a suitable mode according to the projected 
source.
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COLOR TEMP GAMMA
NORMAL MID DEFAULT #1 DEFAULT
CINEMA LOW DEFAULT #2 DEFAULT
DYNAMIC HIGH DEFAULT #3 DEFAULT
BOARD(BLACK) Hi-BRIGHT-1 DEFAULT #4 DEFAULT
BOARD(GREEN) Hi-BRIGHT-2 DEFAULT #4 DEFAULT
WHITEBOARD MID DEFAULT #5 DEFAULT
• When the combination of GAMMA and COLOR TEMP differs 
from pre-assigned modes above, the display on the menu for the 
PICTURE MODE is “CUSTOM”. Please refer to the GAMMA (
	27)
and COLOR TEMP (
	28) items in PICTURE menu.
•
When this function is performed, a certain extra such as a line may appear.
From the EASY MENU, items shown in the table below can 
be performed. 
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EASY Menu
Item Description
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See the CONTRAST item in PICTURE menu
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See the COLOR item in PICTURE menu (
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See the TINT item in PICTURE menu (
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See the SHARPNESS item in PICTURE menu
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See the MIRROR item in SETUP menu (
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RESETPerforming this item resets all of the EASY MENU items except the 
FILTER TIME and LANGUAGE.
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PICTURE Menu
PICTURE Menu
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or the ENTER button displays a dialog to aid 
you in adjusting the mode.
This function is useful when you want to 
change the brightness of particular tones.
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You can display a test pattern for checking the effect of your 
adjustment by pressing the ENTER button.
Each time you press the ENTER button, the pattern changes as 
below.
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The eight equalizing bars correspond to eight tone levels of the test 
pattern except the darkest in the left end. If you want to adjust the 
2nd tone from left end on the test pattern (Gray scale of 9 steps), 
use the equalizing adjustment bar “1”. The darkest tone at the left 
end of the test pattern cannot be controlled with any of equalizing 
adjustment bar.
• When this function is performed, lines or other distortion may 
appear.
From the PICTURE menu, items shown in the table below 
can be performed. 
Select an item using the
x
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projector or remote control, and press the
y cursor button 
on the projector or remote control, or the ENTER button 
on the remote control to execute the item. Then perform it 
according to the following table.
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Item Description
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ENTER button displays a dialog to aid you in 
adjusting the OFFSET and GAIN of the selected 
mode.
OFFSET adjustments change the color intensity 
on the whole tones of the test pattern.
GAIN adjustments mainly affect color intensity 
on the brighter tones of the test pattern.
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You can display a test pattern for checking the effect of your 
adjustment by pressing the ENTER button. 
Each time you press the ENTER button, the pattern changes as 
below.
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PICTURE Menu
Item Description
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PRESENTATIONThe active iris displays the best presentation 
image for both bright and dark scenes.
THEATERThe active iris displays the best theater image for 
both bright and dark scenes.
TURN OFF The active iris is always open.
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IMAGE Menu
IMAGE Menu
Item Description
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at the frame area of the picture. In such a case, please adjust small.
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occurs please reset the vertical position to the default setting. Pressing the RESET button 
when the V POSITION is selected will reset the V POSITION to the default setting.
•When this function is performed on a video signal, s-video signal, or 
component video signal of 525i (480i) or 625i (576i), the range of this 
adjustment depends on the OVER SCAN 
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button when the H POSITION is selected will reset the H POSITION to the default setting.
•When this function is performed on a video signal, s-video signal, or 
component video signal of 525i (480i) or 625i (576i), the range of this 
adjustment depends on the OVER SCAN 
(	above) setting. It is not 
possible to adjust when the OVER SCAN is set to 10.
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can be performed.
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