Acer Pe W42 Users Guide

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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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