Acer Projector P1183 User Manual
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21 English•1080p series To obtain an image size of 50 set the projector at a distance 1.6 m and 1.8 m from the screen. Desired Image Size Distance (m) Top (cm) Diagonal (inch) W (cm) x H (cm)Max zoom Min zoom From base to top of image 3066 x 371.01.143 4089 x 501.31.458 50111 x 621.61.872 60133 x 752.02.287 70155 x 872.32.5101 80177 x 1002.62.9116 90199 x 1122.93.2130 100221 x 1253.33.6144 120266 x 1493.94.3173 150332 x 1874.95.4217 180398 x 2245.96.5260 200443 x 2496.67.2289 250553 x 3118.29.0361 300664 x 3749.810.8433 Zoom Ratio: 1.1x A CD B Desired Distance 1.8 m1.6 m Height: 72 cmfrom base to top of image 50Desired image size
22 English User Controls 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 remote control 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 method •Projection Mode •Projection Location •Auto Keystone settings •Manual Keystone settings •H. Keystone •V. Keystone •LAN/WiFi •LAN •LAN IP/Mask •USB Display •Language settings •Reset to factory default function
23 EnglishUse 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.
24 English 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. 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
25 EnglishColor 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.
26 English 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. Skin Color Adjusts the skin color. 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.
27 EnglishImage 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.
28 English 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. H./V. Keystone Auto V. Keystone Automatically adjusts vertical image. H. Keystone Press the or button to adjust image distortion horizontally and makes a squarer image. V. Keystone Press the or button to adjust image distortion vertically and makes a squarer image. 4 Corner CorrectionSelect a corner and adjust the position within a limited range. Before adjusting this function, please adjust H./V. Keystone function to be closer to a rectangular shape firstly. 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.
29 EnglishSetting 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.
30 English 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.