Acer Projector P5280 User Manual

							Information for your safety and comfort iii
First thing first x
Usage notes x
Precautions x
Introduction 1
Product Features 1
Package Overview 2
Projector Overview 3
Projector Outlook 3
Control Panel 4
Remote Control Layout 6
Getting Started 9
Connecting the Projector 9
Connecting the Projector for Wireless Function 10
Turning the Projector On/Off 11
Turning on the Projector 11
Turning off the Projector 12
Adjusting the Projected Image 13
Adjusting the Height of Projected Image 13
How to optimize image size and distance 14
How to get a preferred image size by adjusting 
distance and zoom 18
User Controls 22
Acer Empowering Technology 22
Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus 23
Color setting 24
Image setting 25
Management setting 27
Audio setting 29
Language setting 30
Appendices 31
Troubleshooting 31
LED & Alarm Definition Listing 36
Contents 
						

							Replacing the Lamp 37
Ceiling Mount Installation 38
Specifications 41
Compatibility modes 43
Regulations and safety notices 49 
						

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Product Features
This product is a single-chip DLP® projector. Outstanding features include:
•DLP® technology
•P1165/P1165P: Native 800 x 600 SVGA resolution
P1265/P1265P/P5260i/P5270/P5280 series : Native 1024 x 768 XGA resolution
P5370W: Native 1280 x 800 WXGA resolution
4:3 / 16:9 aspect ratio supported
Full/4:3/16:9/L.Box aspect ratio supported (P5370W)
•Acer ColorBoost technology delivers nature’s true colors for vivid, life-like 
images
•High brightness and contrast ratio
•Versatile display modes (Bright, Standard, Video, Blackboard, User 1, User 
2) enable optimum performance in any situation
•P1165/P1165P/P1265/P1265P: 
NTSC / PAL / SECAM compatible and HDTV (720p, 1080i) supported
P5260i/P5270/P5280/P5370W series: 
NTSC / PAL / SECAM compatible and HDTV (720p, 1080i, 1080p) supported
•Top-loading lamp design allows easy lamp replacement
•Lower power consumption and economy (ECO) mode extends lamp life
•Empowering Key reveals Acer Empowering Technology utilities (Acer 
eView, eTimer, eOpening Management) for easy adjustment of settings
•P1165/P1165P/P1265/P1265P: Equipped with DVI connection supporting 
HDCP
P5260i/P5270/P5280/P5370W series: 
Equipped with DVI and HDMI™ connections supporting HDCP
•Advanced digital keystone correction optimizes presentations
•Multi-language onscreen display (OSD) menus
•Full-function remote control
•Manual focus projection lens zooms up to 1.1x
•2x digital zoom and pan function
•Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP, Vista® OS compliant 
						

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Package Overview
This projector comes with all the items shown below. Check to make sure your 
unit is complete. Contact your dealer immediately if any thing is missing.
Projector with lens cap Power cord VGA cable
Compostive video cable 2 x Batteries Carrying case
DVI-D Cable 
(P5260i/P5270/P5280/
P5370W Series)Security  card 2 x Users Guide (Wireless CD 
for P5260i Series)
Remote control
(#B for P5260i Series) 2 x Quick start guide 
(Wireless Quick Start Guide 
for P5260i Series )Battery Pack with USB PnS 
handy drive (P5260i Series)
Wireless antenna
(P5260i Series)
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Acer Projector 
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Projector Outlook
Front / upper side
Rear side
#Description#Description
1 Zoom ring 5 Lens cap
2 Focus ring 6 Elevator button
3 Remote control receiver  7 Elevator foot
4 Zoom lens  8 Control panel
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Control Panel
#Description#Description
1 Audio input connector (1)Below items are for P5270/P5280/P5370W 
series only:
2 RS232 connector  11 HDMI connector
3 USB connector  12 Audio input connector (2)
4 S-Video input connector 13 PC analog signal/HDTV/component 
video input connector (2)
5 Composite video input connectorBelow items are for P5260i series only:
6 Monitor loop-through output 
connector (VGA-Out)11 HDMI connector
7 PC analog signal/HDTV/component 
video input connector (1)14 Antenna
8 DVI input connector (for digital signal 
with HDCP function)15 Power LED for wireless
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Kensington
TM lock port16 Reset button
10 Power socket 17 Audio output connector for wireless
11 HDMI connector 18 Lan (RJ45 Port for 10/100M Ethernet)
12 Audio input connector (2)
#FunctionDescription
1 LAMP Lamp Indicator LED
2 Empowering key
Unique Acer functions: eOpening, eView, 
eTimer.
3 TEMP Temp Indicator LED
4 Keystone Adjusts the image to compensate for 
distortion caused by tilting the projector (± 
40 degrees).
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5 RESYNC Automatically synchronizes the projector 
to the input source.
6 POWER See the contents in Turning the Projector 
On/Off section.
7MENU
•Press MENU to launch the Onscreen 
display (OSD) menu, back to the 
previous step for the OSD menu 
operation or exit the OSD menu.
•Confirm your selection of items.
8 SOURCE Press SOURCE to choose RGB, 
Component, S-Video, Composite, DVI, 
HDTV and HDMI™ sources.
9 Four directional select keys
Use  to select items or 
make adjustments to your selection.
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Remote Control Layout
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1 Infrared 
transmitterSends signals to the projector.
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Laser pointer Aim the remote at the viewing screen.
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FREEZE To pause the screen image.
4 HIDE Momentarily turns off the video. Press HIDE to hide the 
image, press again to display the image.
5 RESYNC Automatically synchronizes the projector to the input source.
6 SOURCE Press SOURCE to choose from RGB, Component-p, 
Component-i, S-Video, Composite, DVI-D, Video and HDTV 
sources.
7 POWER Refer to the Turning the Projector On/Off section.
8 ASPECT RATIO To choose the desired aspect ratio (Auto/4:3/16:9).
Auto/Full/4:3/16:9/L.Box (P5370W)
9 ZOOM Zooms the projector display in or out.
10 Laser button Aim the remote at the viewing screen, press and hold this 
button to activate the laser pointer.
This function is not supported in Japanese market.
11 Empowering 
keyUnique Acer functions: eOpening, eView, eTimer 
Management.
12 KEYSTONE Adjusts the image to compensate for distortion caused by 
tilting the projector (± 40 degrees).
R G B BRIGHTNESS C O L O R C O N T R A S T
DVI HDMI WIRELESS MUTE VGA COMPONENT VIDEO S-VIDEO
POWER
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RATIOFREEZE HIDE
ZOOMRESYNC SOURCE
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Note:  * Only for P5260i series.
#  PIP function is not supported in P5260i.
12 Four 
directional 
select keysUse up, down, left, right buttons to select items or make 
adjustments to your selection.
13 MENU
•Press MENU to launch the Onscreen display (OSD) 
menu, back to the previous step for the OSD menu 
operation or exit the OSD menu.
•Confirm your selection of items.
14 PAGE  For computer mode only. Use this button to select the next or 
previous page. This function is only available when connected 
to a computer via a USB cable.
15 RGB Press RGB for true-color optimization.
16 BRIGHTNESS Press BRIGHTNESS to adjust the brightness of the image.
17 CONTRAST Use the CONTRAST option to control the difference 
between the lightest and darkest parts of the picture.
18 COLOR Press COLOR to adjust the color temperature of image.
19 VGA Press VGA to change source to the VGA connector. This 
connector supports analog RGB, YPbPr (480p/576p/720p/
1080i), YCbCr (480i/576i) and RGBsync.
20 COMPONENT Press COMPONENT to change source to Component video. 
This connection supports YPbPr (480p/576p/720p/1080i) and 
YCbCr (480i/576i).
21 S-VIDEO To change source to S-Video.
22 VIDEO To change source to COMPOSITE VIDEO.
23 DVI Press DVI to change source to DVI. This connection supports 
digital RGB, analog RGB, YPbPr (480p/576p/720p/1080i), 
YCbCr (480i/576i) and HDCP signals.
24 HDMI™ To change source to HDMI™. (for the model if with HDMI™ 
connector)
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MUTE To turn on/off the volume.
26 WIRELESS Press WIRELESS to display the image which is wirelessly 
transmitted from the PC to the projector via the Acer 
eProjection Management utility. (for wireless model)
27 KeyPad 0~9 Press 0~9 to input a password in the Security settings.
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Right ClickLeft-/right-click buttons are on the left and right, respectively; 
the center button works as a multidirectional pointer stick. To 
enable this function, an USB cable must be connected to 
projector from your PC.
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(*)VOLUME Increases/decreases the volume.
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(*)LOCATION Choose the menu location on the display screen.
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(#)PIP Press PIP to see two screens at the same time. The main 
screen projection signal uses VGA input by default while the 
smaller PIP display uses a secondary video source.
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