Acer Projector Pd311 User Manual

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User Controls

On Screen Display Menus
Main Menu
Sub Menu
Settings
The Projector has multilingual On Screen Display menus 
that allow you to make image adjustments and change a 
variety of settings. The projector will automatically detect 
the source. 
How to operate 
1.  To open the OSD menu, press “Menu” on the Remote Control or 
Control Panel.
2. When OSD is displayed, use    keys to select any item in the 
main menu. After selecting the desired main menu item, press  to 
enter sub...

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Color
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
Display Mode
There are many factory presets optimized for various types of images. 
  Bright : For brightness optimization.
  PC : For computer or notebook.
  Video : For playing video in a bright environment.
 Theater : For Home Theatre usage in a dark room.
  sRGB : For true-color optimization.
 User : Memorize user’s settings.
Brightness
Adjust the brightness of the image.
 Press the  to darken image.
 Press the  to lighten the...

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Color
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
White Segment
Use the white Segment control to set the white peaking level of DMD chip. 0 stands for minimal segment, and 10 stands for maximum seg-ment.  If you prefer a stronger image, adjust towards the maximum setting.  For a smooth and more natural image, adjust towards the minimum setting.
Degamma
Effects the represent of dark scenery.  With greater gamma value, dark scenery will look brighter.
Color R
Adjusts the red color. 
Color G...

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Image
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
Keystone
Adjust image distortion caused by tilting projection. (±16 degrees)
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.
16:9 : The input source will be scaled to fit the width of the screen 
and narrowed the height to make the displayed image be-
comes 16:9 ratio.
4:3 : The input source will...

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Image
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
 “H. Position”, “V. Position”, “Frequency” and “ Tracking” func-tions are not supported under DVI and Video mode.
 “Sharpness” func-tions is not supported 
under DVI and Com-puter mode.
turns the image upside down at same time. You can project 
from behind a translucent screen with ceiling mounted 
projection.
H. Position (Horizontal Position)
 Press the  to move the image left.
 Press the  to move the image right.
V. Position (Vertical...

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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.
Auto Shutdown (Minutes)
The projector will auto shutdown while there is no signal input 
after the setting time.
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...

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Acer eOpening Management is a PC utility  
for user to change the default startup screen 
of Acer projector to their desired image. You 
can install Acer eOpening Management from 
the bundled CD. Connect the projector to 
your PC with the bundled USB cable then 
execute Acer eOpening Management utility to 
download your desired image from your PC 
to projector. Before the download starts, the 
projector must enter “Download Mode” first. 
Please follow the instruction below...

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Management 
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
Lamp Hour Reset
 Press the  button after choosing “Yes ”to turn the lamp hour counter to 0 hours.
Security
Press  to start “Security” setting. If the “Security” function is 
enabled, you must enter “Administrator Password” first before 
Security setting.
Security
This projector provides an excellent security function 
for the administrator to manage the usage of the projec-
tor.
Select “On” to enable the security function. User have 
to...

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Management 
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
Timeout(Min.)
Once “Security” is set to “On”, administrator can set 
timeout function.
Press  or  to select timeout duration.
The range is from 10 minutes to 990 minutes.
When time is up, the projector will request user to 
enter password again.
The factory default setting of “Timeout(Min.)” is 
“Off”.
User Password
Press  to set up or change “User Password”.
  
Use  ,  ,  or  to select the character and press “MENU” to confirm....

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Management 
(Computer / Video 
Mode)
 
The projector provide two options of “Security Mode”.
Select “Request password only after plugging power 
cord”, the project will request user to input password 
only for the first time plugging on power cord of the 
projector.
Select “Always request password while projector 
turns on”, user have to input password every time 
when switching on the projector.
Administrator Password
“Administrator Password” can be accepted by both...