Dukane Imagepro 8768 Liquid Crystal Projector Users Manual

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This section describes how to set up your projector and how to connect PCs, video and audio sources.
2. Installation and Connections

 Setting Up the Screen and the Projector
Selecting a Location
The further your projector is from the screen or wall, the larger the image. The minimum size the image can be is
approximately 25 (0.64 m) measured diagonally when the projector is roughly 31.5 inches (0.8 m) from the wall or
screen. The largest the image can be is 300 (7.6 m) when the projector is about...

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2. Installation and Connections
Lens Center
Throw Angle (
)
Throw Distance (C) Screen center Screen Diagonal Screen Width
Screen Height
Screen Bottom
(B)
(D)
WARNING
*Installing your projector on the ceiling must be done
by a qualified technician. Contact your NEC dealer for
more information.
*Do not attempt to install the projector yourself.
•Only use your projector on a solid, level surface. If the
projector falls to the ground, you can be injured and
the projector severely damaged.
•Do not use the...

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2. Installation and Connections
 Making Connections
NOTE: When using with a notebook PC, be sure to connect between the projector and the notebook PC before turning on the
power to the notebook PC. In most cases signal cannot be output from RGB output unless the notebook PC is turned on after
connecting with the projector.
*If the screen goes blank while using your remote control, it may be the result of the computers screen-saver or power
management software.
*If you accidentally hit the POWER...

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NOTE: The 8768 is not compatible with video decoded outputs of  sp eci al ISS-6020 and ISS-6010 switchers.
NOTE: An image may not be displayed correctly when a Video or S-Video so\
ur ce is played back via a commercially available scan
converter .
This is because the projector will process a video signal as a computer \
signal at the default setting. In that case, do the fol lowing.
* When an image is displayed with the lower and upper black portion of the\
 screen or a dark image is not displayed...

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2. Installation and Connections
Connecting an External Monitor
AC IN
COMPONENT
YCb/Pb Cr/Pr
AUDIO
AUDIO
AUDIOL/MONO
S-VIDEO PC CARDUSB(COMPUTER)USB(MOUSE)
COMPUTER 2 PC CONTROLR
L/MONO VIDEO R
AUDIO MONITOR OUTAUDIO COMPUTER 1
MONITOR OUT
You can connect a separate, external monitor to your projector to simultaneously view on a monitor the RGB analog
image youre projecting.
To  do so:
1. Turn off the power to your projector, monitor and computer.
2. Use a 15-pin cable to connect your monitor to the...

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AUDIO INLRAUDIO OUT
LR
Component
YCbCr
AC IN
AUDIO
AUDIOS-VIDEO COMPUTER 1 AUDIO PC CARDUSB(COMPUTER)USB(MOUSE)MONITOR OUT
COMPUTER 2 PC CONTROLL/MONO VIDEO R
COMPONENT
YCb/Pb Cr/Pr
AUDIO
AUDIO L/MONO R
COMPONENT
AUDIO 
2. Installation and Connections
You can connect your projector to a DVD player with component output or Video output. To do so, simply:
NOTE: For a DVD player without component video (Y,Cb,Cr/Y, Pb, Pr) output, use an S-Video cable (not provided) to connect an
S-Video output of the DVD...

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2. Installation and Connections
AC IN
COMPONENT
YCb/Pb Cr/Pr
AUDIO
AUDIO AUDIO
AUDIOL/MONO
S-VIDEO COMPUTER 1 AUDIO PC CARDUSB(COMPUTER)USB(MOUSE)MONITOR OUT
COMPUTER 2 PC CONTROLRL/MONO VIDEO R
AUDIO INLRAUDIO OUTLRVIDEO OUTS-VIDEO VIDEO
S-VIDEOVIDEO
Connecting Your VCR or Laser Disc Player
S-Video cable (not supplied)
Video cable (not supplied)
VCR/ Laser disc player
Audio equipment
Audio cable (not supplied)
Use an RCA or S-Video cable (not provided) to connect the video and use RCA cables (not...

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2. Installation and Connections
AC IN
COMPONENT
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Cb/Pb Cr/Pr
AUDIO
AUDIO
AUDIOS-VIDEO COMPUTER 1 AUDIO PC CARD
USB(COMPUTER)USB(MOUSE)MONITOR OUT
COMPUTER 2 PC CONTROLL/MONO VIDEO
R
COMPONENT
YCb/Pb
Cr/Pr
AUDIO
AUDIO L/MONO R
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Connecting the Supplied Power Cable
Connect the supplied power cable to the projector.
First connect the supplied power cables two-pin plug to the AC IN of...

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Projecting an Image
(Basic Operation)
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 Turning on the Projector ............................................. 30
 Selecting a Source .................................................... 32
 Adjusting the Picture Size and Position ..................... 33
 Correcting Keystone Distortion .................................. 35
 Optimizing RGB Picture Automatically ...................... 37
 Turning Up or Down Volume .........................................

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3. Projecting an Image (Basic Operation)
This section describes how to turn on the projector and to project a picture onto the screen.

 Turning on the Projector
NOTE:
•The projector has two power switches: a main power switch and a POWER (ON/STAND BY) button (POWER ON and OFF on the
remote control).
•When plugging in or unplugging the supplied power cable, make sure that the main power switch is pushed to the off (
)
position. Failure to do so may cause damage to the projector.
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