Epson Brightlink 455wi Interactive Projector Users Guide

							BrightLink  455Wi
Interactive Projector
TM
User’s Guide 
						

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Important Safety Information
WARNING: Never look into the projector lens when the lamp is turned on; the bright light can damage your eyes. 
Never let children look into the lens when it is on. Never open any cover on the projector, except the lamp and 
filter covers. Dangerous electrical voltages inside the projector can severely injure you. Except as specifically 
explained in this User’s Guide, do not attempt to service this product yourself. Refer all servicing to qualified service 
personnel.
WARNING: The projector and its accessories come packaged in plastic bags. Keep plastic bags away from small 
children to avoid any risk of suffocation.
Caution: When you replace the lamp, never touch the new lamp with your bare hands; the invisible residue left by 
the oil on your hands may shorten the lamp life. Use a cloth or glove to handle the new lamp.
Copyright Notice
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in 
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior 
written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The information contained herein is designed only for use with 
this Epson product. Epson is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other products.
Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for 
damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of 
this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to 
strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporation’s operating and maintenance instructions.
Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or 
any consumable products other than those designated as Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by 
Seiko Epson Corporation.
Trademarks
Epson and Instant Off are registered trademarks, and Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko 
Epson Corporation.
E-TORL is a registered trademark, BrightLink and SizeWise are trademarks, and PrivateLine and Extra Care are 
service marks of Epson America, Inc.
Pixelworks, DNX, and the DNX logo are trademarks of Pixelworks, Inc.
General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of 
their respective owners. Epson disclaims any and all rights in those marks.
This information is subject to change without notice.
© 2010 Epson America, Inc. 12/10
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Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Getting More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Registration and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Unpacking the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unpacking the Mounting Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Projector Parts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connection Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Projector Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Interactive Pens  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Projector Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Connecting to Computers, USB Devices, and 
Other Equipment
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Connecting to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to the VGA Computer Port  . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to the USB Port  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting the USB Cable for the Interactive Pens 
or Remote Mouse Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting to Video Equipment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting a Composite Video Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting an S-Video Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting a Component Video Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting an RGB Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 
						

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Playing Sound Through the Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing Computer Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing Sound from Video Equipment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting a Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting External Speakers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Connecting a Document Camera or Other USB Device  . . . 37
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Displaying and Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . 39
Turning the Projector On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Direct Power On Function  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Shutting Down the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting an Image Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Focusing the Image  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting the Color Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Resizing Video Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Using the Interactive Pens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Easy Interactive Pen Driver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Calibrating the Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the Pens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Presenting With the Remote Control. . . . . . . . 53
Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Controlling the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turning Off the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Stopping Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Zooming In on Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Displaying Patterns  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Assigning a Pattern to the User Button  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Creating Your Own Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Operating Your Computer With the Remote Control  . . . . . 58
Highlighting Your Presentation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the Pointer Tool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Customizing the Pointer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 
						

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Presenting a Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting a Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting Slideshow Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Using the Projector Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Restoring the Default Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adjusting Signal Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Customizing Projector Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Customizing Power and Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the Projector Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Enabling Password Protection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Creating Your Own Startup Screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Disabling the Projector’s Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Security Locking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Using the Projector on a Network. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting to a Wired Network  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing the Optional Wireless LAN Module . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using Quick Wireless Connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Configuring Basic Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Configuring a Wireless Connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring the Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selecting Wireless Network Settings in Windows . . . . . . 90
Selecting Wireless Network Settings in Mac OS. . . . . . . 90
Using Wireless Security Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Enabling WEP Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Enabling WPA Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Enabling Data Encryption from EasyMP 
Network Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Using the EasyMP Software  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using Projector E-mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using SNMP to Monitor the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Using a Browser to Control the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using Web Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 
						

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Maintaining the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cleaning the Projection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the Projector Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the Air Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Replacing the Air Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Replacing the Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Resetting the Lamp Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Checking Lamp Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing the Pen Batteries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Replacing the Remote Control Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Transporting the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using On-Screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Checking Projector Status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
What To Do When the Lights Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Solving Projector Operation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Solving Problems With the Image or Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Solving Problems With the Interactive Pens . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Solving Password Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Solving Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Solving Problems With the Remote Control  . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Internet Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Speak to a Support Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Software Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Purchase Supplies and Accessories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 
						

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Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Software Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 
						

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Welcome
The BrightLink™ 455Wi is an easy-to-use, ultra short-throw 
projector that turns any wall into an interactive whiteboard. The 
projector can be wall-mounted above a whiteboard or other surface 
and project an image up to 96 inches (diagonal) in native WXGA 
format. You can use the interactive pens to operate your computer or 
write and draw on a virtual whiteboard.
The projector offers up to 2500 lumens of white and color light 
output (brightness). You can connect it to a wide range of computers, 
interactive whiteboards, and video sources. You can also project from 
a document camera, USB storage device, or over your network. With 
the optional wireless LAN module, you can project over a wireless 
network.
The BrightLink 455Wi includes these additional features:
■Wall bracket (setting plate) and built-in slide plate for easy and 
inexpensive wall mounting
■Battery-operated pens and software that turns any wall into an 
interactive whiteboard
■8.5-second startup time and Instant Off® feature for fast setup 
and shut down
■Closed captioning
■12 watt speaker and microphone input
■USB display for easy setup of Windows® and Macintosh® 
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Using Your Documentation
This manual contains all the information you need to set up and use 
your projector. Please follow these guidelines as you read through it: 
■Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.
■Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
■Notes contain important information about your projector.
■Tips contain additional projection hints.
Getting More Information
Need quick steps for setting up your projector? Here’s where you can 
look for help: 
■Installation Guide 
Provides detailed instructions on installing the projector using the 
wall mounting hardware included in the box.
■Quick Guide
Provides all the information you need to install the software, use 
the interactive pens, and solve basic problems.
■EasyMP Network Projection Operation Guide
Provides detailed instructions on using your projector in a 
network environment (PDF installed along with this manual from 
the projector CD).
■EasyMP Monitor Operation Guide
Provides instructions on using the EasyMP Monitor software to 
manage projectors on a network. To download both the software 
and the guide, visit Epson’s support website in the U.S.
 or 
Canada
.
■Built-in help system
Provides assistance for common problems. Available from the 
?Help button on the projector or the remote control. See 
page 116 for details.
■epson.com/support or epson.ca/support
Download FAQs and e-mail your questions to Epson support.