Epson Powerlite 6100i Multimedia Projector Users Guide

							Epson
® 
PowerLite
®
 6100i
Multimedia Projector
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.
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Contents
Welcome  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting the Most from Your Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Getting More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Registration and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Unpacking the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Optional Accessories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Setting Up the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Positioning the Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to Video Equipment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a Composite Video Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an S-Video Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a Component Video Source  . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting an RGB Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to a Computer   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting to the Computer Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting an External Monitor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing Sound Through the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting Audio Equipment to the Projector  . . . . . . . 25
Connecting External Speakers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 
						

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Projecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Turning On Your Equipment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Turning On the Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting the Image Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
What To Do If You See a Blank Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The Projector and Notebook Don’t Display 
the Same Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Focusing and Zooming Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting the Height of Your Image  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adjusting the Image Shape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Correcting Computer Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adjusting the Volume  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Shutting Down the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Using the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the Navigation Buttons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing the Batteries   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Controlling the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching Between Picture Sources  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Turning Off the Picture and Sound   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Stopping Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Zooming Your Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Highlighting Your Presentation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Pointer Tool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing the Pointer Shape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Configuring the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Restoring the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting Colors and Clarity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the Input Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Customizing Projector Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting Projector Setup Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Viewing Lamp Usage and Other Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 
						

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Using the Projector’s Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Creating Your Own Screen Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying Your Screen Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Protecting your Screen Logo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turning on Password Protection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting the Projector with a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Disabling the Projector’s Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Managing the Projector from 
a Remote Computer
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing the Easy Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
System Requirements   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing the Software  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connecting and Configuring the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using EMP Monitor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Opening and Closing EMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Registering a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Monitoring Your Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Controlling Your Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuring the Monitoring Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using E-mail Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Understanding the Notification Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using a Browser to Monitor the Projector  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Maintaining the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cleaning the Lens Cover Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cleaning the Projector Case  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cleaning the Air Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Replacing the Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Resetting the Air Filter Timer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing the Lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Resetting the Lamp Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Transporting the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 
						

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Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Using On-Screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Checking Projector Status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
What To Do When the Lights Flash  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Viewing Lamp Usage and Other Information  . . . . . . . 101
Solving Problems with the Image or Sound  . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Solving Easy Management Problems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Solving Problems with the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Internet Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Speak to a Support Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Purchase Supplies and Accessories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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Appendix A: Projector Installation. . . . . . . . . 111
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Installing the Rear Cable Cover and Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
B
Appendix B: Technical Specifications. . . . . . 115
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Appendix C: Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
FCC Compliance Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warranty  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 
						

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Welcome
The Epson® PowerLite® 6100i is a versatile projector designed to 
ensure that your presentations are easy and trouble-free, whether you 
use it in the classroom or conference room. When space is limited, 
you can project against a surface less than two and one-half feet away. 
The projector’s keystone correction function allows you to correct 
image distortion. In addition, the PowerLite 6100i offers outstanding 
image quality, with up to 3500 lumens of brightness, a resolution of 
1024 × 768 pixels, and a 500:1 contrast ratio. 
Your Epson PowerLite projector can be connected to two computer 
video sources at the same time, or four video sources. You can include 
an independent sound channel for each source.
Use the remote control to take charge of your presentation. Freeze the 
action, zoom in on part of the picture, or display a picture-in-picture 
video. You can also use the remote as a pointer, or to draw on the 
screen. 
With the projector’s Easy Management
™ system, you can use a 
Windows
® PC to remotely monitor and control the projector. 
To prevent unauthorized use of your PowerLite 6100i, you can assign 
a password, create a user logo which is displayed at startup to identify 
the projector, and disable the projector’s buttons through the 
Operation Lock feature. For more information about security features, 
see page 64. 
						

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Getting the Most from Your Projector
Depending on your presentation, you can take advantage of any or all 
of these options:
■Connecting to a notebook or other computer
If you want to connect the projector to a notebook or desktop 
computer, see page 22. For additional presentation control, you 
can connect an external monitor to view the presentation on your 
computer simultaneously.
■Connecting to video sources
You can connect a DVD player, VCR, HDTV, camcorder, laser 
disc player, digital camera, and other video sources to your 
projector. See page 16 for instructions.
■Using the remote control
The remote control lets you switch from computer to video 
sources, zoom in on part of your image, freeze or mute the 
presentation, and adjust many other projector features. For 
details, see Chapter 3.
■Including sound in your presentation
If your presentation includes sound, you can connect an optional 
audio cable to the projector to use the projector’s built-in speaker. 
See page 25. 
						

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Using Your Documentation
Your documentation includes a Quick Setup sheet, warranty 
brochures, and an Epson PrivateLine
® Support card.
The Quick Setup sheet gives instructions for setting up and connecting 
your projector to a notebook computer.
This book 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 tips on giving presentations? Quick steps for setting up your 
projector? Here’s where you can look for help: 
■presentersonline.com
Includes a library of articles covering presentation tips, tricks, and 
technology. The site provides templates, clip art and sound clips, 
as well as Presenters Services to use on the road. Even more 
resources and services are available if you register to join the 
Presenters Club
®—and it’s free.
■built-in help system
Press the Help button on the remote control or projector to get 
quick solutions for common problems. See page 98 for details.
■support.epson.com
Download FAQs (frequently asked questions) and e-mail your 
questions to Epson support.
If you still need help after checking this User’s Guide and the sources 
listed above, you can use the Epson PrivateLine Support service to get 
help fast. Call (800) 637-7661 and enter the PIN on your PrivateLine 
Support card. See page 109 for more information. 
						

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Registration and Warranty
Your projector comes with a basic carry-in warranty as well as an 
international warranty that let you project with confidence anywhere 
in the world. For details, see page 125 and the warranty brochure 
included with your projector. 
In addition, for customers who register their projector, Epson offers 
free Extra Care
SM Road Service. In the unlikely event of an equipment 
failure, you won’t have to wait for your unit to be repaired. Instead, 
Epson will ship you a replacement unit anywhere in the United States 
or Canada, usually via overnight delivery. See the Extra Care Road 
Service brochure for details.
To register, simply fill out the registration card that came with your 
projector and mail it to Epson. Or you can register online at:
http://www.epson.com/webreg
Registering also lets you receive special updates on new accessories, 
products, and service.