Epson Powerlite 821p Multimedia Projector Users Guide
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Epson ® PowerLite ® 821p Multimedia Projector User’s Guide
2 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 3LCD are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. PowerLite, PrivateLine, and Presenters Club are registered trademarks; SizeWise is a trademark; and Epson Connection, Epson Store, 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. © 2004 by Epson America, Inc. 7/04 CPD-18615
3 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1Setting Up the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Positioning the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Other Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting with the VGA Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting with a VGA-5BNC Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting the USB Cable for Remote Mouse Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Playing Sound Through the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting to Video Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connecting a Composite Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting an S-video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Connecting an RGB Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Connecting a Component Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Playing Sound Through the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4Contents 2Projecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Turning On Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Turning On the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Selecting the Image Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 What To Do If You See a Blank Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Focusing and Zooming Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Adjusting the Height of Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Adjusting the Image Shape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Adjusting the Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Correcting Computer Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Adjusting the Color Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Shutting Down the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3Using the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Controlling the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Switching Between Picture Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Turning Off the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Stopping Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Zooming Your Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Changing the Image’s Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using the Remote Control as a Wireless Mouse . . . . . . . . . . 47 Replacing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4Fine-tuning the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Using the Projector’s Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Changing Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Adjusting Colors and Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Adjusting the Input Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Customizing Projector Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Selecting Projector Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Viewing Lamp Usage and Other Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Contents5 Using the Projector’s Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Creating Your Own Screen Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Setting a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Turning On the Password and User’s Logo . . . . . . . . . 65 Starting the Projector with a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Disabling the Projector’s Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Restoring the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 5Maintaining and Transporting the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Cleaning the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Cleaning the Projector Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Cleaning and Replacing the Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Replacing the Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Resetting the Lamp Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Transporting the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 6Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Using On-Screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 What To Do When the Lights Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Solving Problems with the Image or Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Solving Password Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Solving Problems with the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Solving Problems with the Projector’s Buttons . . . . . . . . . . 90 Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Telephone Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 ATechnical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Projection Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Mouse Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
6ContentsSafety and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Compatible Video Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Compatible Computer Display Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 BNotices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Remote Control Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 FCC Compliance Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
7 - Welcome The Epson® Lite® 821p is a portable projector that offers up to 2600 ANSI lumens of brightness. From classrooms to boardrooms, your full-color presentations and videos will be bright and visible even in ordinary indoor lighting. With its whisper-quiet operation, ease-of-use, and quick start up and shut down, the PowerLite 821p ensures that your presentations come off without a hitch. Additionally, its built-in speaker delivers powerful 5 watt audio, making it perfect for presentations in large rooms. Images are displayed at a native resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels. The PowerLite 821p delivers accurate color, superior color saturation, and incredibly vivid images and clear text. Support for S-video contributes to theater-quality performance. You can connect the projector to a wide range of computers, including IBM ®-compatible PCs and notebooks, Apple® Macintosh,® Power Macintosh ® series (including G3, G4, and G5 systems), PowerBook® computers, and many iMac ® and iBook® series systems. With Epson’s patented SizeWise ™ technology, the projector supports computer displays ranging from VGA through UXGA. You can connect any of the following video sources: HDTV, VCR, DVD player, gaming console (such as Microsoft ® Xbox,™ Sony® PlayStation ® 2, and Nintendo GameCube™), camcorder, digital camera, or laser disc player. The PowerLite 821p supports NTSC, PAL, and SECAM video formats. You can connect up to four devices to the projector at the same time. The source buttons let you easily switch among them, and a dedicated audio port for each source lets you automatically switch sound when you switch video. With the projector’s Source Search button, you don’t even have to identify your input source. Just press the button repeatedly until you see the image you want on the screen.
8WelcomeTo prevent unauthorized use of your PowerLite 821p, 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 62. 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 16. For additional presentation control, you can connect the USB cable to the projector for running slide shows, and 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 22 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. By connecting the USB mouse cable included with your projector, you can also use the remote control as a wireless mouse. This lets you click through computer-based presentations (such as PowerPoint ®) from up to 20 feet away. For more information, see page 47. ■Including sound in your presentation If your presentation includes sound, you can connect the audio cable that came with your projector to use the projector’s built-in speaker. See page 21.
Welcome9 Using Your Documentation Your documentation includes a Quick Setup sheet, warranty brochures, and Epson PrivateLine ® Support card. The Quick Setup sheet gives instructions to quickly set up your projector and connect it to a notebook, iBook, or PowerBook 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. Getting More Information Need tips on giving presentations? How about quick steps for setting up your projector? Here’s where you can look for help: ■www.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 77 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 91 for more information.
10Welcome Registration and Warranty Your projector comes with a basic carry-in warranty and an international warranty that let you project with confidence anywhere in the world. For details, see page104 and the warranty brochure that came with your projector. In addition, 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, complete the registration form that came with your projector and mail it to Epson. Or register your product online at: http://www.epson.com/webreg Registering also lets you receive special updates on new accessories, products, and services. Unpacking the Projector After unpacking the projector, make sure you have all these items: Projector Remote control and batteriesDocumentation Power cord VGA computer cableAudio adapter USB cable