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After you connect your equipment to the projector, follow these steps to begin:
1. Make sure all of the equipment is plugged into a power source.
2. Open the lens cover and press the   button on the projector or the   on the remote  control.
3. Press the   button on the projector or the   button on the remote control.
4. When you see the menu, use the down-arrow or up-arrow button to select the correct  source (if necessary), then press the   button on the projector or the   button on the 
remote control.
■If you used the HDMI connection, select HDMI.
■If you used the component video connection, select Component. 
■Otherwise, select Video.
5. Turn on the power to the connected video  equipment, then start playing the video or 
game.
6. Normally, your projector selects the correct  aspect ratio automatically. If you need to 
change the aspect, press the   button on the remote control and select 
Normal, 16:9, 
or 
Zoom (if available for the video source you’re using).
After you start playing your video or game, you may find that you need to adjust the position 
or shape of the picture. Or you may need to focus or zoom the image. See “Adjusting the 
Picture” on page 21.
L
Output
R
Audio White
Red
Component Video Connection
RCA stereo 
audio cable
Component video cable
For connecting a cable or satellite TV  receiver, DVR, or game console. 
						

							
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Connecting a USB Device
You can connect a USB device, such as a flash drive or memory card reader containing a 
memory card. You can view photos or play music or DivX videos. The projector supports the 
following types of files on USB devices:
■MP3
■WMA
■JPEG
■DivX
■MPEG 1/2/4
Connect the drive or other device to the USB port as shown below.  When you’re finished, 
make sure you press   before removing the device from the USB slot.
For instructions on playing MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX, or MPEG 1/2/4 files, see page 38. 
						

							
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Playing Projector Audio Through an External 
Audio System
You can connect the projector to an amplifier, a 5.1 Stereo Surround Sound System, or a 
digital audio recorder. To output sound from the projector, the external equipment needs to 
have a digital coaxial (S/PDIF) audio input port.
You will also need a digital coaxial cable,  which may be provided with your external 
equipment, or may be purchased from an electronics store.
1. Make sure the equipment is turned off, then connect the cable as shown:
2. Turn on your audio equipment and play your  movie, music, or other presentation with 
sound from your projector.
3. You may need to change the 
Digital Output setting in the Audio Setup Page. Select 
Stream if you are connecting a DTS/Dolby Digital Decoder or  PCM if you are 
connecting to equipment that is only compliant with linear PCM. For more information, 
see page 50.
You can use any of your projector’s audio  controls, as described on pages 22 and 26.
Digital coaxial cable 
						

							
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Connecting a Computer or Laptop
You can connect the projector to a computer or laptop to play videos or games, display 
presentations or photos, or project anything you can see and hear on your computer.
Connecting to the USB Port
You can connect a Windows Vista®, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 (SP4) computer to the 
projector’s Type B (square) USB port and project your computer’s display.
The first time you connect your computer to  the projector’s USB port, software from the 
projector installs on your computer.
1. Connect the power cords and plug in all the equipment.
2. Open the lens cover and press the   button on the projector or the   button on the  remote control.
3. Turn on your computer.
4. Connect the square end of a USB cable (not included) to the projector’s 
TypeB (square) 
USB port.
5. Connect the flat end of the cable to any available USB port on your notebook or desktop  computer.
Messages appear as the projector is recognized and the software installation begins. 
						

							
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6. Follow the instructions on your computer screen to install the Epson USB Display software. If you see a “Digital Signature Warnin g,” select Continue. You will only need to 
install the software the first time you connect.
7. After the software has installed, you see your computer’s desktop displayed by the  projector. (It may take a moment.)
8. If you want to play audio from the computer through the projector, you also need to  connect a stereo mini-jack cable to the projector’s RCA stereo 
L and R Audio inputs. 
Connect the other end of the cable to the audio output connector(s) on your computer.
9. Normally, your projector selects the correct  aspect ratio automatically. If you need to 
change the aspect, press the   button on the remote control and select 
Normal, 16:9, 
or 
Zoom (if available for the video source you’re using).
When you are projecting through the USB port, you can use the   Page Up and   Page 
Down buttons on the projector’s remote control to move through a Microsoft
® PowerPoint 
slide show.
After your image appears, you may find that you  need to adjust the position or shape of the 
picture. Or you may need to focus or zoom  the image. See “Adjusting the Picture” on 
page 21. 
						

							
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Connecting to the PC Port
You will need a computer cable (D-sub 15-pin to D-sub 15-pin) and an RCA stereo audio 
cable (2-RCA to stereo mini-pin). You can purchase these cables from an electronics store.
Caution: Before connecting, make sure all equipment is turned off. 
1. Connect the computer or laptop as shown.
2. Connect the power cords and plug in all the equipment.
3. Open the lens cover and press the   button on the projector or the   button on the 
remote control.
4. Press the   button on the projector or the   button on the remote control.
5. When you see the menu, use the down-arrow or up-arrow button to select  PC (if 
necessary), then press the   button on the projector or the   button on the remote 
control.
6. Turn on the power to the connected computer or laptop.
RCA stereo 
audio cable
D-sub 15-pin 
computer cable White
Red 
						

							
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7. Switch the display on the computer or laptop to display on the projector, or on both the projector and the computer screen. Usually you do this by pressing function keys to 
toggle through display choices; see your computer documentation for instructions.
Note:  If your laptop cannot play movies on both the laptop display and an external display, you 
may need to disable the laptop display to view movies on the projector. See your laptop 
documentation for instructions.
8. Normally, the projector selects the correct aspect ratio automatically. If you need to  change the aspect, press the   button on the remote control and select 
Normal, 16:9, 
or 
Zoom (if available).
After your image appears, you may find that you  need to adjust the position or shape of the 
picture. Or you may need to focus or zoom  the image. See “Adjusting the Picture” on 
page 21. 
						

							
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Doing More with 
PowerLite Presenter
Follow the instructions in this section to play music and photos on your projector, use 
advanced playback controls, and adjust various projector features.
Playing Music and DivX Videos and Viewing 
Photos
You can play music CDs and discs or USB devices with MP3, WMA, DivX, and MPEG 
1/2/4 files. You can also view JPEG photos on discs or USB devices.
Playing Music CDs
■To play a music CD, simply insert it in the slot. 
You can use most of the playback features, including pause, resume, 
fast forward, reverse, and skip to the next or previous track. See 
page 23 for instructions.
■You can also select a specific track by using the numeric buttons, as 
described on page 25. To use the numeric buttons, you need to set 
the toggle switch on the remote control to the 
-Num position.
■To turn off the lamp, close the lens cover. 
						

							
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Playing MP3/WMA Music or DivX Videos
You can play MP3 or WMA music files and DivX or MPEG 1/2/4 videos on CDs, DVDs, or 
USB devices. See page 69 for information on the types of discs that are supported. 
When you insert a disc or USB device that contains MP3, WMA, and/or DivX files, you see a 
list of files and/or folders:
1. Press   or   to select a folder or file.
To go to the next or previous page, press   or  .
2. Press   or   to begin playing the selected track or file. When a file is finished playing, the next file in the sequence will 
start automatically.
■To turn off the lamp when playing music files, close the lens cover.
■When you play MP3 or WMA files, scrolling through the list of 
songs will pause the music until you highlight the next file. 
Note:  You can use the Setup menu to change the way files are displayed. 
See page 49 for instructions. 
						

							
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Viewing JPEG Photos
When you insert a disc or USB device that contains JPEG photo files, you see a list of files 
and/or folders.
■Press   or   to select a folder or file, then press   to begin 
displaying the photos.
■To rotate an image, press   or  .
■To stop the slideshow and display a thumbnail screen, press  .
■To display the next or previous page of thumbnails, press   or  .
■To display the list of the files and folders, press  .
■If your disc or USB device includes both music files and JPEG photos, you can play a 
slideshow with music. 
1. To display the list of files, press  .
2. Select the music file you want and press   to start playing it.
3. Select the JPEG file you want and press   to start displaying the slideshow.