Epson Projector Eb W8d User Manual

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Advanced Operations
When the time you set on the sleep timer has passed, the unit power switch is 
turned off automatically. You can prevent unnecessary power from being 
consumed if you fall asleep while watching a movie.
If the sleep timer is set to “Sleep Off” and if play is stopped or finished and the 
unit is not operated for approximately 30 minutes, the unit power switch is 
turned off automatically.
Press .
•When you press  , the current sleep timer setting is displayed. 
When the sleep timer...

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The unit automatically recognizes the aspect suitable for the input signal, and 
the image is projected in the appropriate aspect. If you want to change the 
aspect yourself, or if the aspect is not correct, you can change it in the 
following way.
Press .
•Each time you press   the aspect ratio name is displayed on the 
screen and the aspect ratio is changed.
•The aspect ratio for disc settings and image signals can be changed in 
the following way.
When projecting by using the built-in DVD player
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Advanced Operations
When projecting component video (SDTV)/HDMI (SDTV), composite 
video images
When projecting component video (HDTV)/HDMI (HDTV) images
When projecting computer images
Wide panel computer images are always projected at the normal (wide screen) setting.
If wide panel computer images are not projected in the correct aspect, press the   button to change to an appropriate 
aspect.
Screen SizeAspect
4:3 Normal 16:9 Zoom
Letterbox Normal 16:9 Zoom
Screen SizeAspect
16:9 16:9...

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By using a USB cable to connect the projector to a Windows computer you can project images from the computer. This 
function is called USB Display. Simply by connecting via a USB cable, images from the computer can be displayed.
The following computer requirements must be satisfied to operate USB Display supplied with this projector.
Connecting with a computer
Requirements
OSWindows 2000 SP4
Windows XP
Windows XP SP1
Windows XP SP2
Windows XP SP3
Windows Vista
Windows Vista SP1
CPUMobile Pentium III...

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Connecting
ATurn the computer on.
BConnect to the power cable (supplied).
CTurn the projector on.
DOpen the slide lens cover.
EConnect to the USB cable.
When audio is output from the projectors speaker, connect an audio cable (commercially 
available) to the Audio Port.
•Connecting for the first timesp. 44
•From the second time
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Connect the projector directly to the computer and not via a USB hub. 

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Connecting for the first time
1Driver installation starts automatically.
2Click Agree.
If the driver is not installed, you cannot start USB Display. Select 
Agree to install the driver. If you want to cancel installation, click 
Disagree.
3Computer images are projected.
It may take a while before computer images are projected. Until 
computer images are projected, leave the equipment as it is and do not 
disconnect the USB cable or turn off the power to the projector.
•When you are using Windows 2000,...

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From the second time
Computer images are projected.
It may take a while before computer images are projected. Please wait.
•If nothing is projected for some reason, click All Programs - 
EPSON Projector - EPSON USB Display - EPSON USB Display 
Vx.x, on your computer.
•If it is not installed automatically, double-click My Computer - 
EPSON_PJ_UD - EMP_UDSE.EXE, on your computer.
•If the mouse pointer flickers on the computer screen, click All 
Programs - EPSON Projector - EPSON USB...

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Page Up/Down by Remote Control
During USB Display projection, you can use the    on the remote control to Page Up/Down.sp. 42
When projecting a computer screen image, you can operate Page Up/Down with the supplied remote control if the 
computer is not nearby.
Example of Use: When showing a slideshow in PowerPoint, the previous and next slides are displayed as follows.
Use a cable marked “No resistance” when you use a commercially available 2RCA   stereo mini-plug audio cable.
To previous slide To...

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Advanced Operations
You can attach a USB memory or multicard reader that conform to the USB 1.1 to the unit and play the following format 
files.
•MP3/WMA files
•JPEG files
•DivX
® files
The file playback and your operations during play are the same as when you play files of a   using the standard 
DVD player.
Playback by attaching a peripheral 
device
•When you connect a USB storage device to the unit, the source is changed to the USB and playback starts 
automatically when: 
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Aside from the built-in DVD player, this unit can project images by connecting to the following devices with a video 
output port.
- Video recorder - Game machine - Video device with built-in TV tuner - Video camera and others
Connecting with a video cable
Video equipment signal format
The kind of video signal that can be output depends on the video equipment. The image quality differs depending on the video 
signal format. Generally speaking, the order of quality of the image goes as follows.
1. HDMI...