Epson Projector Powerlite 1815p User Manual

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Choosing When to Display the Image
After your image is saved, you can set it to display as the startup 
screen, the screen you see when there’s no signal, or the screen you see 
when you press the 
A/V Mute button (see page 31).
1. Press the 
Menu button, highlight the Extended menu, and press 
Enter. 
2. Select 
Display and press Enter.
3. Choose from these display options:
■Set Display Background to Logo to display your image 
when there is no signal. 
■Set Startup Screen...

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Customizing Power and Operation
You can use the Extended menu to customize the way the projector 
displays images, enable quick startup, turn sleep mode on or off, and 
customize other projector operations.
■Display
Use this setting to turn off the display of messages, change the 
background color, enable logo display, or turn off the startup 
screen display.
■User’s Logo
Create a custom startup screen, as described on page 129.
■Projection 
Select Front (to project from the...

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minutes or when the A/V mute slide (lens cover) is closed. Enable 
High Altitude Mode when you are using the projector above 
4900 ft (1500 m). 
■Standby Mode
Select Network On to enable the projector to be monitored over 
a network when it is in standby mode (the power light is orange).
■USB Type B
Select Easy MP to project your computer’s display through the 
projector’s Type B USB port (see page 39). Choose 
Wireless 
Mouse 
if you want to be able to use the remote as a...

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Multi-screen Color Adjustment
You can match the color of projected images when two or more 
projectors are being used to display images near each other, or when 
you use the multi-screen feature to project from one source (one 
image) as described on page 90. For each screen, you can set five levels 
of brightness and color correction.
1. Before starting, you may want to assign a numeric ID to each 
projector. This lets you use the remote control to select the 
projector you...

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Managing Projectors 
The software included with your projector lets you monitor and 
control your projectors from a remote computer:
■Use EMP Monitor (available for Windows only) to see your 
projectors’ status, switch image sources, and control basic settings.
■Use the mail notification function to receive e-mail alerts about 
possible problems. 
You can also use NS Connection to register up to 16 projectors as a 
group. This allows you to provide quick and easy access to these 
projectors from...

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Connecting to a Wired Network
Follow these steps to connect the projector to your network and 
configure it with an IP address. 
1. Connect the projector to your network using a commercially 
available 100BaseTX or 10BaseT network cable. Connect the 
cable to the 
LAN port on the projector. See page 53.
2. Point the remote control at the projector and press the P 
Power 
button.
3. Press the 
EasyMP button on the remote control to select EasyMP 
as the source. 
4. Press the 
Menu...

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■If your network does not assign addresses automatically, turn 
off 
DHCP and enter the projector’s IP Address, Subnet 
Mask
, Gateway Address, and DNS Servers, as needed. 
To enter numbers, use the  pointer button on the remote 
control to highlight the number you want to input, then press 
the 
Enter button. 
8. When you’re done making all necessary changes, select 
Return, 
select 
Setup complete, and then select Yes to confirm that you 
want to save the changes. Press 
Menu to...

138Managing Projectors4. Highlight 
On to receive email notifications, then press Enter.
5. Enter the IP address for the SMTP server for the projector.
You can enter a number from 0 to 255 in each field of the address. 
However, the following IP addresses cannot be used:127.x.x.x, 
224.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 (where x is a number from 0 to 
255).
6. Enter the SMTP server’s port number. The default value is 25. 
You can enter a numeric value from 1 to 65535.
7. Choose one of the 
Destination Address...

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Using EMP Monitor
EMP Monitor lets you use a remote computer to manage your 
projectors, whether connected wirelessly or over a wired network. It 
lets you easily turn the projectors on or off (together or individually), 
switch image sources, and check their status. 
Before using EMP Monitor, make sure you’ve installed the software 
(available for Windows only) as described on page 182. The 
computer you’re using to monitor the projector should already 
be connected to your...

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Registering a Projector
Before you can monitor a projector, you have to register it. Follow 
these steps to automatically search for your projector(s). 
1. Open EMP Monitor as described above. You see this screen:
2. Select 
Edit > New > Projector (automatic search).
You see this screen: