Epson Projector Powerlite 1815p User Manual
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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, Quick Corner, and Instant Off are registered trademarks, and Exceed Your Vision and EasyMP are trademarks, of Seiko Epson Corporation. PrivateLine, Presenters Club, and PowerLite are registered trademarks; SizeWise is a trademark; and Epson Store and Epson 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. © 2007 Epson America, Inc. 1/07
3 Contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Getting More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Registration and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Unpacking the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Displaying and Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . 15 Positioning the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Turning On and Off the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Using the Direct Power On Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Shutting Down the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Displaying an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Troubleshooting Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 You Can’t Project an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Projector and Notebook Don’t Display the Same Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Adjusting the Height of the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Focusing and Zooming the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adjusting the Image Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Selecting the Color Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Resizing Video Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Presenting with the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . 29 Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Controlling the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Switching Between Picture Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4 Turning Off the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Stopping Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Zooming Part of Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Highlighting Your Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Pointer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Customizing the Pointer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Operating Your Computer with the Remote Control . . . . . . 34 Operating Two or More Projectors with the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Setting the Projector ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Setting the Remote Control ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Connecting to Computers, Cameras, and Other Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Connecting to a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Connecting to the Computer Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Connecting to the USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Connecting the Cable for Remote Mouse Control . . . . 40 Connecting to Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Connecting a Composite Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Connecting an S-Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Connecting a Component Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Connecting an RGB Video Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Playing Sound Through the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting External Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Connecting to a Digital Camera or Other Device. . . . . . . . . 50 Removing the USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Inserting a CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Inserting the Wireless 802.11g/b/a Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Connecting a Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 l Presenting Through a Wireless Network . . . . 55 Starting EasyMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Configuring Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Configuring the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5 Using Ad Hoc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Using Access Point Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Using Wireless Security Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Enabling WEP Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Enabling WPA Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Enabling EAP, LEAP, or PEAP Authentication . . . . . . . 79 Enabling EAP-TLS Certificate Validation . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Projecting Over a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Solving Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Using the Control Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Connecting in Advanced Connection Mode . . . . . . . . . 86 Enabling Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Multi-screen Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Projecting Video Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Using Special Presentation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Using Presentation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Using Presenter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Presenting Files From a USB Drive or CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Presenting Image Files From a Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . 101 Creating a Slideshow on the Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Displaying the Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Controlling Your Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Changing Timing and Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Creating a Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Converting a PowerPoint File to a Scenario . . . . . . . . . 106 Creating a Scenario from Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Transferring Your Scenario to a USB Drive or CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Presenting Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Controlling Your Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Supported File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
6 Fine-Tuning the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Using the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Restoring the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Six-Axis Color Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Adjusting Signal Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Customizing Projector Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Using the Projector Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Enabling Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Creating Your Own Startup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Disabling the Projector’s Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Customizing Power and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Multi-screen Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Managing Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Connecting to a Wired Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Using Projector E-mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Using EMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Opening and Closing EMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Registering a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Monitoring Your Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Controlling Your Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Configuring the Monitoring Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Using E-mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Understanding the Notification Messages . . . . . . . . . . 148 Using a Browser to Monitor the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Transferring Files by FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Maintaining the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Cleaning the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Cleaning the Projector Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Cleaning the Air Filter and Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Replacing the Lamp and Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Resetting the Lamp Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Checking Lamp Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Replacing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Transporting the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
7 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Using On-Screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Checking Projector Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 What To Do When the Lights Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Solving Projector Operation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Solving Problems with the Image or Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Solving Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Solving EasyMP Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Solving Problems with the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Speak to a Support Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Mac System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Installing the Software on a Windows System . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Installing the Software on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Projector Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
9 - Welcome The PowerLite® 1815p is an easy-to-use projector that weighs less than 7 pounds. The projector offers up to 3500 lumens of brightness. You can connect it to a wide range of computers and video sources, or you can project from a USB storage device, or over an 802.11g, 802.11b, or 802.11a wireless network. Easy setup, control, and security: ■5-second startup time and Instant Off ® feature for fast setup and shut down ■Automatic digital keystone correction ■1.6x optical zoom lens for flexible placement and positioning ■Security features include password, user’s logo, and the ability to lock the projector buttons ■A/V mute slide (lens cover) to block the lens and save lamp life when you want to temporarily stop projecting Additional enhancements: ■Connect three computers, one via USB 2.0 cable and another two via VGA cable for multi-source presentations ■Wirelessly send MPEG2 full screen video with audio from a PC ■Project up to four different images from one computer ■Color match images from up to four projectors for a uniform, wide-screen view ■Project only the PowerPoint® slide images while viewing handout notes and controls on the computer screen ■Perform six-axis color adjustment for fine art and photography
10Welcome Using Your Documentation 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: ■Quick Setup sheet Gives you the instructions you need to get your projector up and running if you are connecting to a notebook, MacBook,TM PowerBook,® or iBook® computer, or projecting over a wireless network. ■Projector kit Includes this User’s Guide, your Quick Setup sheet, warranty brochures, and Epson PrivateLine® Support card. Keep the kit with your projector at all times. ■Built-in help system Provides assistance for common problems. Available from the Help button on the projector or the remote control. See page 164 for details. ■epson.com/support Download FAQs 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 the PrivateLine card. Or take advantage of Epson’s automated support services 24 hours a day. See page 178 for more information.