Epson Projector Powerlite 1815p User Manual
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Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card101 5. Select Open Folder. You see your image files when the folder opens. 6. Position the cursor on the movie or image file you want to project and press Enter. 7. Select View Image or Play Movie. If you selected an image, it is projected on the screen. If you want, you can press a side of the pointer button to rotate the image while you’re viewing it. If you selected a movie, it begins playing. You can use the pointer button to control playback, as indicated on the bottom of the screen. To stop viewing images, select Exit at the top of the screen and press Enter. Presenting Image Files From a Digital Camera This section explains how to project individual image files on your digital camera using EasyMP PC Free mode and a USB cable connection. Follow these steps: 1. Connect your digital camera (see page 50). 2. Turn on your digital camera. 3. Turn on the projector, if it is not already on. 4. Select EasyMP as the source by pressing the EasyMP button on the remote control. If your camera complies with the DCIM standard, you’ll see a DCIM folder appear on the EasyMP PC Free screen. 5. Use the pointer button on the remote control to position the cursor on the folder and press Enter. 6. Select Open Folder in the drop-down menu. When the folder opens, you see another folder with your manufacturer’s name. note If you exit the PC Free mode on the projector, disconnect and re-connect your USB device before starting again. note Most digital cameras also have the ability to play internal slideshows. Depending on the kind of cable you have, you can connect a camera with a video or A/V out port to the projector’s Video or S-Video port and transmit your camera’s slideshow directly to the projector. You must press the Video or S-Video button on the remote control to select the correct signal source. See pages 43 or 44 for details.
102Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card7. Position the cursor on the folder and press Enter. 8. Select Open Folder. You see your image files when the folder opens. 9. Position the cursor on the image file you want to project and press Enter. 10. Select View Image. The image is projected on the screen. If you want, you can press a side of the pointer button to rotate the image while you’re viewing it. To stop viewing images, select Exit at the top of the screen and press Enter. Creating a Slideshow on the Fly If you have a folder containing an assortment of images, you can display them as a slideshow. See page 118 for a list of the supported file formats. Displaying the Slideshow First make sure the images are stored in a folder on the USB drive or CompactFlash memory card. Then follow these steps: 1. Connect your external drive (see page 50) or insert your CompactFlash memory card (see page 51). If you are using an external hard drive, plug in its power cord. 2. Turn on the projector, if it is not already on. 3. Select EasyMP as the source by pressing the EasyMP button on the remote control. If you have more than one card inserted in a multicard reader, use the pointer button on the remote control to select the card you want to use and press Enter. note Make sure your camera shows up on your desktop as a drive letter. If it does, it is probably a USB mounted device and will work with the projector software. The EasyMP software does not support TWAIN-compliant digital cameras.
Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card103 You see your files displayed on the screen: 4. Use the pointer button on the remote control to highlight the folder containing your images and press Enter. 5. From the pop-up menu, use the pointer to select Play Slideshow and press Enter. (Or highlight the Slideshow button at the bottom of the screen and press Enter.) The images contained in the folder are presented as a slideshow. Use the remote control to run the slideshow as described in the next section. Controlling Your Slideshow While your slideshow is running, use the remote control as follows: ■Press Enter or Page down to display the next slide or image, or to begin playing a movie. ■Press Page up to display the previous slide or image, or to replay a movie. ■Press the appropriate side of the pointer button to rotate a slide or image on the screen. ■To exit the slideshow at any point, press the Esc button. Select Exit and press the Enter button.
104Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card Changing Timing and Other Settings For each folder on the USB drive or memory card, you can set the display timing for your slides and change several other display settings. 1. Select the folder containing the images for the slideshow settings you want to change and press Enter. 2. From the drop-down menu, use the pointer to select Option and press Enter. You see this screen: 3. Use the pointer button to select from the following settings. After making a selection, press Enter to save the change. ■Mode switching Lets you choose the mode to use when presenting slideshows, movies, or images, or editing a scenario on the projector. In Guide mode, a drop-down menu appears whenever you select an item and press Enter. In Quick mode, selecting a scenario, movie, or image file and pressing Enter starts the presentation; selecting a folder and pressing Enter opens the folder. To access the menus in Quick mode, press the Esc button. note You can also display the Option screen by selecting Option at the bottom of the PC Free screen and pressing Enter.
Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card105 ■Display order Lets you choose between displaying alphabetically by file name or by image file date. ■Continuous Play Determines whether to repeat the display of images in the folder. ■Screen switching time Sets the display time for each image. Choose No if you want to change slides manually. ■Effect Lets you choose from various transitions between slides, such as Dissolve or Wipe. 4. When you’re done, highlight OK and press Enter. Your changes are permanently saved with each folder—even if you turn off the projector or disconnect the drive or camera. Creating a Scenario A scenario is a combination of images, movies, and/or audio files that you can present from a USB drive. The easiest way to create a scenario is to drag and drop a PowerPoint file on the EMP SlideMaker2 icon on your desktop. This automatically converts the file to a scenario that you can save to the drive. Use this method if you have an existing PowerPoint presentation that you want to transfer to the projector. If you prefer, you can create a scenario from scratch by combining a selection of PowerPoint slides, other graphics, and even movies (see page 107). note To create a scenario, you need a USB drive connected to your computer. Also make sure you’ve installed the EMP SlideMaker software (available for Windows only), as described on page 181.
106Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card Converting a PowerPoint File to a Scenario Follow these steps to convert a PowerPoint file to a scenario. Once the scenario is created, you can set up transitions as described on page 111. 1. Make sure the EMP SlideMaker program is closed. 2. Locate the PowerPoint file you want to use in My Computer or Windows Explorer. 3. Drag the file icon on top of the EMP SlideMaker2 icon on your desktop. 4. When you see a message about file conversion, click Continue. 5. When you see the next message, click Start. EMP SlideMaker 2 starts and your PowerPoint slides open one-by-one as they are converted. Do not interrupt this process or your PowerPoint file won’t be completely converted. 6. When the scenario is done, click on the screen. The slideshow closes and you see the following message: 7. Connect a USB device and browse to the drive, then click OK to transfer your scenario file. When the transfer is complete, you see a question asking whether you want to autorun the scenario. See page 114 for instructions on the autorun setting.
Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card107 Creating a Scenario from Scratch Use this method when you want to create a scenario from a selection of PowerPoint slides, graphics, or movie files. You’ll need to set up your scenario file and folder, build the scenario, set up transitions, and check the scenario. Setting Up the Scenario File and Folder 1. Double-click the EMP SlideMaker2 icon on your computer’s desktop (or click Start > Programs or All Programs > Epson Projector > EMP SlideMaker2). You see the EMP SlideMaker 2 screen with the Properties window open as shown: 2. Type a name for your scenario file and folder that’s easy to remember, using up to eight capital letters and numbers. Then select from the following options: ■The default location for the scenario file and folder is in the \Program Files\EMP SlideMaker2 folder. Click Browse to choose a new location. note The scenario name you enter is also the name of the folder for your scenario on your hard drive.
108Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card ■Click Configure BGM(W) to play an audio file during the scenario. A selection screen appears letting you choose a .WAV file. After you select the file you want, click the arrow button to the right of the option to play it. ■The Background Color appears around images that don’t fill the entire screen area. Select a new color, if desired. ■Select the Image Quality for imported PowerPoint slides. Higher-quality images look better on the screen but may take longer to appear. 3. Click OK. You see the EMP SlideMaker 2 screen. Continue with the instructions in the next section to build your scenario. Building a Scenario from Different Files You can build your scenario from any of the following file types, either alone or in combination with other file types: ■PowerPoint slides, version 2000 through 2003 (file names have PPT extension) ■JPEG files (with JPG extension) ■Bitmap files (with BMP or DIB extension) ■Movie files (with MPG extension); must be MPEG 2 (MPEG1 is not supported) note You can also use the instructions in this section to add files to an existing scenario.
Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card109 Follow these steps: 1. Use the navigation tools on the left side of the EMP SlideMaker 2 screen to locate the files you want to include in your scenario. PowerPoint, JPEG, bitmap, and movie files appear as icons in the file window. 2. Click the icon for each file that you want to preview. The preview appears in the thumbnail preview window. If you click a PowerPoint icon, thumbnail images are generated for all the slides in the PowerPoint file. If you click a movie file, an illustration of a filmstrip appears. Click to see preview Thumbnail preview note Thumbnail previews for PowerPoint slides will not appear if PowerPoint is not installed on your computer.
110Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card3. Drag and drop the files you want to include in your scenario from either the file window or thumbnail window into the scenario window. (You can also double-click a thumbnail to add the file to the scenario.) To include a whole PowerPoint file (instead of individual slides), drag the PowerPoint icon itself into the scenario window. Dragging an entire file preserves the transitions set in PowerPoint. 4. Continue dragging files into the scenario window to build your presentation. Each slide appears in a numbered cell. The cell background color varies according to the type of file in the cell. 5. If you want, you can make changes to the scenario: ■To rearrange cells, drag and drop them as necessary within the scenario window. ■To delete a cell, right-click the cell and select Cut. ■To check the animation for a slide, click its cell. A section appears at the bottom of the scenario window displaying each animation operation. (Slides using animation have an .EMA extension.) You can also create transitions between slides, as described in the next section. Check a slide’s animation effects here Scenario Cell note Transition effects created in PowerPoint look smoother than those you add with EMP SlideMaker 2. note Unless you change the transition setting, your slides will automatically advance after 30 seconds.