Epson Projector Powerlite 1825 User Manual
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2 Important Safety Information WARNING: Never look into th e projector lens when the la mp 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 volta ges inside the projector can severely injure you. Except as specifically explained in this User’s Guide, do not attempt to service this product yours elf. 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 wi th your bare hands; the invisible residue left by the oil on your hands may shor ten 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, phot ocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The inform ation contained herein is designed only for use with this Epson product. Epson is not re sponsible for any use of this information as applied to other products. Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affi liates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incu rred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized mo difications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporatio n’s operating and maintenance instructions. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be li able for any damages or problems arising from th e use of any options or any consumable products other than th ose designated as Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation. Trademarks Epson, Quick Corner, EasyMP, and Instant Off are regist ered trademarks, and Epson Exceed Your Vision is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. PowerLite and PrivateLine 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 ar e 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 disclaim s any and all rights in those marks. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. © 2007 Epson America, Inc. 12/07
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 1 Displaying and Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . 15 Positioning the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Turning the Projector On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Resizing Video Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4 2 Presenting With the Remote Control. . . . . . . . 29 Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Controlling the Picture and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Switching Between Picture Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 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 . . . . . 35 Operating Two or More Projectors With the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Setting the Projector ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Setting the Remote Control ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3 Connecting to Computers, Cameras, and Other Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Connecting to a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Connecting to the Computer Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Connecting to the USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Connecting the Cable for Remote Mouse Control . . . . 42 Connecting to Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Connecting a Composite Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Connecting an S-Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Connecting a Component Video Source . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Connecting an RGB Video Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Playing Sound Through the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Connecting External Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Connecting to a Digital Camera or Other Device. . . . . . . . . 52 Removing the USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Inserting a CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Inserting the Wireless 802.11g/b/a Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Connecting a Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5 4 Presenting Through a Wireless Network . . . . 57 Starting EasyMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Configuring Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Configuring the Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Using Ad Hoc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Using Access Point Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Making a WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Connection . . . 78 Using Wireless Security Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Enabling WEP Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Enabling WPA Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Enabling EAP, LEAP, or PEAP Authentication . . . . . . . 87 Enabling EAP-TLS Certificate Validation . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Projecting Over a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Solving Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Using the Control Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Connecting in Advanced Connection Mode . . . . . . . . . 94 Enabling Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Multi-screen Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Projecting Video Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Using Special Presentation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Using Presentation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Using Presenter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Connecting With Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Vista Network Projector Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 5 Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Presenting Files From a USB Drive or CompactFlash Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Presenting Image Files From a Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . 113 Creating a Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Displaying the Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Controlling Your Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Changing Timing and Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
6 Creating a Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Converting a PowerPoint File to a Scenario . . . . . . . . . 118 Creating a Scenario from Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Editing a Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Transferring Your Scenario to a USB Drive or CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Presenting Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Controlling Your Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Copying and Deleting CompactFlash Card Files . . . . . . . . 131 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Supported File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 6 Fine-Tuning the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Using the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Restoring the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Six-Axis Color Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Adjusting Signal Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Customizing Projector Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Using the Projector Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Enabling Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Creating Your Own Startup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Disabling the Projector’s Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Customizing Power and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Multi-screen Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 7 Managing Projectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Connecting to a Wired Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Using Projector E-mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Using EMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Opening and Closing EMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Registering a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Monitoring Your Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Controlling Your Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Configuring the Monitoring Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
7 Using E-mail Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Understanding the Notification Messages . . . . . . . . . . 167 Using a Browser to Monitor the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Transferring Files by SMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 8 Maintaining the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Cleaning the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Cleaning the Projector Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Cleaning the Air Filter and Vent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Replacing the Lamp and Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Resetting the Lamp Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Checking Lamp Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Replacing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Transporting the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 9 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Using On-Screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Checking Projector Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 What To Do When the Lights Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Solving Projector Operation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Solving Problems With the Image or Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Solving Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Solving EasyMP Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Solving Problems With the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Speak to a Support Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 A Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Limitations in Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Mac System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Installing the Software in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Installing the Software on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
8 B Projector Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 C Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 D Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 FCC Compliance Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
9 - Welcome The PowerLite® 1825 is an easy-to-use projector that weighs less than 7 pounds (3.2 kg). 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 or CompactFlash ® storage device, or over an 802.11g, 802.11b, or 802.11a wireless or wired 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 ■With Windows Vista,® you can use the wireless Network Projector feature to quickly connect to the projector without installing any software ■Wirelessly send MPEG2, MPEG4, and WMV full-screen video 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
10Welcome ■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 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,® 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 182 for details. ■epson.com/support Download FAQs and e-mail your questions to Epson® support.