Hitachi Cp-A300n Users Manual

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Operating
1.Press VIDEO button on the remote control.  
Each time you press the button, the projector switches its 
input port from the current port as below.
Selecting an input signal (continued)
●   While ON is selected for AUTO SEARCH item in OPTION 
menu, the projector will keep checking every port sequentially 
till an input signal is detected (
53). If 
VIDEO button is 
pressed when  COMPUTER IN1, COMPUTER IN2, LAN, USB 
TYPE A or USB TYPE B port is selected, the projector will 
check HDMI port...

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1.Press ASPECT button on the remote control.   
Each time you press the button, the projector switches the 
mode for aspect ratio in turn. 
Selecting an aspect ratio
● ASPECT button does not work when no proper signal is inputted.
● NORMAL mode keeps the original aspect ratio setting.
● The on-screen menu might be displayed outside of the image display area 
depending on the adjustment value of the ASPECT, D-ZOOM, 
 KEYSTONE  
and 
 KEYSTONE. Changing the values of ASPECT, D-ZOOM,   
 KEYSTONE and...

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Operating
Adjusting the zoom and focus
Adjusting the projector's elevator
The  projector  has  Front  foot  for  inclinations  and  Rear  foot  for  horizontals.  Spacers 
on the each elevator foot are installed at the time of shipment, and projector is in a 
condition to be able to just project. If necessary, detach the spacer, and the elevator 
feet can be manually twisted to make more precise adjustments.
Front footRear foot
2.3~4.3°
-1~1°
Front foot
Rear footSpacer
Spacer (Large)
Spacer...

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Operating
1.Press AUTO button on the remote control.  
Pressing this button performs the following.
Using the automatic adjustment feature
  For a computer signal  
The vertical position, the horizontal position and the horizontal 
phase will be automatically adjusted.   
Make sure that the application window is set to its maximum size 
prior to attempting to use this feature. A dark picture may still be 
incorrectly adjusted. Use a bright picture when adjusting.
   For a video signal and s-video...

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1.Press the POSITION button on the remote control while no menu 
is on screen, to display the D-SHIFT 
(42) dialog on screen.
Adjusting the position
2.Use the ▲, ▼, ◄ and ► buttons to adjust the picture position.
Press the POSITION  button again to finish this operation.
●    This is a function to shift the position of the shrunken picture by the D-ZOOM 
( 42) 
function.
●   When an OSD (On Screen Display) menu is displayed, this operation moves the 
position of the OSD menu, but the picture...

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Operating
1.
Using the magnify feature
2.
3.
4.
Press the MAGNIFY ON button on the remote control.  
The picture will be magnified, and the MAGNIFY dialog will 
appear on the screen. When the MAGNIFY ON button is 
pressed for the first time after the projector is turned on, the 
picture will be zoomed by 1.5 times. On the dialog, triangle 
marks to show each direction will be displayed.
The display magnification of the projector switches in order   
with every press of the MAGNIFY button.
   For...

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Operating
1.Press BLANK button on the remote control.  
The BLANK screen will be displayed instead of the screen of 
input signal. Please refer to BLANK item in SCREEN menu 
(
47).
To exit from the BLANK screen and return to the input signal 
screen, press BLANK button again. 
Temporarily blanking the screen
●    The projector automatically exits from the BLANK mode when 
some control buttons are pressed.
• The sound is not connected with the BLANK screen function. If 
necessary, set the volume or...

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Operating
1.To start the MENU, press the MENU button. The MENU you last used (EASY 
or ADVANCED) will appear. EASY MENU has priority to appear just after 
powered on.
Using the menu function
2.(1)  Use the ▲/▼ cursor buttons to select an item to 
operate. If you want to change it to the ADVANCED 
MENU, select the ADVANCED MENU.
(2)   Use the ◄/► cursor buttons to operate the item.
This projector has the following menus: 
 
PICTURE, IMAGE, INPUT, SETUP, AUDIO, SCREEN, OPTION, NETWORK, 
SECURITY and...

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Operating
Using the menu function (continued)
3.To close the MENU, press the MENU button again or select EXIT and press 
the ◄ cursor button or ENTER button. Even if you do not do anything, the 
dialog will automatically disappear after about 30 seconds.
●  If you want to move the menu position, use the cursor buttons after pressing the 
POSITION button.
●   Some functions cannot be performed when a certain input port is selected, or 
when a certain input signal is displayed.
●   When you want to...

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EASY MENU
EASY MENU
From the EASY MENU, items shown in the table 
below can be performed.
Select an item using the ▲/▼ cursor buttons. Then 
perform it according to the following table.
ItemDescription
ASPECT Using the ◄/► buttons switches the mode for aspect ratio.
See the ASPECT item in IMAGE menu (

35).
D-ZOOM Using the ◄/► cursor buttons adjusts the magnification ratio.
Small  ó Large
See the D-ZOOM item in the SETUP menu (
 42).
•  The on-screen menu might be displayed outside of the image...