InFocus Projector SP8602 User Manual

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Connecting power
Connect the black power cord to the Power connector on the rear of the 
projector and to your electrical ou tlet. The Power light on the Status 
Indicator Panel ( page 15) turns amber.
NOTE : 
Always use the power cord th at shipped with the projector.
Connecting a computer source
HDMI 1.3 connection
HDMI is a standard, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. 
HDMI provides an interface between sources, such as set-top boxes, DVD 
players, and receivers and your projector....

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Displaying an image
Touch the Power button on the keypad or the remote.
The Power button blinks green and the  fans 
 start to run. When the lamp 
turns on, the start up screen will disp lay and the Power button will become 
solid green. It can take a minute for  the image to achieve full brightness.
No start up screen?  Get h
 elp on page 16.
Turn on your computer or video device.
The image should appear on the pro
 jection screen. If it doesn’t, press the 
Source  button on the projector’s keypad or...

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Adjusting the image
Position the projector to the desired distance from  the screen at a 90 degree 
angle to the screen. See  page 8 for a table listing of screen sizes and 
distances.
Remove the projector top cover 
a. Slide the tabs on the side toward  the 
 rear of the projector to unlock 
the projector top cover.
b. Slide the top toward the front of  t
 he projector to unhook it from the 
projector body.
c. Lift off.
Adjust the zoom or focus. 
If the image is square but not centered on the...

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Connecting a video device
You can connect video devices such as VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, 
digital cameras, video game consoles, HDTV receivers, and TV tuners to the 
projector. 
You can connect the projector to most video devices that can output video. 
Yo
 u cannot directly connect the coaxial cable that enters your house from a 
cable or satellite company; the signal must pass through a tuner first. 
Examples of tuners are digital cable  boxes, VCRs, digital video recorders, 
and satellite TV...

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What is Aspect Ratio?
Aspect ratio is the ratio of the im
age width to image height. HDTV and 
most DVDs are 16:9, which is the defa ult for this projector. When in 4:3 
mode the projector places black bars on both sides of the image. Native 
mode centers the image and turns off  the internal scaler so that any 
resolution larger than the native pr ojector resolution is cropped on the 
edges. Letterbox expands the image  to fill the screen. Natural Wide 
stretches a 4:3 image to fill  the entire 16:9...

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Shutting down the projector
Screen Save Time
You can make the black screen appear after a preset number of minutes by 
turning on the Screen Save Time feature in the Setup menu. See page 29.
Auto Off Time
The projector has an Auto Off Time  feature that automatically turns the 
projector off if no active sources are detected and no user interaction with 
the projector is performed for 30 minutes.  By default, this feature is off. You 
can change the length of time, see  page 29.
Turning off the...

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Problem SolutionResult
No start up screen Plug power cord into the projector, then press 
pow

er button Correct image
Only start up screen appears
Press the Source button 
Activate the laptop’s external portComputer image projected
Startup
Screen
AStartup
ScreenRestart laptopA 

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ProblemSolution Result
No computer image, just the words “Signal out of 
range” 
Press the Auto Image button on the keypad or on the remote. 
To adjust computer refresh rate, go to Control Panel > Display 
> Settings > Advanced > Adapter (location varies by operating 
system).
You may also need to set a different 
 resolution on your 
computer, as shown in the followi ng problem, “image fuzzy or 
cropped”
Computer image projected
Only my laptop’s backgr ound appears, not the 
De
 sktop iconsWindows -...

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Image fuzzy or cropped Set your computer’s display resolution to the native 
resolution 
of the projector (Start > Settings > Control 
Panel > Display > Settings tab) Image clear and not cropped
Image not centered on screen Move projector, adjust zoom and lens shift Correct image
Problem
Solution Result
AA
For a laptop, 
disable laptop 
monitor or turn-
on dual-display 
mode
A
horizontalverticalzoomfocus
A 

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Image not squareAdjust Keystone in the Basic Picture menu Square image
Image not sharp Adjust Sharpness in the Basic Picture menu Correct image
Image does not fit 4:3 or 16:9 screen Change aspect ratio to 4:3 or 16:9 in Basic 
Picture

>Aspect Ratio menu Correct image
Problem
Solution Result