Optoma Hd81 Projector User Manual

Table of contents
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Table of Contents ...................................................................................1
Usage Notice ..........................................................................................3
Safety Information .........................................................................................5
Precautions ...................................................................................................6
Eye Safety Warnings...

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Appendices ..........................................................................................53
Troubleshooting  ...........................................................................................53
Image Problems   ..................................................................................................53
Intermission Problems   ........................................................................................55
LED Problems...

Usage Notice
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual is designed for use with HD81. Information in this
document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to the correctness of the contents. The information in this docu-ment is subject to change without notice.
COPYRIGHY
© Copyright 2006
This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic or other means, in any...

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WEEE
Disposal of old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable throughout the European Union and other European countries with separate collection programs)
This symbol found on your product or on its packaging, indicates that this product should not be treated as household waste when you wish to dispose of it. Instead, it should be handed over to an applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of...

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Safety Information
The lightning fl ash with arrowheard within an equilateral triangle isintended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous volt-age” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffi cient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of import operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the...

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 Precautions
 
Please follow all warnings, precautions and mainte-
nance as recommended in this user’s guide.
▀■ Warning-  Do not look into the projector’s lens when the lamp 
is on.  The bright light may hurt your eyes.
▀■ Warning-  To reduce the risk of fi  re or electric shock, do not  
expose this projector to rain or moisture.
▀■ Warning-  Please do not open or disassemble the projector & 
box as this may cause electric shock.
▀■ Warning-  When replacing the lamp, please allow unit...

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Do:
  Turn off the product before cleaning.
  Use a soft cloth moistened with mild detergent to clean the  
    display housing.
  Disconnect the power plug from AC outlet if the product is 
     not being used for a long period of time.
Don’t:
  Block the ventilation slots and openings on the unit.
  Use abrasive cleaners, waxes or solvents to clean the unit.
  Use under the following conditions:
   -  In extremely hot, cold or humid environments.
    -  In areas...

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Eye Safety Warnings
▀■Avoid staring directly into the projector beam at all times.
▀■Minimize standing facing into the beam. Keep your back to 
the beam as much as possible.
▀■A stick or laser pointer is recommended to avoid the need for 
the user to enter the beam. 
▀■Ensure that projectors are located out of the line of sight from 
the screen to the audience; this ensures that, when presenters 
look at the audience, they do not also have to stare at the pro-
jector lamp. The best way...

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Recommendations
To unleash the performance of the HD81, it is best to input video 
content in its original form without any processing. This will utilize 
the full capabilities of the HD81 for de-interlacing, scaling and 
image enhancement. As an example, if a user has an HDMI DVD 
player capable of outputting the video signal in a 480i/576i digital 
format, we recommend feeding it directly to the HD81 without any 
processing by the DVD player. This will provide the HD81 with the...

Introduction
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 Product Features
 The HD81 is a true 1080P single chips 0.95” DLPTM projector .Build-
in fully-featured, all digital, video processor with advanced 
Scaling functions designed to enhance and improve all video 
signals. The HD81 also provides the best in source content 
switching, image de-interlacing, image scaling, and color man-
agement – in one easy to use HD81 also can be the center of you 
home theater entertainment center. By extensively using HDMI 
connections as well as a...