Panasonic LCD Projector PT-LW80NTU Operating Instructions

Basic Operation
Switching the projector on/off
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The POWER  indicator informs you the status of the 
power and the POWER LOCK  indicator shows the 
status of the  RELEASE button.
 When the  LAMP and/or  TEMP indicators are flashing, 
the  POWER  and POWER LOCK indicators will not light.
JPOWER LOCK indicator status
J POWER indicator status
POWER and POWER LOCK indicators
POWER
indicator
POWER LOCK
indicator
Indicator statusStatus
No illumination or flashing  
No power is supplied.
  The...

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Basic Operation
Projecting an image
1. Switch on the connected devices.
 Press the play button of the required device.
2. Detect the input signal automatically.
3. Switch the aspect ratio automatically.
1. Place the projector at the right angle from the 
screen.
2. Adjust the vertical angle of the projector.
  Press the front leg adjuster buttons and adjust the 
vertical angle.
  See “Front leg adjusters and throwing angle” on 
page 16.
3. Open the Zoom-Focus ring cover.
 See “Zoom-Focus...

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Basic Operation
Remote control operation
You can operate the projector with the remote control 
within the remote range 15 m (492), approximately 
± 30° vertically and horizontally.
QFacing to the projector
Make sure the remote cont rol emitter is facing to 
the remote control signal receptor of the projector 
when pressing the buttons to operate.
Q Facing to the screen
Make sure the remote cont rol emitter is facing to 
the screen when pressing the buttons to operate 
the projector. The...

Basic Operation
Remote control operation
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You can switch the input method manually by 
pressing the COMPUTER, WIRELESS  and 
VIDEO  buttons. Press the required button 
several times or  I H to cycle through the 
input methods as follows.
 You can confirm the selected input method in 
displayed graphical input guide on the upper right 
of the screen. Highlighted in ye llow is selected terminal. 
See “INPUT GUIDE” on page 35.
Q Pressing the COMPUTER button Q
Pressing the WIRELESS button
 See...

Basic Operation
Remote control operation
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You can project an image split in 2 windows 
as an INDEX-WINDOW . One is frozen and 
stored in memory, and displayed on the 
screen’s left side while di splaying subsequent image 
continues on the right.
Press the MENU or  RETURN button to escape.
QSwitching the position
In default, the frozen image is displayed on the left 
and the subsequent image is displayed on the 
right. Press  IH to switch the position.
QChanging the image size
Press  F G to...

Basic Operation
Remote control operation
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You can enlarge the projected image down 
to a centered area for emphasizing within 
the range of 1x to 2x.
QEnlarging the image
1. Press any side of the  DIGITAL ZOOM +/- button 
once.
  The centered area of t he image will then be enlarged 
2. Adjust the image size by pressing the 
DIGITAL ZOOM +/-  button.
 Changes the size of the image in steps of 0.1.
Q Shifting the center point
Press  F G I  H  to shift the center point.
Enlarging the centered...

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Settings
Menu Navigation
The menu system allows you to access functions which do not have their own dedicated buttons on the remote 
control. The menu options are structured and categorized. You can navigate through the menu with FGHI 
buttons.
J Displaying the main menu
Press the MENU  button to display the main menu 
and the operating guidance.
J Adjusting with the bar scale 
items
The triangle mark under the bar indicates factory 
default setting and the square indicates the current...

Settings
Menu Navigation
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The main menu has 6 options. Select the required menu item and press ENTER to display the sub-menu. Underlined 
items are factory default settings.
 PICTURE
 POSITION  LANGUAGE
Main menu and Sub-menu
NOTE:
• Some default settings vary by the selected input signal.
• sub-menu items vary according to the selected input signal.
• Some settings are adjustable without any signals.
PICTURE MODE
page 30
NATURALSTANDARD
DYNAMIC BLACKBOARD
CONTRAST page 30
(Default: 0)...

Menu Navigation
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Settings
 OPTION SECURITY
 WIRELESS
INPUT GUIDEpage 35
DETAILEDSIMPLE
OFF
STARTUP LOGO page 35
ONOFF
USER
COMPUTER2 SELECT page 35
INPUTOUTPUT
RGB/YPBPRpage 35
AUTO
RGBYPBPR
WIDE MODE page 35
OFF
ON
LAMP POWERpage 36
STANDARDECO-MODE
LAMP RUNTIMEpage 36
POWER OFF TIMER page 36
DISABLE
15 MIN.20 MIN.
25 MIN. 30 MIN.
35 MIN. 40 MIN.
45 MIN. 50 MIN.
55 MIN. 60 MIN.
DIRECT POWER ON page 36
OFFON
CONTROL PANELpage 36
VALIDINVALID
AUTO SETUPpage 36
AUTOBUTTON
SIGNAL SEARCHpage 36...

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Settings
PICTURE menu
Depending on the projection environment, you can use 
these preset parameter settings to optimize image 
projection. Press I H to cycle through the options.
You can adjust the contrast of the projected image. 
Adjust the  BRIGHTNESS  in advance if necessary.
You can adjust the brightness of the projected image. You can adjust the color saturation of the projected 
image. (Available with signals of 
VIDEO/S-VIDEO /
YP
BPR only)
You can adjust the skin tone in the...