Planar PD7170 Projector User Manual
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Operation Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual 37 PRELI MINAR Y 4.5 Using the On-Screen Menus 1. Press the MENU button on the remote control or system keypad to display the Main Menu. 2. There are six menus. Press or to select a sub-menu. 3. Press or to select a sub-menu item. 4. For each sub-menu item, the currently-selected value appears in white text or is otherwise highlighted. Press or to choose a setting for that item, or press ENTER to go to another sub-menu. 5. Press MENU to return to the previous menu. 6. From the Main Menu, press MENU to turn off the OSD menu. The PD7170 OSD menus are arranged hierarchically, as shown in Figure 4-1. Depending on the selected input source and signal characteristics, some menu options may not be available.
Operation 38 Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual PRELI MINAR Y Figure 4-1. PD7170 OSD Menu Structure Main Aspect Ratio16:9, 4:3, Letterbox, 4:3 Narrow or Native MemoryRecall Memory Save Settings Save ISF Brightness 0 ... 50* ... 100 Contrast Color Saturation Color Tint SharpnessSharpness Sharpness Mode (Simple or Advanced) Horizontal Sharpness Vertical Sharpness Diagonal Sharpness Sharpness Overshoot Horizontal Texture Vertical Texture Diagonal Texture Texture Overshoot Noise Threshold Noise ReductionNoise Reduction Noise Reduction Mode (Simple or Advanced) General Noise Reduction Block Artifact Reduction Mosquito Noise Reduction Overscan Off, Crop or Zoom Source SelectHDMI 1, HDMI 2, RGB, Comp. 1, Comp. 2, Video, S-Video or SCART PIP SelectOff, HDMI 1, HDMI 2, RGB, Comp. 1, Comp. 2, Video, S-Video or SCART Resync (press ENTER to execute) Advanced Color SpaceAuto, REC709, REC601, RGB-PC or RGB-Video Video Standard Auto, NTSC, PAL or SECAM GammaCRT, Film, Video, Bright or Graphics Color Temperature5500K, 6500K, 7500K, 9300K or Native DLP Frame Rate Auto, 48 Hz, 50 Hz or 60 Hz Color GamutAuto, REC709, SMPTE-C, EBU or Native DynamicBlack On or Off Adaptive Contrast On or Off RGB AdjustRed / Green / Blue Offset Red / Green / Blue Gain Fine SyncV. Position H. Position Phase Tracking Sync Level System Source Enable On or Off for each source PIP PositionTop Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Picture-by-Picture or Split Screen Menu PositionTop Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right or Center Translucent Menu0% (opaque), 25%, 50% or 75% Lamp Power Economy or Standard Blank Screen Logo, Black, Blue or White Auto Power Off On or Off Auto Power On Rear Projection Ceiling Mode Auto, On or Off Logo Display On or Off Power On Chime Control Lens Control Focus, Zoom, Lens Shift 1 Key HDMI 1, HDMI 2, RGB, Comp. 1, Comp. 2, Video, S-Video or SCART 2 Key 3 Key 4 Key 5 Key M1 Key User Memory 1, User Memory 2, ISF Day or ISF Night M2 Key M3 Key Trigger 1 Lamp, 16:9, Letterbox, 4:3, 4:3 Narrow or RS-232 Trigger 2 Change Remote CodeSet 1 or Set 2 Auto Source On or Off LanguageEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese or Russian Service Model Name (read-only) Unit Serial Number Software Version Active/PIP Source Pixel Clock Signal Format H/V Refresh Rate Lamp Hours Lamp Hour Reset Reset? (Yes or No) Factory ResetReset Everything? (Yes or No) Blue Only On or Off Test Patterns On or Off Altitude Auto or High
Operation Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual 39 PRELI MINAR Y MainThe PD7170 Main Menu, shown in Figure 4-2, provides access to the most commonly-used projector functions. Figure 4-2. PD7170 Main Menu 1. For best results, Planar recommends that you set DynamicBlack to Off before adjusting Brightness, Contrast and other image quality settings in this menu (refer to DynamicBlack on page 52). After you have completed the initial calibration, set DynamicBlack to On if desired. 2. Image controls only operate on the active source. To adjust the PIP source, switch to the PIP source (thereby making it the active source), adjust the controls and then switch back. Note
Operation 40 Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual PRELI MINAR Y Aspect Ratio: To change the aspect ratio (size and shape) of the projected image, press or to highlight Aspect Ratio. Use the or buttons to select the appropriate aspect ratio for your screen size, installed lens configuration and the type of program material being viewed, then press ENTER; refer to Table 4-2. Table 4-2. Aspect Ratio Settings Aspect Ratio Setting Description Aspect Ratio of Source SignalGeometry of Projected Image With Standard Lens (1.78:1 Screen)With Anamorphic Lens (2.35:1 Screen) 16:9 16:9 linearly scales the source active image horizontally and vertically to fill a 16:9 screen. 16:9 4:3 4:3 4:3 linearly scales the source active image horizontally and vertically to fill a 4:3 screen. 16:9 4:3
Operation Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual 41 PRELI MINAR Y Letterbox Letterbox mode scales (zooms in on) a 4:3 image linearly (by the same amount on all sides) to fill a 16:9 display, cropping the top and bottom of the image. 16:9 4:3 4:3 Narrow 4:3 Narrow linearly scales the source active image horizontally, so that a 4:3 source has the correct aspect ratio when using an anamorphic lens. 16:9 4:3 Table 4-2. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued) Aspect Ratio SettingDescriptionAspect Ratio of Source SignalGeometry of Projected Image With Standard Lens (1.78:1 Screen)With Anamorphic Lens (2.35:1 Screen)
Operation 42 Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual PRELI MINAR Y Native Select Native to display the source signal in its native resolution, centered in the display area with no re-sizing or overscan. With SDTV and EDTV sources, the PD7170 scales the image horizontally to achieve a 16:9 aspect ratio. 16:9 4:3 Table 4-2. Aspect Ratio Settings (continued) Aspect Ratio SettingDescriptionAspect Ratio of Source SignalGeometry of Projected Image With Standard Lens (1.78:1 Screen)With Anamorphic Lens (2.35:1 Screen) 1080i HDTV Image 720p HDTV Image1080i HDTV Image 720p HDTV Image 480i SDTV Image 800x600 PC Image480i SDTV Image 800x600 PC Image
Operation Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual 43 PRELI MINAR Y Memory: Select Memory from the Main menu, then press ENTER to recall image quality settings previously saved, or to save changed settings in any of four memory locations. •Recall Memory: Select Recall Memory from the Memory menu to recall saved image quality settings. Unless you select Default (see below), this control affects all sources, not just the active source. •User Memory 1 and User Memory 2 contain the factory default settings when the projector is initially turned on. • When you recall the ISF Day or ISF Night memory settings, all settings associated with these stored values are grayed out. This prevents unintended adjustments from being made. To remove this restriction, choose User Memory 1 or User Memory 2. ISF Day and ISF Night are grayed out unless these custom settings have already been saved. • Choose Default to restore the factory-default settings for the active source only. The other sources are unaffected. •Save Settings: Select Save Settings from the Memory menu to save any image-related settings you have changed to User Memory 1 or User Memory 2. The following items are saved (for all sources, not just the active source): •Brightness / Contrast •Color Saturation / Color Tint •Sharpness (all settings in sub-menu) •Noise Reduction (all settings in sub-menu) •Color Space •Video Standard •Gamma •Color Temperature •DLP Frame Rate •Color Gamut •DynamicBlack •Adaptive Contrast •RGB Adjust (all settings in sub-menu) •Lamp Power •Save ISF: Select Save ISF from the Memory menu to save any image-related settings you have changed to the ISF Day or ISF Night memory location. The settings that are saved are the same as those saved with the Save Settings command (see above). You must enter a passcode to access the Save ISF sub-menu. Note
Operation 44 Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual PRELI MINAR Y Brightness: On your external test pattern source, select a PLUGE pattern. (PLUGE is an acronym for “Picture Line-Up Generation Equipment.”) Figure 4-3 shows a typical PLUGE pattern. Figure 4-3. Typical PLUGE Pattern for Adjusting Brightness PLUGE patterns vary but generally consist of some combination of black, white and gray areas against a black background. The example above includes two vertical bars and four shaded boxes. Select Brightness from the Main menu. Use the or buttons to adjust the level so that: • The darkest black bars disappear into the background. • The dark gray areas are barely visible. • The lighter gray areas are clearly visible. • The white areas are a comfortable level of true white. • The image contains only black, gray and white (no color). Contrast: On your external test pattern source, select a stepped, gray-bar pattern like the one shown in Figure 4-4. Figure 4-4. Typical Gray Bar Pattern for Adjusting Contrast Select Contrast from the Main menu. Use the or buttons to adjust the contrast up until the top two bars become almost the same brightness, then down just until the brightness change between these bars is consistent with the other bars. Below Black Above Black
Operation Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual 45 PRELI MINAR Y Color Saturation: To adjust the overall color intensity, select Color Saturation from the Main menu. Decrease this setting if colors are overly saturated; increase it if colors appear muted or washed out. Color Tint: Tint or “hue” is the ratio of red to green in the color portion of the image. To adjust the tint, select Color Tint from the Main menu. Decrease this setting to shift the hue toward red; increase it to shift the hue toward green. Sharpness: “Sharpness” is the amount of high-frequency detail in the image. To adjust this, select Sharpness from the Main menu and press ENTER. On your external test pattern source, select a pattern like the one shown in Figure 4-5. Figure 4-5. Typical Test Pattern for Adjusting Sharpness •Sharpness (Simple Mode): Adjust as needed, looking for white edges around the transitions from black to gray and differently-sized lines in the “sweep” patterns at the top and bottom. Lower the sharpness setting to eliminate them. Brightness and Contrast controls are interactive. A change to one may require a subtle change to the other in order to achieve the optimum setting. Like the Brightness and Contrast controls, the color and tint controls are interactive. A change to one may require a subtle change to the other in order to achieve the optimum setting. Note Note
Operation 46 Planar PD7170 Installation/Operation Manual PRELI MINAR Y •Sharpness Mode: Sharpness Mode allows or prevents access to the detailed sharpness controls in this menu. In most cases, Simple mode provides a sufficient level of control to produce the best picture from the most popular sources. In Simple mode, only the Sharpness (top-most) slider is adjustable; the others are grayed out. Choose Advanced mode if you need more precise control over sharpness. In Advanced mode, only the top slider is grayed out. •Horizontal Sharpness / Vertical Sharpness / Diagonal Sharpness: Use these controls to enhance image detail along horizontal, vertical and diagonal edges respectively. •Sharpness Overshoot: Use the Sharpness Overshoot control to minimize or eliminate rings or shadows on dominant edges that cannot be removed using the “simple” Sharpness control. •Horizontal Texture / Vertical Texture / Diagonal Texture / Texture Overshoot: Use these controls to remove artifacts from textured areas that cannot be removed using the “simple” Sharpness control. •Noise Threshold: The Noise Threshold setting adjusts the frequency below which the Sharpness controls have an effect. Frequencies above the threshold are considered “noise.” Generally, the higher the setting, the more noticeable the effect of any adjustments will be. Noise Reduction: To apply noise reduction to the source signal, select Noise Reduction from the Main menu and press ENTER. Noise Reduction is useful for clearing up noisy images from interlaced SD sources. •Noise Reduction (Simple Mode): Use the or button to adjust as desired, keeping in mind that reducing noise (which reduces high frequencies) may also soften the image. •Noise Reduction Mode: Noise Reduction Mode allows or prevents access to the detailed noise reduction controls in this menu. In most cases, Simple mode provides a sufficient level of control to produce the best picture from the most popular sources. In Simple mode, only the Noise Reduction (top-most) slider is adjustable; the others are grayed out. Choose Advanced mode if you need more precise control over noise reduction. In Advanced mode, only the top slider is grayed out. •General Noise Reduction: General Noise Reduction is temporal and spatial noise reduction for all types of inputs. The scene is analyzed for differences from frame to frame and reduces those differences that are not determined to be motion. •Block Artifact Reduction: Use this control to reduce or eliminate so-called “block artifacts” in MPEG-compressed video signals (digital broadcasts or DVDs). Set it as needed to minimize distortion within horizontal and vertical block boundaries. •Mosquito Noise Reduction: Use this control to reduce or eliminate so-called “mosquito noise” in MPEG-compressed video signals. Set it as needed to minimize distortion around the edges of moving objects, moving artifacts around edges and/or blotchy noise patterns superimposed over the objects.