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Most of the controls for the projector are 
accessed from within the projector’s menu 
system. There are several groups of related 
functions, with each group selectable as a 
menu item in the Main menu as shown at 
right. Press 
Menu at any time to display this 
Main menu. 
On the remote keypad, either enter the 
number corresponding to the function menu 
you wish to access, such as 
2 for the 
Image Settings menu. Or use the 
 keys
 on any keypad to...

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Figure 3.8. Accessing General Help Topics  
If a slidebar, menu, or message is displayed, you have limited time in which to make 
a keypad entry before the projector returns to presentation level
Help and the graphic 
disappears. These time-outs may vary depending on what is displayed. 
Menu options that include this icon apply universally to any incoming signal. 
 
Menu options that include this icon apply to PIP (secondary) images only. 
Most of the...

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immediately display the same contrast slidebar accessed with the Contrast option in 
the Image Settings menu. 
Use the arrow keys to adjust a direct slidebar, or press 
 and enter a specific 
number from the keypad , then 
 or  or  to save (or Exit to cancel). 
When you are done, press Exit to save and return to your presentation. 
NOTES: 1) You can still adjust a direct slidebar as usual if the display is turned off 
(see 
OSD or Menu Preferences menu) — the...

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EDIT A CHARACTER: To edit a highlighted character, use  and  to scroll 
through the alphabet, numbers, spaces and 
punctuation available. When the character 
you need appears, press 
 to select it—
the cursor will move to the next character of 
current text, if present. Note that you can 
also enter a number directly from the 
keypad—it will be accepted and the cursor 
will move on. 
ADD OR DELETE A CHARACTER OR SPACE: 
To insert a space at the cursor...

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SWITCH TO AN INPUT IN EITHER ONE OF TWO WAYS – Pressing the appropriate direct 
key — 
Input 1, Input 2, Inpu t 3, Inpu t 4, Inpu t 5 or Inpu t 6 — is a quick and seamless way to display 
from one of the six inputs connected at the side of the projector. Or press 
Input and 
enter the number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8) corresponding to the location of the desired 
signal (on-screen feedback is provided). Alternatively, if the “Numbers Select Main 
Image” option...

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Shown at right is a sample channel list as 
would be available from 
Chan. This is typically 
called the channel list. 
NOTE: The 
Chan key may display a channel list 
or not, depending on what you have defined for 
“Display Channel List” (see Menu 
Preferences later in this section). 
In order to access channels by using 
Chan on 
the keypad, you must first create the channels. 
See below. 
To use a new source with the projector, a new channel must be added...

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All available channels are listed in the Channel Setup menu, which describes how 
each channel can be accessed and which serves as the gateway for editing, copying 
and deleting channels. 
From the presentation 
level press 
Menu to 
display the Main menu. 
To display the Channel 
Setup menu, press 
, or 
move the highlight to the 
Channel Setup option 
and press 
Enter. The 
Channel Setup menu will 
appear (see sample at 
right), with the active channel...

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• Press Enter if you want to edit channel setups (i.e., non-image related 
parameters) for the selected channel. See Editing a Channel Setup, 
below. 
TO COPY A CHANNEL, highlight the desired channel in the Channel Setup menu, then 
press 
Fu nc to go to the Channel Copy/Delete submenu. Select “Copy” and press 
Enter—a new channel will be created. It is identical to original, which still remains, 
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The basic setups that describe how and where a channel can be accessed are listed in 
the Channel Setup menu. These channel setups can be edited at any time in the 
Channel Edit submenu. 
From the presentation level press 
Menu to display the main menu. To display the 
Channel Setup menu, press 
, or move the highlight to the Channel Setup option 
and press 
Enter. The Channel Setup menu will appear. 
To edit parameters shown in the Channel Setup menu, select...

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• NEXT CHANNEL: Select this option to see or change Channel Edit settings 
for the next channel in the Channel Setup list. 
The most commonly used options for image adjustments are accessed through two 
menus: Size and Position (
Menu ) and Image Settings (Menu ), both of which 
appear in the Main menu. From either of these two menus, you can change settings 
affecting the image from the current channel by working with the appropriate 
slidebars, checkboxes...