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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 highlight the 
desired option, then press 
. The corresponding function menu or pull-down list 
of further options will then appear. 
With a function menu displayed, navigate in a similar manner—enter a menu option 
number for any numbered option, or use the 
 keys to highlight the desired 
option, then press 
 (Enter). Extra long menus have a scroll bar on the right—use 
the arrow keys to access the remainder of the menu. Locked items or items that do 
not pertain to the current action or condition appear dimmed and cannot be selected. 
NOTES: 1) If there is no signal present, all source-dependent adjustments are 
disabled. 2) After 15 minutes of inactivity, the projector saves and leaves the menu 
system and returns to the presentation. 3) The Status menu is read-only. 
When finished with a function menu, do one of the following: 
• Press 
Exit to return to the previous screen 
• Press 
Menu to leave the menu system and return to the presentation 
If at any time you are uncertain what to do next, press 
Help to display summary 
information about the current menu or highlighted option. Press Help again to exit. In 
addition, a line of  “hint” text is included at the bottom of some menus. 
 
Figure 3.7. Context-sensitive Help 
From presentation level, press Help to access general Help Topics. Scroll as 
necessary within a topic. Press Help or Exit to return to your presentation. 
3.5 Navigating the 
Menus 
 
Figure 3.6. Entering the Menu 
System 
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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 function menus allow you to change settings by using slidebars, 
checkboxes, and pull-down lists. To select a slidebar, toggle a checkbox status, or 
view a pull-down list, do one of the following within the function menu:  
• Enter the menu option number corresponding to the setting you wish to change 
(for example, press 
13 to select Vertical Stretch in the Size & Position 
menu). 
• Or move the highlight to the option desired and press 
 (Enter). 
• Or move the highlight to the option desired and press 
 to adjust 
immediately. 
• Or bypass the menus entirely and use a single key to immediately access an 
adjustment during your presentation (NOTE: applies only to options having 
their own key, such as Contrast, Brightness, Gamma, etc.). 
• For “blind” access, hide the entire menu system (see OSD key, above) and/or 
direct slidebars activated by their own key (such as Contrast, Brightness, etc.). 
Control by using the proper keypress or numerical sequence of key presses. 
Once selected, change the setting as desired (see below). Changes take effect 
immediately and are saved upon exit from all menus, or after 15 minutes. 
Slidebars in menus – The current value for a given parameter, 
such as size or vertical stretch, appears to the left of its slidebar 
icon (adjustment window). This number often expresses a percentage, or it may have 
units associated with it (such as pixels, degrees Kelvin, etc.), depending on the 
specific option. Press 
 to gradually adjust the setting up or down—both the 
number and the length of the bar change accordingly. Hold for continuous 
adjustment. Or press 
 to activate a slidebar text box for specific number entry via 
the keypad, then press 
 to save (or press Exit to cancel). 
“Direct” slidebars - For quick access, you access Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast 
slidebars without traveling the menu system. For example, simply press 
Cont to   Time-outs 

  The Global Icon 
  The PIP Icon 
  
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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 slidebar just won’t be visible. 2) A 
direct slidebar disappears if it is not used within 5 seconds. 
Checkboxes - Conditions are present if its adjacent 
checkbox contains a checkmark. To toggle the checkbox, 
simply highlight and press 
, or highlight and use 
 to check and  to uncheck. If a checkbox is numbered, simply enter its 
number to immediately toggle the checkbox. 
Pull-down lists – To see a pull-down list of options available for a given parameter 
labeled with a 
▼, you can: 
• Highlight it and press 
 (Enter) 
• Or enter the menu option number. 
Use 
 or  keys to navigate up and down within the list (the current choice is 
noted with a small 
). Press  to choose an option from the list, if desired. 
 
Figure 3.9. Example of Pull-Down List 
Or, if you prefer to quickly scroll through a list without first pulling it down, 
highlight the option and use 
. Press  when the desired choice appears. 
NOTES: 1) Press 
 or  to jump between pages in an extra long pull-down list. 
2) Press 
Exit while in a pull-down list to cancel any change. 
ACTIVATE THE EDIT WINDOW: To enter or edit text, highlight the desired parameter 
(such as a channel name) and press 
 to activate its adjacent edit window. Any 
previously entered text is displayed with its first character highlighted in a square 
cursor, signifying that this character is ready for editing. 
NAVIGATE WITHIN THE EDIT WINDOW: Press  to move the cursor forward or  
to move the cursor backwards as desired. 
 
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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 location, press Func. To delete a highlighted 
character (or space), press 
Func. 
 
PRESS  (ENTER) WHEN FINISHED: To accept edits and leave the edit window, 
press 
 (Enter). 
NOTE: Press 
Exit at any time to cancel changes and return to the previously-defined text. 
Enter numbers directly from the keypad in order to specify numbers representing 
projectors, channels (source setups), or slots. As each digit is entered, it is displayed 
and the cursor moves on. Note that channel numbers are defined with 2 digits—for 
example, if you enter only a single digit (such as “7”) for a channel number, the 
channel will automatically be defined as “07”. Enter “07” to utilize this channel. 
NOTES: 1) Once you enter the first digit, this digit replaces all old digits. 2) If you 
press any non-numbered key, the number entered up to that point is accepted and 
updated as the new value. 3) Press 
Exit to cancel editing of numerical values. 
 
NOTE: See Section 2, Installation and Setup, for a full explanation of how to 
connect sources to the projector. 
The projector stores and automatically recalls up to 99 different channels (source 
setups) for a variety of inputs. This memory feature allows you to define and 
conveniently use a wide variety of customized setups rather than having to repeatedly 
re-configure the projector for different presentations. Depending on what you have 
defined, each physical source connection (i.e., input at the projector) can have several 
different channels associated with it. 
INPUT – An input is a source physically connected at the projector. Input 1, Input 2, Inpu t 3, Inpu t 4, Inpu t 5 or Inpu t 6 describes the source signal according to which input slot it is 
connected. 
 
Figure 3.10. Entering Text 
 Editing Numerical Values 
3.6 Using Inputs 
and Channels 
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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 (see 3.9, Working with PIP) is enabled, press
 numbers 1-8 on the 
number keypad
. With any of these methods, the image will be displayed according to 
the following: 
If it is the first time you have used the source/input (or if you used the input but 
did not define a channel by adjusting anything), the projector will recognize the 
new input signal based on its frequencies and polarities, and will automatically 
display an image according to default settings for such a signal. In general, the 
image from the new source will be as large as possible without losing its aspect 
ratio. This and other default image settings depend on the incoming source. 
If you used the source once before and changed a display parameter such as 
contrast, V-Position, etc., then a channel was automatically created and still exists 
in projector memory (see below). Using an 
Input key will automatically recall this 
channel—and all its setup parameters—and update the display accordingly. 
If more than one channel exists for the input, the image will be displayed 
according to the setup parameters for the first channel with matching 
characteristics. 
If PIP is enabled, 
 Inputn changes the PIP (secondary) image source, and Input PIPn changes the main (primary) image source. 
NOTE: Inputs 7 and 8 require the Dual SD/HD-SDI module in either of the 
projector’s option slots. For their selection, see also 3.2, Using the Keypads. 
CHANNEL - A channel is a collection of measurements, locations and settings that 
tailor the display of a signal to your specific needs. Since source types and 
applications can vary greatly, you will likely want to adjust and define a wide variety 
of parameters, such as brightness, contrast, size, etc., in order to customize and 
optimize the display from or for a particular source. For example, the display settings 
you choose for a VCR source may be very different from those you choose for a high 
resolution computer source, or one signal may simply vary from another signal used 
previously through the same input location. Once you have adjusted a display 
parameter, such as pixel tracking or contrast, all current settings are collectively 
stored in the projectors memory as a unique 2-digit channel, such as
 
. You can 
have numerous distinct channels available for the same input, any of which can be 
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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 to projector 
memory so that the projector will respond properly to an input signal from that 
source in the future. A new channel can be created automatically, as described here, 
or it can be copied from an existing channel and then edited as necessary (see 
Copying or Deleting Channels later in this section). 
When you select a direct input (
Input 1, Input 2, Inpu t 3, Inpu t 4, Inpu t 5 or Inpu t 6), any existing 
channels in the projector are searched for matching input and signal parameters. If no 
match to the incoming input signal is found in currently-defined channels, a new 
channel is temporarily created based on factory-defined defaults for this type of 
signal. The channel number assigned is the lowest available number from 01-99. 
NOTES: 1) An automatic channel will be discarded unless one or more of its 
parameters are changed, and will not appear in the channel list (see below). 2) If two 
channels have the same distinguishing source characteristics except for the reversal 
of sync connectors (i.e., H-sync and V-sync, are switched), they are still defined as 
distinct channels. 3) You cannot define a new channel without an incoming signal. 
If the incoming signal does match an existing channel, the image will be set up and 
displayed as usual according to the parameters currently defined for that channel.  
USING A CHANNEL: You can normally select a channel at any time by pressing Chan 
(see right). If you want to 
prevent a channel from 
appearing in this list, you 
must edit the channel as 
described in Channel Edit 
later in this section. Such a 
channel can still be 
selected by entering its 
number as shown at right. 
NOTES: 1) The current channel is highlighted upon entering the channel list, or, if 
this channel is not displayed here, the first channel in the list is highlighted. 2) 
Channels created automatically do not appear in the channel list unless a parameter 
for the channel has been changed. 
 
Channel List 
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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 highlighted.  
WHAT APPEARS IN CHANNEL SETUP MENU? This menu lists all channels defined so 
far and indicates where (01-08) they connect on the projector’s side input panel. The 
far left column lists channel numbers currently defined. 
The values in the far right columns indicate horizontal and 
vertical frequencies—if someone has defined a name for 
this channel, it appears here instead. Remaining columns 
contain details pertaining to each channel setup, such as its 
switcher number (always 0 = projector), slot location (01-08), a variety of icons 
indicating access to each channel, and an abbreviated description of each signal type. 
See Editing a Channel Setup for details. 
NOTE: If you have more than a handful of channels, use 
 and  to see the 
remaining channels not visible in the initial display of channels. 
SIGNAL TYPE — Either channel list, whether the Chan key list or the Channel Setup 
menu, identifies signal types in a shortened form as defined below. These descriptors 
indicate what signal information the projector uses to identify a match for a given 
channel, and are preceded by either an “i” (interlaced signals) or “p” (progressive 
signal“). See Table 3.2. 
Table 3.2. Abbreviations for Signal Type 
Abbrev. Signal Type 
4WH  Composite (4 wire) on HC input 
4WV  Composite (4 wire) on V input 
SG Sync-on-green 
5W Separate H,V 
5WR  Separate H,V swapped 
SVid S-Vid 
CVid Composite Video 
Dig Digital 
FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE CHANNEL SETUP MENU —To copy, delete or edit a channel, 
highlight the desired channel in the Channel Setup menu and do one of two things: 
• Press 
Fu nc if you want to copy the selected channel or delete this or other 
channels. See Copying or Deleting a Channel below.   What Channels 

 Are Defined So Far? 
 
Figure 3.11. All Channels Appear in the 
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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, 
but it is identified with the next available number from 01-99. If you change your 
mind and do not want to copy the current channel, press 
Exi t to cancel and return to 
the previous menu. Copying channels is a quick method for creating numerous 
channels, each of which can then be edited and adjusted for a variety of presentations 
in the future. 
 
Figure 3.12. Copying A Channel 
TO DELETE A CHANNEL, highlight the desired channel in the Channel Setup menu, 
then press 
Fu nc to activate the Channel Copy/Delete submenu. Select “Delete” and 
press 
Enter—a confirmation window will appear to make sure that you really want to 
delete this channel. 
 
Figure 3.13. Deleting a Channel 
TO DELETE MULTIPLE CHANNELS, highlight any channel in the Channel Setup menu 
and press 
Fu nc to go to the Channel Copy/Delete submenu. Select “Delete Unlocked 
Only” and press 
Enter to delete all unlocked channels. Or select “Delete All Channels” 
to delete all channels, even those that are locked. In either case, the current channel 
will remain but will be redefined from projector defaults. 
NOTE: For any deletion, a confirmation box appears to make sure that you really 
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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 the relevant channel and press 
Enter. The Channel Edit menu will appear similar to the sample shown in Figure 3.14. 
 
Figure 3.14. Channel Edit Menu (SAMPLE) 
If desired, review and/or edit the following channel setups in the Channel Edit menu: 
• 
CHANNEL NAME: An alpha-numeric label can be defined and/or changed 
here. Channel names can be up to 12 characters in length. 
• 
CHANNEL NUMBER: A 2-digit channel number can be changed here. 
NOTES: 1) If you enter a channel number that already exists, a dialog 
message appears indicating that this number is already in use–assign a 
different channel number.  2) You can define up to 99 channels. 
• 
INPUT: 1-8, corresponding to where on the projector’s input panel the 
source is connected. 
• 
IN MENU: If checked (default, except for automatically defined channels 
with unchanged parameters), this defined channel will then appear in the 
list available when 
Chan key is pressed. If unchecked, the channel must be 
accessed via 
Chan on the keypad or via the Auto Source function. NOTE: 
On-screen display of the channel list is an option that must be set in the 
Menu Preferences menu. 
• 
AUTO SOURCE: If checked, (default), the projector can automatically 
locate this channel when an incoming input signal matches. If not 
checked, the projector can locate the selected channel only when it is 
directly selected via 
Chan on the keypad—and a change in input signal will 
not result in a channel change. 
• 
LOCKED: If checked, all of the image settings for this channel are disabled. 
If unchecked (default), all available image settings can be adjusted as 
desired. You cannot use Auto Setup with a locked channel. 
• 
PREVIOUS CHANNEL: Select this option to see or change Channel Edit 
settings for the previous channel in the Channel Setup list.   Editin
g a Channel Setup 
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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 and pull-down lists. 
Exi t will return to the previous menu (or to 
the presentation, if from the Main menu) and accept any changes you may have 
entered. Settings are saved with the current channel. 
From your presentation, you can access any of the individual options in these menus 
by pressing 
Menu followed by the appropriate two-digit number representing their 
location in the menu system. For example, press Menu 32 to quickly access the 
“Gamma” option in the Image Settings menu. 
Note that for certain options, you may prefer to use a “direct key” from presentation 
level to go directly to a particular option without traveling through the menu system 
(note: available for certain display parameters only). For example, press 
Cont to 
access the “contrast” slidebar immediately. Press 
Exi t to return to your presentation. 
NOTES: 1) To hide these “direct” slidebars, disable the” Display Slidebars” 
checkbox in the Menu Preferences menu.  2) To hide the entire menu system from 
view, turn off the on-screen display by pressing the 
OSD* key. 
Use Auto Setup (
Auto
Setup) 
For a good and efficient first step in perfecting the image, press 
Auto
Setup. This initiates 
an automated process in which the projector quickly optimizes critical display 
parameters such as size, position, pixel tracking, etc., based on the type of incoming 
source data detected. An Auto Setup can save considerable setup time, and you can 
still modify the adjustments as desired using menu options described below. 
In the Size and Position 
menu, you can increase or 
decrease the size of your 
image, change its proportion 
(aspect ratio), move the 
image to a specific area of the 
screen, and refine other 
related parameters. Use Size 
and Position controls to 
match the image precisely to 
the screen used at the site. 
Refer to Using Slidebars and Other Controls (earlier in this section) if you need 
help using any of the options and controls. Changes made in the Size and Position 
menu are applied immediately and are saved when you exit the menu (press 
Exi t or Menu). 
3.7 Adjusting the 
Image 
  Before You Begin 
  Size and Position Menu