Epson 500C manuale d’uso

User’ s Guide Supplement EPSON ® P owerLite ® 500c/ 700 c/ 710 c Mult imedia Projector appendix.b oo k Page 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1999 4:08 PM[...]

2 Important Safe ty Information WAR NIN G : Neve r look into the proje ctor lens when the lamp is turned on; th e bright l ight can damage your eyes. Never let children look i nto the lens wh en it is on . Neve r open any cover on the pr ojector, e xcept the lamp an d filter covers. Dang erous elec trical voltage s inside the proj e ctor can severe[...]

3 C Conten ts A Conn ecting to a Desktop Computer Pos it ion in g t he P roj ect or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ide nt if yin g th e Pr ojec tor P o r ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Conn ecti ng to a PC Desk top Comput er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Conn ecti ng the Co mpute r Ca ble . . . .[...]

4 C Tec hn ical Spe cifica tion s Ge nera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pr oje ctio n Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Rem o te C ont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 M ouse Co m pati bil ity . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Connecting to a D esktop Computer 5 A A pp end ix A: Conne cting to a Deskto p Computer This appendix describes how to conn ect the projecto r to your desktop com puter an d turn everything on. The projector m ust be c onnected to a com puter or a video so urce such as a VC R, cam corder, digita l c amer a, DVD play er, or l as er d isc player befo[...]

6 Connecting to a Desktop Computer Most pre senters find it c onvenient to place the pro j ector (and comp uter) in the front of th e room . W ith this arrangement, the project or is placed close to the screen. You need to rais e th e fron t of the pr ojector (by extendi ng the le gs) in or der to position the image high enoug h on the screen. Then[...]

Connecting to a D esktop Computer 7 Ide ntifying t h e Pr ojector Ports The fo llowing i ll us trations i denti fy all the interface p orts on the back and side of the p rojector; you may want to refer to t hem a s you connect your com puter or other equ ipment to the project or. Connec ting to a PC Desk top Co mput er To connect the projector to y[...]

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Connecting to a D esktop Computer 9 Connecting the Audio Cable If you r presentation inclu des sou nd effe cts or other types o f comp uter audio, you need to connect the audio cable . 1. Connect one end of th e a udio cable to the Au dio In jack on the proj ector . 2. Connect th e oth er end of the audio cabl e to the speaker or audio out port on [...]

10 Connecting to a Desktop Computer 1. Determ ine w hich typ e of mou se po rt your comp uter has: ■ Ro und PS/2 m ouse port ■ Fla t USB mo u se p o rt 2. Connect one end of the appropr iate mouse cab le to the PS/2 Mouse/Com port or the USB Mouse port on the project or. 3. Connect th e oth er end to the mouse port on your comp uter. (You r com[...]

Connecting to a D esktop Computer 11 Connecting the Computer Cabl e Before you start, make sure your projector, com puter, and all periph erals a re all tu rned off. 1. Disconnect t he m onitor cabl e from the moni tor po rt on the ba ck of yo ur Mac int osh. 2. Connect one end of the comp uter cab le t o the p rojector ’s Com pute r por t. 3. Co[...]

12 Connecting to a Desktop Computer If you can’t connec t the pro jector’s com puter cable to your Macintos h, you may need to use a Ma cintosh adapte r (availa ble from App le). ■ Remo ve the s mall cover on the Macintos h ada pter and set its DIP switch es according to the resoluti o n you wa nt to use (such as 16-inch mode ). See your Maci[...]

Connecting to a D esktop Computer 13 Connecting the Audio Cable If you r presentation inclu des sou nd effe cts or other types o f comp uter audio, you need to connect the audio cable . 1. Connect one end of th e a udio cable to the Au dio In jack on the proj ector . 2. Connect th e oth er end of the audio cabl e to the speaker jack on yo ur Macint[...]

14 Connecting to a Desktop Computer 1. Determ ine w hich typ e of mou se po rt your Maci ntosh h as: ■ Ro und mouse por t ■ Fla t USB mo u se p o rt 2. Connect one end of the appropr iate mouse cab le to the stand a rd Mouse/Co m p ort o r the USB M ouse port on the project or. 3. Connect th e oth er end to the port on your M acintosh. Tur ning[...]

Connecting to a D esktop Computer 15 3. Use th e tab on the l ens ring to rotate th e ring a nd pop out the lens. 4. Squee ze t he lens cap tabs and remov e the l ens cap. 5. Press th e red Power butto n on top of the projector. The po wer ligh t flashes green, and then sta ys on. Yo u ma y see a b lue sc reen with the mes s age No S ign al display[...]

16 Connecting to a Desktop Computer When you are rea dy to turn off the proj ector, follow thes e s teps: 1. Press th e red Power butto n on top of the projector. You see a confirm ation message. (If you don’t want to turn it off, p ress any oth er b utton.) 2. Press th e Power button ag ain. The P ower light f lashes orange for abo ut a minu te [...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 17 B A pp end ix B: Usin g the Projecto r Menu s The on-scree n m enus let you customize and ad j ust projec tor features. The following 8 menu s and f eatures a re available: ■ Vi deo Control s the look and quality o f the projec ted image (fro m a comp uter or vide o s ource) . ■ Audio Adju s ts the volu me an d to[...]

18 Using the P rojecto r Menus Changi ng Menu Set tings You u se the Men u , Ent er and Esc button s on the remote control to change menu s ettings. To ch ange a m enu setting: 1. To acc ess the m enu system , ope n the c over on the lower part of the r emote control a nd pres s the Men u button. You see the following : Power Freeze A/V Mute E-Zoom[...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 19 As you s elect a m enu, a subme nu o f options a ppears to th e righ t. 2. Press th e bottom of the Ente r bu tton (or gr asp i t between your th umb and fi nger an d tilt i t down) to scrol l through the menu s . When you highl igh t a menu , its o ptions are shown on the righ t. 3. When the me nu you want is high li[...]

20 Using the P rojecto r Menus Vid eo M enu (Co mput er Imag e Source) The Vi deo menu lets you make a dj ustm ents to th e projected image. The followin g options are available when the image sour ce is your computer. note Some opti ons a re limited to bein g en abled (tu rne d on ) or dis abled (tur ned off ). The computer m ust be conn ected and[...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 21 Color Adjus ts t h e col or balanc e (r ed:green:b l ue ) of the in put source. Inc rea se th e co lor s etti ng fo r more inte ns e colo r on the screen, and l ower the setti ng f or les s inten se colo r. When yo u fi nish m aking adj ustment s, press the Esc b utton. Sharpn ess Adjus ts th e shar pness o f the scre[...]

22 Using the P rojecto r Menus Vid eo M enu (Vi deo Image S o urce) The Vi deo menu lets you make a dj ustm ents to th e projected image. The followin g options are available when the image sour ce is Video. note The p ro j ec to r’s im age source must be set to Video, and th e vi deo so urce (s uch as a VCR or camcor d er) must be connec ted and[...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 23 Au dio M enu Use th e Audio menu to adju st the sound vol ume and qualit y of your a udio. Menu item Descri ption Vo lume Adj usts th e v olume l evel for the pr oject or’s speake r and audio- out ter m ina l. Incr ease the setti ng t o rai se the vo lume, or de crease i t to l ower th e v olume . Tone Adjus ts the [...]

24 Using the P rojecto r Menus Effect Me nu The E ffect menu lets you cus tomiz e the dr awing tool s available on the remote con trol. Menu item Descri ption Cursor / Stam p Selec ts the stamp yo u want to use as the curso r graphic and l ets yo u enla rge it. Box Selec ts a box co l or and sha pe. Mar ker Selec ts the marker (ho rizontal or ver t[...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 25 Setting Menu The S etting me nu allows yo u t o set or adjust various proj ector options. Menu item Descri ption Keyst one Adjus ts a trapez oid (di stort ed) image t o a 4:3 rect angle, corr ecting up to a ± 15 ° tilt. P-i n- P Selec ts the image so ur c e (composit e or S-Vi deo) for the pi ct u r e- in-p i ct ure[...]

26 Using the P rojecto r Menus User’ s Logo Featu re The Us er’s Logo featur e allows you to tra nsfer any image on your co mpute r to th e proje ctor, an d then use it as the screen displayed when the pr ojector is not receivin g a signal. You can also set i t as a startup screen or to b e displayed when yo u press the A/V Mute bu tton on the [...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 27 3. Pre ss Ent er to select this feature. You see the follow i ng messag e : 4. Sele ct Yes and pre ss Enter . A s electio n box d isplays ove r the im age. 5. Use th e Ente r button on the rem ote c ontrol to select th e area of the image you want to u s e. O nce you hav e selected the entire area, pres s Ente r . 6. [...]

28 Using the P rojecto r Menus 8. When the fo llowing me ssage app ears, select Yes and pres s Ent er . Saving th e logo may ta ke a fe w mome nts. Do not us e the project or o r other sour ces (com puter , video, speaker , etc.) while the log o is being saved. 9. When you see the following messag e, press the Men u or Ent er bu tton to re display [...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 29 Assigning the Image to the No-S ignal Message and/or A/V Mute Butto n After your image is saved, you can set it up as t he no-signal message and/or the screen that’s dis played wh en you p ress th e A/V Mute button. 1. Press th e Men u bu tton. You see the main menu listing, with the Video menu h i ghl i g hted. 2. [...]

30 Using the P rojecto r Menus Adv anced Menu The A dvanced me nu lets you set addi tional projec tor options . Menu item Descri ption Languag e Selec ts the language to be used in the m enus: Japane se, Engli sh, Fre nch, Germ an, It al i an , Spani sh, Portugues e, Chi nese, or Korean . Star tup Screen Displ ays the image you have saved as a user[...]

Using the P rojecto r Menus 31 Abou t Menu (Com p ute r Image Source) When the i mage sour ce is a com puter, the Abou t menu displ ays informa tion a bout th e proje ctor’s horizo ntal and vertica l frequ ency, lamp hours, and comp uter con nection. Menu item Descri ption Lamp Displ a y s the num ber o f hours the cu r r ent l amp has been used [...]

32 Using the P rojecto r Menus Abou t Menu (Vi deo Image S o urce) When the image source is video, the About menu di splays infor mation about the projecto r’s lamp hours and video sig nal. Re set All Feature The R eset All feature lets y ou retu rn all th e proj ector setti ngs to their def ault va lues. It does not chang e or de lete any user l[...]

Techni c al Spec ifications 33 C A pp end ix C: Tec hnica l Spe cific ation s Genera l T ype of display Poly-sil icon Thin Film Transistor (T FT ) Size of liquid cr ysta l panels Di a go nal: 0.9 inch (2 2.9 mm) Lens F=2.0–2. 2, f =35–42 mm Reso luti o n 500c: 80 0 × 600 p i xels 700c: 10 24 × 768 pixels 710c: 10 24 × 768 pixels Color reprod[...]

34 Technic al Spec ifications P rojec tion L a mp T ype UHE (Ul tra Hig h Effi cienc y) P owe r c onsumpti on 120 W Lamp life About 2000 hours P art number ELPLP 10S (710c) ELPLP10B (500c, 700c) Rem ote C ont r ol Range 3 2.8 feet ( 10 mete rs) Batteries Alkaline AA ( 2) M ouse Compa tibi lity Support s PS/2, U SB, M acintosh R emote IR Re c e iver[...]

Techni c al Spec ifications 35 Safety U nited States F CC Part 15 J Class B UL1950 Rev. 3 Canada DOC SOR/88-475 CSA C22.2 No. 950 Rev. 3 CE Mark ing Dir ective 89/336 /EEC EN 550 22 Class B EN 500 82-1 Directive 73/23/EEC EN 609 50 Supp o r ted Mo ni to r Dis p la ys The fo llowing tab le lists the display f ormats supported by the project or: Mode[...]

36 Technic al Spec ifications Note: T he f req uen cie s of som e com put er s may no t all ow t he i mage to be di splaye d c o r re ctly. SXGA3_43i SXGA3_60 SXGA3_75 SXGA_85 1280 x 1024 1280 x 1024 1280 x 1024 1280 x 1024 46.433 / 86 .871 63.981 / 60 .02 79.976 / 75 .025 91.146 / 85 .024 78.75 108 135 157.5 UXGA48i UXGA60 (th ese are not suppor t[...]

Techni c al Spec ifications 37 Compu ter Conne c t or Pi n Assignments The Compu ter port is a female video RGB , 15-pin micro- D-style co nnector. Here are the pi n assignm ents: Input pin C omput er co nnector signals 1 Red vi deo 2 G reen vi deo 3 B lue video 4 GND 5 GND 6 Red vi deo GN D 7 G reen vi deo GND 8 Bl ue video GND 9R e s e r v e 10 S[...]

38 Ind ex . Index A A/V Mu te Bu tton, 29 About men u, 31 to 32 Ad van ced m e nu, 30 Audio conn e ct ing desk top, 9, 13 men u, 2 3 B Br igh tne ss, 3 3 Bri g ht ness sett ing, 20, 22 Butto ns, remot e control, 18 to 19 C Camco rder, ad justi ng the proje cted image , 22 CE Marking , 35 Ceil ing, ha nging the proj ecto r from, 30 Color set ting, 2[...]

Ind ex 39 M Macinto sh, co nne c ting p roj e ct o r to, 1 0 t o 14 Mech anical s pecif ications, 34 Menu s About, 31 to 32 Advanc ed, 30 Audio , 23 chang ing s ettings, 18 t o 19 Effect, 2 4 Rese t A ll, 32 Setti ng, 25 User’ s Logo, 26 Video, 20 to 22 Mo nito rs, sup po rted , 3 5 t o 36 P Pic tur e-in -p ictur e o pti on, 25 Pin a ssign ments,[...]