Acer PE-W30: User Controls

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User Controls

Installation Menu

The Installation menu provides an onscreen display (OSD) for projector

installation and maintenance. Use the OSD only when the message "No

signal" is displayed on the screen.

1 Turn on the projector by pressing (POWER) on the control panel or

remote control.

2 Press "MENU" on the control panel or remote control to launch the

OSD for projector installation and maintenance.

3 The background pattern acts as a guide to adjusting the calibration

and alignment settings, such as screen size and distance, focus and

more.

4 The Installation menu includes the following options:

• Projection method

• Keystone settings

• Language settings

• Reset to factory default functions

Use the up and down arrow keys to select an option, the left and right arrow keys to

adjust selected option settings, and the right arrow key to enter a submenu for

feature setting. The new settings will be saved automatically upon exiting the menu.

5 Press "MENU" anytime to exit the menu and return to the Acer

welcome screen.

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• Auto: Automatically adjusts projection location of

Projection

image.

Location

(X1140A/X1240/

• Desktop

X1340W/

P1340W)

• Ceiling: Turns the image upside down for ceiling-

mounted projection.

Use this function to choose your desired aspect ratio.

• Auto: Keeps the image with original width-height ratio

and maximizes the image to fit native horizontal or

vertical pixels.

• Full (X1340W/P1340W): The image will be displayed

making full use of the horizontal and vertical pixels.

Aspect Ratio

• 4:3: The image will be scaled to fit the screen and

displayed using a 4:3 ratio.

• 16:9: The image will be scaled to fit the screen and

displayed using a 16:9 ratio.

• L.Box (X1340W/P1340W): Keeps the original signal

aspect ratio and zooms in by 1.333 times.

Auto Keystone

Automatically adjusts image distortion caused by tilting

(X1140A/X1240/

projection (±40 degrees).

X1340W/

P1340W)

Manually adjusts image distortion caused by tilting

projection (±40 degrees).

Manual

Keystone

<Note> The Manual Keystone function is unavailable under

Auto Keystone setting to "On".

Adjusts the sharpness of the image.

Sharpness

• Press to decrease the sharpness.

• Press to increase the sharpness.

H. Position

• Press to move the image left.

(Horizontal

Position)

• Press to move the image right.

V. Position

• Press to move the image down.

(Vertical

Position)

• Press to move the image up.

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Changes the projector’s refresh rate to match the frequency

of your computer’s graphics card. If you experience a vertical

Frequency

flickering bar in the projected image, use this function to

correct it.

Synchronizes the signal timing of the display with the

Tracking

graphics card. If you experience an unstable or flickering

image, use this function to correct it.

Adjusts the color range of the HDMI image data to prevent

color display error.

• Auto: Automatically adjusts the color range by

HDMI Color

information from the player.

Range

• Limited Range: Processes the input image as limited

(P1340W)

color range data.

• Full Range: Processes the input image as full color range

data.

Adjusts the overscan ratio of the HDMI image on screen.

• Auto: Automatically adjusts the overscan ratio by

HDMI Scan Info

information from the player.

(P1340W)

• Underscan: Always no overscan on the HDMI image.

• Overscan: Always keep overscan on the HDMI image.

Note: "H. Position", "V. Position", "Frequency" and "Tracking" functions

are not supported under video mode.

Note: "Sharpness" function is not supported under computer mode.

Note: "HDMI Color Range" is only available when the input signal is HDMI.

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Setting

Use this function to select your desired startup screen. If you

change the setting, it will take effect when you exit the OSD

menu.

Startup Screen

(P1340W)

• Acer: The default startup screen of your Acer projector.

• User: Use the memorized picture from the "Screen

Capture" function.

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Use this function to customize the startup screen. To capture

the image that you want to use as the startup screen, follow

the instructions below.

Notice:

Before proceeding with the following steps, make sure that

the "Keystone" is set to the default value "0", and the

"Aspect Ratio" is set to "4:3". For details, refer to the "Image"

section.

• Change the "Startup Screen" from the default setting

"Acer" to "User".

Screen Capture

(P1340W)

• Press "Screen Capture" to customize the startup screen.

• A dialog box appears to confirm the action. Choose

"Yes" to use the current image as your customized

startup screen. Choose "No" to cancel the screen capture

and exist the onscreen display (OSD).

• A message appears stating that the screen capture is in

progress.

• When the screen capture is finished, the message

disappears and the original display is shown.

Selects a preferred closed captioning mode from CC1, CC2,

CC3, CC4, (CC1 displays captions in the primary language in

Closed Caption

your area). Select "Off" to turn off the captioning feature.

This function is only available when a composite video or S-

Video input signal is selected and its system format is NTSC.

Selecting "On" enables the function. The projector can output

a VGA signal when it is in standby mode and the VGA IN (or

VGA OUT

VGA IN 1) and VGA OUT sockets are correctly connected to the

(Standby)

devices.

(X1140A/X1240/

X1340W/

P1340W)

Enabling this function slightly increases the standby

power consumption.

Press after choosing "Yes" to return the display

Reset

parameters on all menus to the factory default settings.

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Security

This projector provides a useful security function for the

Security

administrator to manage the projector.

Press to change the "Security" setting. If the security

function is enabled, your must enter "Administrator

Password" first before changing the security setting.

The factory default of "Administrator Password" is

"1234".

• Select "On" to enable the security function. You have to

enter password depending on the "Security Mode".

Please refer to "User Password" section for details.

• If "Off" is selected, you can switch on the projector

without password.

Timeout (Min.)

Once "Security" is set to "On", you can set timeout function.

• Press to select timeout duration.

• The range is from 10 to 990 minutes.

• When time is up, the projector will request you to enter

the password again.

• The factory default setting of "Timeout (Min.)" is "Off".

• Once the security function is enabled, the projector will

request you to enter password when switching on the

projector. Both "User Password" and "Administrator

Password" can be accepted for this dialogue.

User Password

• Press to set up or change "User Password".

• Use the numerical keys on the remote control to set the

password and press "MENU" to confirm.

• To delete the digits, Press .

• Enter the password again when you see "Confirm

Password" displayed.

• The password should be 4~8 digits in length.

• If you select "Request password only after plugging

power cord", you are requested to input the password

every time the power cord is plugged.

• If you select "Always request password while projector

turns on", you are requested to input the password every

time the projector is turned on.

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Administrator Password

You can enter "Administrator Password" when the "Enter

Administrator Password" or "Enter Password" dialogue box

displays.

• Press to change "Administrator Password".

• The factory default of "Administrator Password" is

"1234".

If you forget your administrator password, do the following

to retrieve the administrator password:

• Enter the unique 6-digit "Universal Password" which is

printed on the Security Card that came with your

projector. This unique password will be accepted by the

projector no matter what the administrator password is.

• If the Security Card is lost, please contact your local Acer

service center.

Management

Choose "On" to dim the projector lamp, which will also

ECO Mode

lower the power consumption, reduce noise, and extend

the lamp life. Choose "Off" to return to the normal mode.

Choose "On" to turn on the High Altitude mode. When

this function is turned on, the projector fans operate at full

High Altitude

speed continuously to cool down the projector’s

temperature.

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• Instant Off: Enables you to turn off the projector

immediately without fan cooling process by pressing

Turn Off Mode

the power button twice.

• Instant Resume: Enables you to restart the projector

immediately within 2 minutes after turning it off.

Auto Shutdown

The projector will automatically shut down while there is

(Minutes)

no signal input detected after the setting time.

Lamp Hour Elapse Displays the lamp’s elapsed operating time (in hours).

Choose this function to show or hide warning message

Lamp Reminding

when the changing lamp message is displayed. The

message will show up 30 hours before end of life.

Press after choosing "Yes" to turn the lamp hour

Lamp Hour Reset

counter to 0 hours.

Audio (X1140A/X1240/X1340W/P1340W)

• Press to decrease the volume.

Volume

• Press to increase the volume.

• Choose "On" to turn mute on.

Mute

• Choose "Off" to turn mute off.

Alarm Volume

• Select this function to adjust the volume of any

(P1340W)

warning notifications.

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3D

Selects "On" to enable the 3D function supported by TI DLP

3D technology.

• On

Select this item while using DLP 3D glasses, quad buffer

3D

(NVIDIA/ATI...) graphics card and HQFS format file or DVD

with corresponding SW player.

• Off

Turns off the 3D mode.

If you see a discrete or overlapping image while wearing DLP

3D glasses, you may need to execute "Invert" to get best

3D Sync Invert

match of left/right image sequence to get the correct image

(for DLP 3D).

Choose "On" to display the 3D warning message.

3D Warning

Message

Note: Supported 3D signal timings:

Signal source type Supported timing

Video/S-Video/Component video

NTSC, PAL

(for P1340W)

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VGA 640 x 480@100Hz, 640 x 480@120Hz,

800 x 600@100Hz, 800 x 600@120Hz,

1024 x 768@100Hz, 1024 x 768@120Hz

HDMI (for P1340W) Frame Packing (1080p@23.98/24Hz,

720p@50/60Hz)

Side-by-Side Horizontal (1080i@50/

60Hz)

Top-and-Bottom (720p@50/60Hz,

1080p@23.97/24Hz)

It needs correct settings on graphics card 3D application program for correct

3D display.

The SW players, such as Stereoscopic Player and DDD TriDef Media Player

can support 3D format files. You can download these players on the web

page below.

- Stereoscopic Player (Trial): http://www.3dtv.at/Downloads/Index_en.aspx

- DDD TriDef Media Player (Trial): http://www.tridef.com/download/TriDef-

3-D-Experience-4.0.2.html

Note: "3D Sync Invert" is only available when 3D is enabled.

Language

Sets a language for the OSD menus. Use to

Language

select your preferred language.