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Acer Projector Gateway

Introduction

The Acer Projector Gateway (APG) is a smart, integrated system that enhances 
presentations via your Acer projector. The APG provides versatile source 
connectivity, the latest eDisplayPro Management tools for networking display, 
supports for media contents playback via the built-in decoder and more. 

Networking APG features

With high-performance wireless projection via an acer USB WiFi adapter or 
an RJ-45 port for wired connections (only for the models with RJ-45 port).

The projector can act as an access point (AP) or work in WiFi con-current 
mode when doing networking display.

Users can easily launch the Acer eDisplayPro Management to do Full 
screen, L/R, 4-split screen projection and enable high quality video 
streaming.

Powerful wireless display features ready for devices with different OS (MS 
Windows, Mac OS, Android, iOS)

Supports wireless network security (WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK).

Acer Projector Gateway Web Management enables a web-based control of 
Acer projector for Windows NB/PC (only when the projector is in AP mode).

Supports firmware upgrade via USB flash drive. 

Crestron compliant (only for the models with RJ-45 port).

Multi-media features

Fancy and stylish user interface for better experience.

You can enjoy media & documents playback via internal memory, USB flash 
drive and SD card (for selected models).

Supports high resolution JPEG and BMP picture formats, slideshow and 
various slideshow effects for the best viewing experience.

Supports MP3, PCM and WMA...audio formats, music spectrum and 
random play function for your pleasing.

Supports MPEG4, H.264, WMV, MKV and RMVB...video formats and 
smooth video playback with 1080p@30Hz.

Supports office documents playback (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF).

Easy control for all media functions by the remote control.

You can mirror or extend your screen via the source USB B or USB 
Connection.

Summary of Contents for APG

Page 1: ...ent OS MS Windows Mac OS Android iOS Supports wireless network security WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Acer Projector Gateway Web Management enables a web based control of Acer projector for Windows NB PC only when the projector is in AP mode Supports firmware upgrade via USB flash drive Crestron compliant only for the models with RJ 45 port Multi media features Fancy and stylish user interface for better exper...

Page 2: ...ts to an Ethernet 10 100 based network 2 Mini USB Projects NB PC screen via mini USB USB B or USB Connection NOTE USB Type A is for USB display K1 series 3 USB Type A Connects to USB flash drive for multimedia playback Or connects to a USB WiFi adapter optional NOTE To enable wireless function the USB Wireless Adaptor must be plugged into the USB A USB A1 Wireless Dongle port 4 SD card slot for se...

Page 3: ...y person of such revisions or changes Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications This company makes no representations or warranties either expressed or implied with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose ...

Page 4: ...Source menu that allows you to select an input signal source 4 Four directional selection keys Selects the media files or features in four directions 5 ENTER Play Pause Confirms your selection of items Plays Pauses the of playing media files Function Description 1 ENTER Confirms your selection of items 2 BACK Cancels your selection or goes back to previous page 3 MEDIA HOME Goes to MEDIA HOME page...

Page 5: ...es to the previous file Next Goes to the next file Rewind Rewinds the playing of media files Fast forward Fast forwards the playing of media files 7 SOURCE Press to open the Source menu that allows you to select an input signal source 8 MENU Launches the projector Onscreen Display OSD menu 9 MEDIA SETUP Opens MEDIA SETUP page 10 PAGE v PgUp PgDn For computer mode only Use the button to select the ...

Page 6: ...s press MEDIA HOME to go back to MEDIA HOME page Adjust projector source to MEDIA NOTE Document mode is an optional function NOTE Supported capacity for USB flash drive up to USB 3 0 64GB for USB hard drive up to 1TB NOTE Supported capacity for SD SDHC MicroSD up to 64GB Class 2 10 NOTE Some external USB hard drives may not be supported due to lack of USB power NOTE Disks with partitions are not s...

Page 7: ...iewing music files You can press to select the file and press ENTER to access When playing music You can press to select a feature such as PLAY STOP REPEAT REWIND FAST FORWARD VOLUME UP VOLUME DOWN and press ENTER to execute ...

Page 8: ...oto When viewing photos You can press to select the file and press ENTER to access When playing photos You can press to select a feature and press ENTER to execute For details on the Photo Setting see Photo Setting ...

Page 9: ... press to select the file and press ENTER to access When playing videos You can press to select a feature such as PLAY STOP REPEAT REWIND FAST FORWARD VOLUME UP VOLUME DOWN and press ENTER to execute For details on the Video Setting see Video Setting ...

Page 10: ... by third parties Reverse engineer disassemble reverse translate or in any way decode the Picsel Products or any copy or part of it in order to derive any source code save only as is permitted by any applicable law 3 Picsel make no representations or warranties whether express or implied by statute or otherwise relating to the performance quality merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose...

Page 11: ...Word will not be displayed NOTE Microsoft PowerPoint slide effects not supported NOTE Worksheets are displayed individually and sequentially when the workbook has multiple worksheets NOTE Page layout and numbering may be changed during decoding NOTE Objects embedded in files cannot be activated or viewed NOTE Decoding may take a while for large files with complex contents ...

Page 12: ...playing media files to access individual menu items for different types of media files Or you can follow below steps to access all menu items 1 Adjust projector source to MEDIA 2 Press to select Setup and press ENTER 3 Press to select a main menu item and press ENTER to enter 4 Press to select a submenu item and press to change setting values 5 To exit press X ...

Page 13: ...lery Setup Firmware Upgrade 5 Confirm to go 6 Projector will show welcome screen automatically when upgrade finishes Menu item Options Display Ratio Letter box Cut screen Full screen Original Repeat Mode Sequence Single Random Once Menu item Options Display Ratio Original Full screen Slideshow Pattern Random Ring Diffusion Middle Enlarge Expand Blink Window Shades Linear Interaction Cross Interlea...

Page 14: ... the air 1 Connect a USB wireless adapter optional or a RJ45 cable to the projector Make sure it connects to the internet 2 Select LAN WiFi or eDisplayPro mode via the OSD menu 3 The projector will automatically search for the latest firmware version available 4 Select YES when the projector pops out a message to remind you that there is a new firmware version for you by Acer eDisplayPro app remot...

Page 15: ...edia mode supports max 999 directories and max 9999 files for USB devices disks 1 JPEG Decode Supports JPEG picture formats Thumbnails preview Supports BMP picture formats 2 Video Decode and Movie Formats Supports MJPEG Supports H263 H264 Supports AVI MOV movie formats Supports 3gp movie format Supports SRT Subtitle format 3 Music Formats Supports PCM ADPCM audio formats Supports WMA OGG MP3 4 Car...

Page 16: ...name Sub type Encode type Max pixels Jpeg Jpg Baseline YUV420 No Limitation YUV422 YUV440 YUV444 Progressive YUV420 5120 X 3840 YUV422 YUV440 YUV444 BMP No Limitation Music type ext name Sample rate KHz Bit rate Kbps MP3 8 48 8 320 WMA 22 48 5 320 OGG 8 48 64 320 ADPCM WAV 8 48 32 384 PCM WAV 8 48 128 1536 AAC 8 48 8 256 ...

Page 17: ...ence frames No Support AC3 HD DTS HD TS MPEG 2 H 264 1080P 30Mbps 30fps AC3 DTS MPEG1 2 3 LPCM AAC H 264 support less than 6 reference frames No Support AC3 HD DTS HD DAT VOB MPG MPEG MPEG 1 MPEG 2 1080P 30Mbps 30fps MPEG1 2 3 AC3 DTS LPCM No Support AC3 HD DTS HD MOV MP4 3GP MPEG 4 H 264 1080P 30Mbps 30fps AC3 PCM AAC H 264 support less than 6 reference frames RM RMVB RV3 RV4 720P 5Mbps 30fps Coo...

Page 18: ... 0 Up to 1000 pages One File Up to 75MB PDF 1 1 PDF 1 2 PDF 1 3 PDF 1 4 MS Word British Word 95 Because office viewer does not load all pages of MS Word file at the same time there are no obvious limitations of page and line Up to 100MB Not support Bold Text in Simple Chinese font Word 97 2000 2002 2003 Word 2007 docx 2010 docx ...

Page 19: ... to 100 Office XP Excel Note Any one of three limitations above can not appear on one excel file simultaneously MS PowerPoint British PowerPoint 97 Up to 1000 pages One File Up to 19MB No support SlideShow order PowerPoint 2000 2002 2003 PowerPoint 2007 pptx PowerPoint 2010 pptx Office XP PowerPoint PowerPoint presentatio n 2003 and earlier ppx PowerPoint presentatio n 2007 and 2010 ppsx ...

Page 20: ...indows Minimum requirement Recommend system settings Component Requirement Remark CPU Dual Core Intel Core i 1 6 GHz or higher ATOM and Celeron are not supported Graphic card Intel nVIDIA or ATI graphic card with 64MB VRAM or above Operating System Windows XP SP3 Vista SP2 Win 7 SP1 and Win 8 Not support Starter version HDD 40MB free space 40MB free space CPU Dual Core Intel Core i5 2 4Ghz Memory ...

Page 21: ...to turn on your Acer projector and enable the WLAN Connecting the projector to the LAN for a wired connection is also recommended CPU Dual Core Intel Core i 1 4 GHz or higher PowerPC not supported Graphic card Intel nVIDIA or ATI graphic card with 64MB VRAM or above OS Mac OS X 10 7 and above WiFi 802 11n Recommended models Mac Book series and iMac series after E 2011 APG AP DHCP Server Cable ADSL...

Page 22: ...information on the splash screen Take note of the important information on the splash screen The splash screen consists of the following items Projector ID Acer logo network information and instructions Projector ID displayed only when available The 4 digit number will not be displayed on the top left of the splash screen until this option is enabled by the supervisor in the Configure tab under Ac...

Page 23: ...encryption methods with higher level security The option is enabled by the supervisor in the Configure tab under Acer eDisplayPro Management For more information please see Security settings Note Make sure the LAN WiFi setting in the projector OSD is On when using the WiFi Display Follow the instructions on the splash screen to connect and project 1 Check Projector ID Projector Name SSID Server IP...

Page 24: ...se enter the Server IP address the second item listed under the Acer logo on the splash screen into your browser s address bar Note Ensure that you have administrator level permission on your NB PC so that you can install the software Note If you receive any security warnings click OK to proceed with the installation procedure Note The Acer eDisplayPro Management shortcut will be created in deskto...

Page 25: ...English Note Make sure your personal firewall does not block the Acer eDisplayPro Management application Note If your NB PC cannot allow auto run function please execute AcerProjectorGatewayW7 exe manually ...

Page 26: ...ector from unauthorized access and use Wireless communications between the Acer projector and NB PC are protected using unique image based encryption to prevent eavesdropping or modification of the video signal Simple GUI for one click projection The easy to use GUI enables one click usability in finding and connecting to the wireless projector changing display settings and controlling the project...

Page 27: ...tomatically or you can enter the Server IP address to access that The default IP address is 192 168 100 10 for general wireless connections Download Download the client software You can download installation program for different platforms to execute Acer eDisplayPro Management application for Windows NB or PC Mac Utility Client for Mac OS Crestron RoomView After installing the program the shortcu...

Page 28: ...onference by webpage Clicking on Initiate Conference gives you control over who is projecting at any time deciding the display location for the participant s and prevents the current presenter from being disconnected inadvertently You can select from L R split screen or 4 split screen patterns Once a conference has been initiated all the persons connected to the projector are displayed in a list T...

Page 29: ...k End of Conference to end the conference Note Please remember to log out if you want to end conference Note Up to 8 users in same conference room are allowed Note Video playback is not supported during a conference Advance Login Admin password is default by 123456 to access the advanced setting page ...

Page 30: ...to adjust best projection settings From this page you can get projection status adjust brightness contrast and aspect ratio as well as change source and several advanced setting You can also turn off the projector directly from this page Configure The Configure tab allows you to change a variety of settings ...

Page 31: ...also select who can connect to the Internet via the projector s WLAN router either all the meeting attendees or only the person currently projecting Note The APG needs to reboot to apply changes made in Configure mode Please connect to the projector again if you want to continue to use it Network settings Click Network settings to adjust other network settings ...

Page 32: ...he supervisor Note ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a code for representing characters as 0 9 a z A Z _ are allowed Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0 9 and the letters A F a f Note If your OS is Windows XP additional hotfixes patches may need to be updated from Microsoft website for WPA2 PSK Note Please be noted that enabling WPA PSK WPA2 PSK will increase comp...

Page 33: ...assword setup The default supervisor password is 123456 Firmware upgrade Ensure the projector is connected to the LAN and the Internet and click on Firmware upgrade and then click the Upgrade button The projector will access the Internet to automatically download and install any available upgrades ...

Page 34: ...4 English Alert Setting optional Logout After tapping logout you will return to the download page Note If using IE V8 0 please adjust setting in Compatibility view settings to make sure display normally ...

Page 35: ...tor Gateway Web Management 2 Install the software by double clicking on EZWifi dmg 3 Make sure you have turned on and connected to the projector See Connect to the projector 4 Execute EZWifi 5 Select the projector you want to display 6 You will see below screen and you can select the display mode and decide if you would like to mirror or extend your screen ...

Page 36: ...36 English 7 If you want to switch to Split screen for other people to join your display select Change Layout 8 You can allow maximum 4 different sources to display by the layout change ...

Page 37: ...Crestron link in the mainpage of Acer Projector Gateway Web Management Tape Crestron to popup extra interactive FLASH webpage and start to use Mainpage You can control projector by easy to use interface as Crestron tool like volume control source change and projector setting For more information please visit http www crestron com www crestron com getroomview ...

Page 38: ...ojector IP information here also can modify networking setting manually and set up password as wish Info You can find projector information easily by this page and also can add additional information to help you manage each projector ...

Page 39: ...39 English Contact IT Help If you encounter any problem about projector you can use this message window in upper right of page to do real time communication with IT people ...

Page 40: ... source to LAN WiFi and the projector is now ready for projection 4 Download the application Acer eDisplayPro from Google play or Apple App store 5 After executing Acer eDisplayPro connect the found projector with your smart device 6 This application contains the following functions Document Dropbox Internet Photo Camera Video Split control and Sketch functions NOTE The Internet and Dropbox functi...

Page 41: ...may not display correctly System requirements iOS Android Phone iOS 7 above iPhone 5C iPhone 5S iPhone 4 iPhone 4S iPhone 5 Pad iOS 7 above the new iPad 3rd gen new iPad 4th gen iPad mini Phone Android 4 0 ICS model with 1GB RAM Pad Android 4 0 ICS model with 1GB RAM iOS ...

Page 42: ... from your smartphone to the projector Android 4 2 2 and selected brand devices NOTE To utilize the Mirroring Display function optional make sure you have updated the firmware to the latest version from www acer com and use the acer USB WiFi adapter NOTE This function is only available for Windows 8 1 The default PIN code is 12345670 ...

Page 43: ...both projector and NB PC plug the type B host to Projector side and type A host to NB PC side 3 Press to select USB Storage RAM and press 4 The projector can be seen as a portable device with a capacity of up to 1 GB on your NB PC You can now transfer media files to the projector Design and specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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