background image

1

English

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 eDisplay 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 Client mode when 
doing networking display.

Users can easily launch the Acer eDisplay 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 handy 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 
handy 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.

DLNA compliant. You can enjoy connectivity with other DLNA devices if 
under the same local area network environment.

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

http://www.pureglare.com.au

Summary of Contents for Projector Gateway

Page 1: ...ty 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 handy 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 ...

Page 2: ...ed 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 Component Description 1 LAN port Connects to an Ethernet 10 100 based network 2 Mini USB Projects NB ...

Page 3: ... selection or goes back to previous page Stops the playing media files 3 SOURCE Press to open the Source menu that allows you to select an input signal source 4 Four directional selection keys Selects the media files in four directions 5 ENTER Play Pause Confirms your selection of items Plays Pauses the playing media files 3 1 2 5 4 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 4: ...els your selection or goes back to previous page 3 MEDIA HOME Goes to MEDIA HOME page NOTE This button is only available when the input signal is MEDIA 4 Four directional select pad Selects the media files in four directions 5 VOL Increases decreases the volume 8 9 10 12 11 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 5: ...ng media files Fast forward Fast forwards the playing 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 next or previous page This function is only available when connected to a compute...

Page 6: ... 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 handy 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 supported Main...

Page 7: ...ic You can press to adjust the volume To select the backward forward speed press the Rewind Fast forward key repeatedly For details on the Music setting see Music Setting Title image source Thumbnail sorting Goes back to previous page Side bar Total events files Goes to the Music Setting in the Media Setup page Goes back to previous page Goes to the Music Setting in the Media Setup page Song infor...

Page 8: ...ou can press to start a slideshow in full screen Music playback is allowed during a slideshow You can press to adjust the volume For details on the Photo Setting see Photo Setting Title image source Thumbnail sorting Goes back to previous page Side bar Total events files Goes to the Photo Setting in the Media Setup page Goes back to previous page Selected photo Control bar Goes to the Photo Settin...

Page 9: ...ward forward speed press the Rewind Fast forward key repeatedly To display the subtitle you can press A a on the remote control if available to trigger the projector OSD subtitle menu For details on the Video Setting see Video Setting Title image source Thumbnail sorting Goes back to previous page Side bar Total events files Goes to the Video Setting in the Media Setup page Goes back to previous p...

Page 10: ...roducts or make them available for use 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 merchantabili...

Page 11: ... NOTE Contents outside the defined borders in Microsoft 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 lar...

Page 12: ...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 BACK Setting Goes back to previous page Main menu Sub menu http www pureglare co...

Page 13: ...se your desired aspect ratio Auto Keeps the image with original width height ratio and maximizes the image to fit native horizontal or vertical pixels 1 1 Keeps the image with original width height aspect ratio Slideshow Duration Use this function to set the time that each photo on a slide is displayed Slideshow Repeat Decides whether you want to repeat the slideshow Slideshow Effect Chooses a sli...

Page 14: ...llery Setup Firmware Upgrade 5 Confirm to go 6 Projector will show welcome screen automatically when upgrade finishes NOTE When upgrading the firmware remove all cables and other USB devices NOTE To utilize the Wireless 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 UWA2 Display View Adjusts the display vi...

Page 15: ...15 English About This page displays the general information about this projector http www pureglare com au ...

Page 16: ...ports 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 Card Reader Inte...

Page 17: ... 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 18: ...o 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 Cook RA6 AAC RA9...

Page 19: ...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 MS Excel British Excel 5 95 Row Limit up to 595 Up to 15MB Not support password protected sheets Excel 97 2000 2002 2003 Column Limit up to 256 Excel 2007 xlsx 2010 xlsx Sheet up to 100 Office XP Excel Note Any one of three limi...

Page 20: ...00 pages One File Up to 19MB No support SlideShow order PowerPoint 2000 2002 2003 PowerPoint 2007 pptx PowerPoint 2010 pptx Office XP PowerPoint PowerPoint presentation 2003 and earlier ppx PowerPoint presentation 2007 and 2010 ppsx http www pureglare com au ...

Page 21: ...elessly Before using this function please consider your network bandwidth and decide if you want to use the AP mode or Client mode NOTE Only Video Photo Music files are supported for this function NOTE DLNA only works under AP mode and Client mode NOTE Make sure to finish network setup before using the DLNA mode http www pureglare com au ...

Page 22: ...ant to enable Projector ID If enabled 4 digit random number will display on the upper left corner of the splash screen when your NB PC is connected to the projector 6 If you would like to change the Projector SSID highlight Projector SSID and press to modify 7 If you would like to secure wireless networks highlight Security and press to select a preferred scheme For details on Security settings pl...

Page 23: ...select a secured network a dialogue will pop up asking you to enter the username and password NOTE The projector cannot be connected to a network that requires you to enter the username and password on a webpage Media Console DMP The projector works as a Digital Media Player DMP to browse and play media from other DLNA compliant devices or NB PCs under the same local area network The function work...

Page 24: ...0 Media Display DMR The projector works as a Digital Media Renderer DMR and waits for display media content from other DLNA compliant devices under the same local area network The function works either when the projector is in AP mode or Client mode To use this function 1 Adjust projector source to DLNA 2 Press to select Media Display DMR and press ENTER Now you can use a DLNA compliant device to ...

Page 25: ...e limitation JPEG Baseline YUV400 8000 6000 YUV420 YUV422 YUV440 YUV444 Progressive YUV400 Width 8000 height 6000 YUV420 YUV422 YUV440 YUV444 BMP No limit No limit 8000 6000 Audio format Sample rate KHz Bit rate Kbps MP1 MP2 MP3 8 48 8 320 WMA 22 48 5 320 ADPCM WAV 8 48 32 384 PCM WAV 8 48 128 1536 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 26: ...ofile 1080P 30fps 16Mbps Not supported scan type interlaced Support GMC less than 1 warppoints XVID Up to advance simple profile 1080P 30fps 16Mbps WMV3 WMV Ver9 Up to main profile low medium level 1080P 30fps 16Mbps MPEG2 Main profile low and main levels 1080P 30fps 16Mbps MPEG4 Advanced simple profile frame picture levels 0 5 1080P 30fps 16Mbps VC 1 Simple and main profile low medium and high le...

Page 27: ...C AAC LC and HE AAC ts Video MPEG2 Main profile low and main levels 1080P 30fps 16Mbps H 264 AVC Up to high profile levels 1 4 1 1080P 30fps 16Mbps Support less than 6 reference frames Audio AC3 Not support AC3 HD AAC AAC LC and HE AAC MPEG 1 layer I II MPEG 1 layer III mp3 DTS Not support DTS HD LPCM http www pureglare com au ...

Page 28: ...els 1080P 30fps 16Mbps Audio MPEG 1 layer I II MPEG 1 layer III mp3 AC3 Not support AC3 HD DTS Not support DTS HD LPCM mov mp4 Video MPEG4 Advanced simple profile frame picture levels 0 5 1080P 30fps 16Mbps H 264 AVC Up to high profile levels 1 4 1 1080P 30fps 16Mbps Support less than 6 reference frames Audio AAC PCM ADPCM http www pureglare com au ...

Page 29: ...29 English wmv Video WMV3 WMV Ver9 Up to main profile low medium level 1080P 30fps 16Mbps Audio WMA2 WMA Ver9 Ver9 1 Not support WMA Ver9 Pro http www pureglare com au ...

Page 30: ...inimum 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 DDR 4GB ...

Page 31: ... is also recommended Select the source LAN WiFi you will see the WiFi Display welcome screen You can set the projector to play 2 kinds of roles AP Mode Default or Client Mode by going to the Settings LAN WiFi menu 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 Recommend...

Page 32: ...the LAN WiFi setting and you will see below items Please connect to an available AP and input password if necessary Then splash screen displays with below information In Client Mode you can project the screen from your tablet or smartphone to the projector by using the application eDisplay and access to Internet as well Projector Name SSID AcerProjector001 WiFi IP 192 168 100 10 Security None defa...

Page 33: ... the IP address your projector uses to connect to a wired or wireless network It will be 192 168 100 10 for general wireless and wired connections The Server IP will be assigned by the wired network with DHCP enabled For more information please see Network settings NOTE If a RJ 45 cable is not connected the LAN IP will be 0 0 0 0 Security None WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA PSK Wi Fi Protected Access pre sh...

Page 34: ...to launch the Welcome to the Acer Projector Gateway Setup Wizard The installation will proceed automatically Make sure the installation is complete Note If you do not see the welcome page or cannot connect to the wired network please 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 le...

Page 35: ...nal firewall does not block the Acer eDisplay Management application Note If your NB PC cannot allow auto run function please execute AcerProjectorGatewayW7 exe manually 5 When the search is complete a login dialog box will pop up to ask you to enter the User name and Projector ID if needed to log in to your acer Projector 6 The UI will look as it does below when your source successfully connects ...

Page 36: ...ized 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 projector It also supports...

Page 37: ...es a solid look and feel NOTE The Freeze and Hide are optional functions Allows you to change the projection resolution a To change the projection resolution click on the resolution below the projector icon to reveal a list of choices a b c e f d http www pureglare com au ...

Page 38: ...reen in Windows 8 operating system Changes to video playing e You can also select video clips to display from the compact window by clicking the arrow on the left of the screen Select a video clip and click the Play icon to load and Stop icon to stop the playback NOTE The video formats supported are MPEG2 MPEG4 H 264 Connect via the LAN for better performance if playing video The full rate will be...

Page 39: ... a different wireless projector b Change other NB PCs who connected this projector by Switch presenter c You may also do real installation in hard disk via P P token by clicking Install d or make another token via Save P P Plug Play Program to e About f displays version information of Acer eDisplay Management Note To enjoy extension display you must finish real installation in hard disk You cannot...

Page 40: ... 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 eDisplay Management application for Windows NB or PC Mac Utility Client for Mac OS Crestron RoomView After installing the program the shortcut will come ou...

Page 41: ...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 The active use...

Page 42: ...user s name Click 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 Advance Login Admin password is default by 123456 to access the advanced setting page http www pureglare com au ...

Page 43: ...t 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 44: ...ho 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 45: ... 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 computing loading...

Page 46: ... 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 47: ...rt 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 48: ...eb 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 49: ...glish 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 50: ... 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 51: ...formation 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 52: ...52 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 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 53: ...s the following functions Document Dropbox Internet Photo Camera Video and Split control NOTE The result of viewing documents via eDisplay depends on the hardware ability of your smart device When the memory of your smart device is insufficient some documents may not display correctly System requirements iOS Android Phone iOS 5 above iPhone 3GS iPhone 4 iPhone 4S iPhone 5 Pad iOS 5 above iPad 2 th...

Page 54: ...y you can enjoy mirroring projection from your smartphone to the projector Android V4 2 and above NOTE To utilize the Wireless 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 UWA2 http www pureglare com au ...

Page 55: ...transfer media files to the projector USB Display Introduction You can connect the USB cable to both projector and NB PC and adjust projector source to USB B to display the content in your NB PC Compatible with Windows XP Vista 7 Mac OS The USB Display projection function can be performed under Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and above Windows Vista 32 bits and 64 bits environments Windows 7 32bits...

Page 56: ...f the autorun feature has been disabled on our NB PC please browse to the CD ROM and execute the Acer_USB exe manually 5 System will start to install the software on your NB PC For the first time 6 Reboot your NB PC 7 Double click the icon on your NB PC 8 Below screen will be projected along with your NB PC s screen through USB cable And you can decide if you would like to mirror or extend your sc...

Page 57: ...ector side and type A host to NB PC side 4 Execute the EZUSBInstaller dmg and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation For the first time 5 Reboot your NB PC 6 Execute the application EZUSB and your NB PC s screen will be projected 7 The default setting is Mirror after eDisplay is successfully executed Go to System Preference Display to select Mirror Extension mode if you wou...

Page 58: ...password has been input if the security function is enabled For wired display check LAN IP address if no LAN cable plugged in LAN IP is 0 0 0 0 Before setting up for the WiFi Display or DLNA function make sure to plug in acer USB WiFi adapter optional first When you use WiFi display function check status icon like AP Mode Client Mode or LAN disabled or enabled on the upper right corner of the spla...

Reviews: