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User Controls

  12V Trigger

 

STD: When “STD” is selected, 12V Trigger will send 12V when 

projector turn on.

 

LBX: When 12V trigger set as “LBX” --
1.  Format change to “LBX”,12V trigger port will send 12V.
2.  Format is “4:3”, “16:9”, or “Native”, 12V trigger port won’t 

send 12V, it will be 0V.

Summary of Contents for HC815

Page 1: ...icator 14 Adjusting the Projected Image 15 Adjusting the Projector s Height 15 Adjusting the Projector s Zoom Focus 16 Adjusting Projected Image Size 16 User Controls 17 Control Panel Remote Control 17 On screen Display Menus 20 How to operate 20 Menu Tree 21 Image 22 Display 26 Setup 29 System 32 Appendices 36 Troubleshooting 36 Image Problems 36 Intermission Problems 38 Projector Status Indicati...

Page 2: ...roper ventilation For example do not place the projector on a bed sofa carpet or similar surface that may block the ventilation openings Do not put it in an enclosure such as a bookcase or a cabinet that may keep air from flowing through its ventilation openings B Do not use this projector near water or moisture To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose the projector to rain or mo...

Page 3: ...Warning When replacing the lamp please allow unit to cool down and follow all replacement instruc tions See page 41 Warning This projector will detect the life of the lamp itself Please be sure to change the lamp when it shows warning messages Warning Reset the Lamp Reset function from the on screen display System Lamp Setting menu after replacing the lamp module refer to page 35 Warning When swit...

Page 4: ... the product is not being used for a long period of time Do not Block the slots and openings on the unit provided for ventila tion Use abrasive cleaners waxes or solvents to clean the unit Use under the following conditions Extremely heat cold or humidity In areas susceptible to excessive dust and dirt Near any appliance generating a strong magnetic field In direct sunlight ...

Page 5: ...ors are located out of the line of sight from the screen to the audience this ensures that when presenters look at the audience they do not also have to stare at the pro jector lamp The best way to achieve this is by ceiling mount ing rather than floor or table mounting the projector When projector is used in a classroom adequately supervise students when they are asked to point out something on t...

Page 6: ...terlacing Video Compatibility 480i NTSC NTSC4 43 576i PAL PAL M PAL N SECAM SDTV compatible 480i p 576i p HDTV compatible 720p 1080i p RGB signal HD XGA SVGA VGA res sizing Macintosh compatible Full function IR remote control with back light Advanced vertical digital keystone correction and high quality full screen image re scaling User friendly control panel Optoma s patent pending O2 AirTM Photo...

Page 7: ...immediately if anything is missing Documentation User s Manual Warranty Card Quick Start Card Due to the difference in applications for each country some regions may have different ac cessories 2 x AA Batteries Projector with lens cap RCA Component Cable for YPbPr 2 0m RS232 Cable 1 8m DVI to VGA Adaptor Available in European version only SCART RGB S Video Adaptor VGA Cable 1 8m Note Note ...

Page 8: ...ever 3 Focus Ring 4 Elevator Button one on each side 5 Elevator Feet 6 Zoom Lens 7 IR Receivers 8 Connection Ports 9 Power Socket 10 Tilt Adjustment Feet 11 Air exhaust vent Main Unit Product Overview 3 5 5 4 6 11 8 10 10 2 7 7 5 9 1 10 7 1 ...

Page 9: ...Introduction Control Panel 1 Power and IR Receiver 2 Power Indicator LED 3 Lamp Indicator LED 4 Temp Indicator LED 5 Menu On Off 6 Four Directional Select Keys 7 Source Select 8 Re Sync 9 Enter 4 3 2 6 5 7 8 9 1 ...

Page 10: ...e Video Input Connector 3 RS232 Input Connector 4 S Video Input Connector 5 DVI I Input Connector PC Digital and DVI HDCP 6 HDMI 1 Connector 7 HDMI 2 Connector 8 Component Video Input Connector 9 Power Socket 10 Kensington MicrosaverTM Lock Port 6 5 4 1 10 9 8 2 3 7 ...

Page 11: ...Four Directional Select Keys 8 Display Mode 9 Edge Mask 10 Brightness 11 Image AI 12 IRIS 13 Menu 14 Overscan 15 4 3 16 16 9 17 HDMI1 Source 18 YPbPr Source 19 Letter Box 20 Native 21 DVI Source 22 Composite Video Source 23 HDMI2 Source 24 S Video 1 10 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 6 13 14 15 16 17 18 23 24 19 20 21 22 11 12 ...

Page 12: ... receiver RGB 1 Power Cord 2 DVI to VGA Adaptor For European Only 3 RS232 Cable 4 Composite Video Cable Optional Accessory 5 RCA Component Cable for YPbPr 6 S Video Cable Optional Accessory 7 SCART RGB S Video Adaptor For European Only 8 VGA Cable For European Only 9 DVI Cable Optional Accessory 10 HDMI Cable Optional Accessory 1 2 3 DVI 10 7 5 4 9 12V Relay Output SCART DVD Player 8 Note Note 6 ...

Page 13: ...e the projector you can select your preferred language from quick menu after the startup screen display 4 Turn on your source computer notebook video player etc The projector will detect your source automatically within Setup menu check that Source Lock has been set to Off If you connected multiple sources at the same time press the Source button on the control panel or direct source key on the re...

Page 14: ...al dealer or our service centre See page 47 Powering off the projector 1 Press the button to turn off the projector lamp you will see a message displayed on the projector s screen Press the button again to confirm otherwise the mes sage will disappear after 5 seconds 2 The cooling fans continue to operate for about 60 seconds for cooling cycle and the Power LED will flash blue When the lights soli...

Page 15: ...ise the image 1 Press the elevator button 2 Raise the image to the desired height angle then release the button to lock the elevator feet into position 3 Use screw in feet to fine tune the display angle To lower the image 1 Press the elevator button 2 Lower the image then release the button to lock the eleva tor feet into position 3 Use screw in feet to fine tune the display angle Elevator Button ...

Page 16: ... Image Size Side View Front View Throw Ratio TR 1 85 as Wide mode A 6 25 B 1920x1080 22 47 W0 1920x1080 L TR H L X tan A W1 1440x1080 W0 1920x1080 X 0 75 H 1920x1080 W0 1920x1080 X 0 56 H 1440x1080 W1 1440x1080 X 0 75 Display Format A B L cm W cm H cm H cm D cm D in 16 9 1920x1080 6 25 22 47 245 73 132 83 74 72 26 90 152 40 60 00 4 3 1440x1080 6 25 22 47 245 73 99 62 74 72 26 90 124 53 49 03 Proje...

Page 17: ... section on pages 13 14 Source Press Source to choose DVI RGB Com ponent p Component i S Video Compos ite Video HDTV and HDMI sources Menu Press Menu to launch the on screen display OSD menu To exit OSD Press Menu again Four Direc tional Select Keys Use to select items or make adjustments to your selection Enter Confirm your item selection Re Sync Automatically synchronizes the projector to the in...

Page 18: ...s of the image refer to page 35 Image Shift Shifts the projected image position verti cally Edge Mask Choose On to mask off a few pixels on each edge of the image to be displayed Use Edge Mask On if image source happens to have encoding error near any edge of the displayable image Mode Select the display mode from Cinema Bright TV sRGB and User Menu Press Menu to launch the on screen display OSD m...

Page 19: ...idth Part of the original image will be lost if the image aspect ratio is less than 2 35 1 DVI Press DVI to choose Analog and Digital Signal source from DVI connector HDMI1 Press HDMI1 to choose source from HDMI1 connector HDMI2 Press HDMI2 to choose source from HDMI2 connector YPbPr Press YPbPr to choose Component video source Video Press Video to choose Composite video source S Video Press S Vid...

Page 20: ...keys to select any item in the main menu While making a selection on a particular page press or Enter key to enter sub menu 3 Use keys to select the desired item and adjust the settings by key 4 Select the next item to be adjusted in the sub menu and adjust as described above 5 Press Enter or Menu to confirm and the screen will return to the main menu 6 To exit press Menu again The OSD menu will c...

Page 21: ...TUP 12V Trigger Lamp Setting Projection Overscan Color Temp DISPLAY Warm True Vivid Edge Enhance B W Extension Gamma Film Video Graphics PC Degamma Cinema Bright TV sRGB User Contrast Brightness Color Noise Reduction IMAGE Mode Tint IMAGE Advanced Advanced Sharpness Phase Tracking H Position V Position High Altitude On Off Signal On Off English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português Polski Ne...

Page 22: ...the lightest and darkest parts of the picture Adjusting the contrast changes the amount of black and white in the image Press the to decrease the contrast Press the to increase the contrast Brightness Adjust the brightness of the image Press the to darken image Press the to lighten the image Color Adjusts a video image from black and white to fully saturated color Press the to decrease the amount ...

Page 23: ...balance of red and green Press the to increase the amount of green in the image Press the to increase the amount of red in the image Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of the image Press the to decrease the sharpness Press the to increase the sharpness ...

Page 24: ...r video or TV source Graphics For image source PC For PC or computer source True Vivid This adjustable item utilizes a new color processing algorithm and enhancements to enable the picture s vividness to be significantly increased The range is from 0 to 5 Edge Enhance There are 3 pre set modes and one user mode for advanced edge enhancement filter You can easily switch between the modes to achieve...

Page 25: ... temperature At cold temperature the screen looks colder at warm temperature the screen looks warmer 1 For User mode adjustment put cursor on User and press Enter to select this adjustment item 2 Use to highlight the desired adjustment items then press Enter or to select it The Menu disappears and only an adjustment bar appears 3 Use arrow keys to adjust image ...

Page 26: ...s format is for 4x3 input sources not enhanced for Wide screen TV 16 9 This format is for 16x9 input sources like HDTV and DVD enhanced for Widescreen TV Native This format displays the original image without any scal ing Display Input Signal Display area Picture area Display on Screen ...

Page 27: ...amorphic wide is enhanced for 16x9 Display in a wide 2 35 1 image In this case there are no black bars the full lamp power and vertical resolution is fully utilized for maximum view ing effects Other than these two occasions one should stay with 16 9 and 4 3 modes for most viewing experiences Overscan Overscan function removes the noise in a video image Overscan the image to remove video encoding ...

Page 28: ... 3 16 9 LBX and Native On The format only can be chosen 4 3 and 16 9 Auto To solve the differences of the film formats the option can keep the format in the same ratio SuperWide is Off as default How to use Super Wide 1 Use a 2 0 1 screen that buy from Op toma 2 Enable SuperWide feature to Auto 3 Use zoom ring in top of projector to fit the image width to the screen width Note Note ...

Page 29: ... Source Enable input sources Press or into the next menu as below and then use or to select Press Select Enter to finalize the selec tion The projector will not search inputs that are de selected Source Lock When this function is turned off the projector will search for other signals if the current input signal is lost When this function is turned on it will search for a specified connection port ...

Page 30: ...an adjustment Tracking Synchronizes the signal timing of the display with the graphics card If you experience an unstable or flickering image use this function to correct it H Position Adjusts the horizontal position V Position Adjusts the vertical position White Level Allow user adjust White Level when inputting S Video or Video CVBS signals Black Level Allow user adjust Black Level when inputtin...

Page 31: ...the image IRE Adjusts measurement of composite video signals Color Space Select an appropriate color matrix type from RGB or YCbCr Reset Return the adjustments and settings to factory default values Current Returns the current menu s settings to factory default All Returns the settings for all menus to factory default values IRE only support under NTSC signal Note Note ...

Page 32: ...r turns the image upside down for ceiling mounted projection Rear Ceiling When you select this function the projector reverses and turns the image upside down at same time You can project from be hind a translucent screen with ceiling mounted projection Image AI Image AI improves the contrast of the picture by optimizing the brightness of the lamp according to the picture content On The dynamic im...

Page 33: ...nged 0 16 When 0 is selected the image becomes brighter When 1 16 steps is selected black levels of the image are reproduced with more clarity though the brightness is lowered There are 16 step for you adjust Auto The dynamic image performance manager is active in making sure your greatest pleasure from seeing a movie dy namically with the most dark details revealed vivid and bright image performe...

Page 34: ... When STD is selected 12V Trigger will send 12V when projector turn on LBX When 12V trigger set as LBX 1 Format change to LBX 12V trigger port will send 12V 2 Format is 4 3 16 9 or Native 12V trigger port won t send 12V it will be 0V ...

Page 35: ...o show or to hide the warning message when the changing lamp message is displayed The message will appear up 30 hours before suggested replacement of lamp Brite Mode Choose On to increase the brightness Choose Off to return normal mode Lamp Reset Reset the lamp life hour after replacing the lamp System Lamp Setting ...

Page 36: ... icon open the Control Panel folder and double click the Display icon 2 Select the Settings tab 3 Verify that your display resolution setting is lower than UXGA 1600 x 1200 4 Click on the Advanced Properties button If the projector is still not projecting the whole image you will also need to change the monitor display you are using Refer to the following steps 5 Verify the resolution setting is l...

Page 37: ...our presentation If you are using a Notebook PC Some Notebook PCs may deactivate their own screens when a second display device is in use Each has a different way to be reac tivated Refer to your computer s manual for detailed information Unstable or flickering image Use Tracking to correct it See page 30 for more information Change the monitor color setting on your computer Image has vertical fli...

Page 38: ... by referring to the following Please setup the display format as 16 9 wide aspect ratio type on your DVD player Image is too small or too large Adjust the zoom lever on the top of the projector Move the projector closer to or further from the screen Press 4 3 16 9 Letter Box Native button on the remote control or Menu on the projector panel go to Display Format Try the different settings Image ha...

Page 39: ...d To replace the lamp follow the procedures in the Replacing the Lamp section on page 41 Projector Status Indication LED states Message Power LED Red Power LED Blue Temp LED Lamp LED Standby State Input power cord Power on Warming Flashing Power on and Lamp lighting Power off Cooling Flashing Error Lamp fail Error Thermal fail Error Fan fail Flashing Error Over Temp Flashing Steady light No light ...

Page 40: ...e operating angle for the remote control is approximately 22 5 Make sure there are not any obstructions between the remote con trol and the projector Move to within 6 m 20 ft of the projector Make sure batteries are inserted correctly Make sure batteries are exhausted If so replace weak batteries in the remote control ...

Page 41: ...personal injury do not drop the lamp module or touch the lamp bulb The bulb may shatter and cause injury if it is dropped 3 2 4 Lamp Replacing Procedure 1 Switch off the power to the projector by pressing the Power button 2 Allow the projector to cool down at least 30 minutes 3 Disconnect the power cord 4 Use a screwdriver to remove the screw from the cover 5 Push up and remove the cover 6 Remove ...

Page 42: ...800 x 600 75 VESA XGA 1024 x 768 60 VESA XGA 1024 x 768 70 VESA XGA 1024 x 768 75 VESA XGA 1024 x 768 85 VESA WXGA 1280 x 720 60 VESA WXGA 1280 x 768 60 VESA WXGA 1280 x 768 72 VESA WXGA 1280 x 768 85 HD 1280 x 720 60 HD 1280 x 720 72 VESA SXGA 1400 x 1200 60 VESA UXGA 1600 x 1200 60 HD 1920 x 1080 24 HD 1920 x 1080 60 MAC 1152 x 870 75 06 MAC G4 640 x 480 60 MAC G4 1024 x 768 75 ...

Page 43: ...lish 43 Appendices RS232 Commands and Protocol Function List Pin no Name I O From Projector Side 1 NC __ 2 RXD IN 3 TXD OUT 4 NC __ 5 GND __ 6 NC __ 7 NC __ 8 NC __ 9 NC __ RS232 Pin Assignments 3 5 1 9 6 ...

Page 44: ... DVI_Digital Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 31 36 0D 0 IR 017 0 IR CR s Source HDMI 1 Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 31 37 0D 0 IR 018 0 IR CR s Source Composite Video Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 31 38 0D 0 IR 019 0 IR CR s Source S Video Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 31 39 0D 0 IR 020 0 IR CR s Source DVI_Analog Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 32 30 0D 0 IR 025 0 IR CR...

Page 45: ...Image shift left Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 34 38 0D 0 IR 049 0 IR CR O s Image shift right Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 34 39 0D 0 IR 050 0 IR CR s Source HDMI 2 Default ACK 2A 20 30 20 49 52 20 30 35 30 0D 050 042 041 040 036 037 038 039 035 043 048 049 046 047 Comand Header Blank Blank Address Code Command Blank Terminator 1 Header Terminator 2 S ilence O SD Mode s et g et Viewe...

Page 46: ...type M4 Maximum screw length 10mm Minimum screw length 8mm Warning 1 If you buy the ceiling mount from other company please ensure that there is at least 10cm distance between the bottom cover of the projector and the ceiling 2 Avoid placing the projector near sources of heat such air conditioning units and heaters otherwise it may overheat and shut down automatically 3 Ceiling mounting shall be m...

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Page 49: ... If this device does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be deter mined by turning the device off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the device and receiver Connect the device into an outlet on a circuit different from t...

Page 50: ...igital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Remarque à l intention des utilisateurs cana diens Cet appareil numerique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada Declaration of Conformity for EU countries EMC Directive 2004 108 EC including amendments Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC if product has RF func tion Disposal instructions Do not throw this ele...

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