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Trademark acknowledgements

P1009-1109

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TQBJ0314

Trademark acknowledgements

HDAVI Control™ is a trademark.

 

 

VGA and XGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

 

 

S-VGA is a registered trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association.

 

 

HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of 

 

 

HDMI Licensing LLC.

The font used in the on-screen displays is a Ricoh bitmap font, which is manufactured and sold by Ricoh 

 

 

Company, Ltd.

All other trademarks are the property of the various trademark owners.

Summary of Contents for PT-AE4000

Page 1: ... PT AE4000E ENGLISH Model No Thank you for purchasing this Panasonic product For your own safety please read Precautions with regard to safety of the operating instructions carefully before operating your projector TQBJ0314 I I I I I I I I ...

Page 2: ...ng to the projector 8 Connecting example COMPONENT IN S VIDEO IN VIDEO IN 8 Connecting example HDMI IN COMPUTER IN 8 Basic Operation Switching the projector on off 9 Mains lead 9 Power indicator 10 Switching on the projector 11 Switching off the projector 11 Projecting an image 12 Selecting the input signal 12 Positioning the image 12 Remote control operation 13 Operating range 13 Managing the len...

Page 3: ...ORY LOAD 35 LENS MEMORY SAVE 35 LENS MEMORY EDIT 36 AUTO SWITCHING 36 H AREA POSITION 37 V AREA POSITION 37 LEFT MASKING AREA 37 RIGHT MASKING AREA 37 UPPER MASKING AREA 37 LOWER MASKING AREA 37 FUNCTION BUTTON 38 OPTION menu 39 INPUT GUIDE 39 OSD DESIGN 39 OSD POSITION 39 BACK COLOUR 39 STARTUP LOGO 39 AUTO SEARCH 39 HDMI SIGNAL LEVEL 39 FRAME RESPONSE 39 INSTALLATION 39 TRIGGER 1 2 SETTING 40 SL...

Page 4: ...10 5 9 m 19 4 3 2 m 10 6 4 7 m 15 5 3 05 m 120 3 6 m 11 9 7 2 m 23 7 3 8 m 12 5 5 7 m 18 8 3 81 m 150 4 5 m 14 9 9 0 m 29 6 4 8 m 15 9 7 1 m 23 3 5 08 m 200 6 0 m 19 8 12 0 m 39 4 6 4 m 21 0 9 6 m 31 6 6 35 m 250 7 6 m 24 11 15 0 m 49 2 8 0 m 26 3 12 0 m 39 4 7 62 m 300 9 1 m 29 10 18 0 m 59 9 6 m 31 6 14 4 m 47 2 When using both 2 35 1 and 16 9 aspect images onto a 2 35 1 sized screen J J Calcula...

Page 5: ...CEILING NOTE A translucent screen is required for rear projection When mounting the projector on the ceiling the optional ceiling mount bracket ET PKE2000 ET PKE1000S is required See Ceiling mount bracket safeguards in Technical Information of the operating instructions Front leg adjusters and throwing angle You can screw up down the front leg adjusters to control the angle of the projector for ad...

Page 6: ...adjust the image position with the Lens shift dial Horizontal Up to about 40 of the projection Up to about 40 of the projection Turning the dial clockwise Image moves to the right Turning the dial counterclockwise Image moves to the left Vertical shift Q Q You can place the projector where the projector lens is up to 100 vertically off centre from the screen and then adjust the image position with...

Page 7: ... screen and the lens shift dials is centred you will get the best quality of the projection image When the Lens shift dial Vertical is at the vertical limit of the shift range you cannot turn the dial to the horizontal limit likewise when the Lens shift dial Horizontal is at the horizontal limit of the shift range you cannot turn the dial to the vertical limit When the projector is tilted and adju...

Page 8: ...EO IN To VIDEO output To S VIDEO output DVD player Video player DVD player To COMPONENT video output Connecting example HDMI IN COMPUTER IN To HDMI output Blu ray player Computer HDMI cable Commercial item RGB signal cable Commercial item NOTE Make sure the HDMI cable is adapted to your HDMI device for proper performance A compatible cable is required for an HDMI 1 080p signal It is possible to co...

Page 9: ... to a mains socket 444 Disconnecting J J Unplug the mains plug from the mains socket 111 Depress the latch and slide the cover off 222 Latch Slide the power cord secure lock up along the side 333 guide rail Rail guide Hold the plug and unplug it from the 444 AC IN terminal on the back of the projector NOTE Do not use other than the provided mains lead Ensure all the input devices are connected and...

Page 10: ... is set to ON The power consumption is not much different when it is lit See VIERA Link Connection on page 45 Green Flashing The power button is switched on and the projector is getting ready to project Lit Projecting Orange Lit The power button is switched off and the projector is cooling the lamp Flashing The power button is switched on again when cooling the lamp and recovering to projection mo...

Page 11: ...R on page 41 When starting up the projector some small rattling or tinkling sound may be heard or the display may flicker for the characteristics of the lamp Those are normal and will not affect the performance of the projector Do not attempt to modify the lens cover which may cause burns fire or damage to the projector Switching off the projector 3 1 2 Power indicator Press the power button 111 T...

Page 12: ...t the projected image with the lens shift dials 111 See Lens shift and positioning on page 6 Adjust the angle of the projector 222 Screw the front leg adjusters up down and adjust the angle vertically See Front leg adjusters and throwing angle on page 5 Adjust the focus and the projected image size 333 Press of the FOCUS and ZOOM buttons to adjust Press the LENS button to adjust the focus and zoom...

Page 13: ... the LENS button once to display the LENS CONTROL menu If you have saved Lens Memories press the LENS button twice to load the saved memories instantly And press the LENS button three times to go back to the LENS CONTROL menu See LENS CONTROL on page 35 Switching the picture mode You can switch the preset picture mode settings by pressing the PICTURE MODE button Press the button until the required...

Page 14: ...the required line position FULL SCAN Y SINGLE LINE SCAN B FULL SCAN R SINGLE LINE SCAN G FULL SCAN G SINGLE LINE SCAN R FULL SCAN B SINGLE LINE SCAN Y NOTE In SINGLE LINE SCAN mode the position of the waveform monitor depends on the position of the selected line You can display the main menu by pressing the MENU button and adjust the menu items The called up menu items displayed position depends o...

Page 15: ...ected to S VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO signal from the equipment connected to VIDEO IN HDMI 1 IN HDMI signal from the equipment connected to HDMI IN 1 HDMI IN 2 HDMI IN 3 HDMI 2 IN HDMI 3 IN COMPUTER IN RGB YPBPR signal from the equipment connected to COMPUTER IN NOTE If you select an unplugged input method the guidance will blink on and off See List of compatible signals in Technical Information of t...

Page 16: ... scroll to the required main menu 111 item and press the ENTER button to select The selected item is highlighted in orange and the sub menu is displayed on the right See Menu list on page 17 H POSITION V POSITION ASPECT WSS OVER SCAN KEYSTONE 16 9 ON 0 0 7 0 PICTURE POSITION LANGUAGE LENS CONTROL FUNCTION BUTTON VIERA LINK MENU OPTION ENTER RETURN SELECT Press to scroll to the required sub menu it...

Page 17: ...NE SCAN R SINGLE LINE SCAN G SINGLE LINE SCAN B MONITOR POSITION UPPER LEFT UPPER CENTRE UPPER RIGHT LOWER LEFT LOWER CENTRE LOWER RIGHT AUTO ADJUST START AUTO ADJUST BLACK LEVEL ADJUST WHITE LEVEL ADJUST RGB ADJUST BLACK RGB ADJUST WHITE SPLIT ADJUST page 22 AREA SELECT SPLIT ADJUST MODE NORMAL REVERSE ADVANCED MENU page 23 GAMMA ADJUSTMENT SIMPLE ADVANCED CONTRAST R Default 0 CONTRAST G Default ...

Page 18: ... DETECTION OFF LENS MEMORY 1 6 16 9 IMAGE DETECTION OFF LENS MEMORY 1 6 H AREA POSITION page 37 Default 0 V AREA POSITION page 37 Default 0 LEFT MASKING AREA page 37 Default 0 RIGHT MASKING AREA page 37 Default 0 UPPER MASKING AREA page 37 Default 0 LOWER MASKING AREA page 37 Default 0 FUNCTION BUTTON page 38 It is possible to assign a useful function to the FUNCTION button COLOUR MANAGEMENT GAMMA...

Page 19: ... TRIGGER 1 2 SETTING page 40 OFF OUTPUT POWER ON SELECT LENS MEMORY 1 6 BLANK SELECT 4 3 ASPECT SELECT 16 9 ASPECT SELECT S16 9 ASPECT SELECT JUST ASPECT SELECT ZOOM ASPECT SELECT H FIT ASPECT SELECT V FIT ASPECT RS 232C COMMAND LINK DELAY TIME 0 SEC 2 SEC 4 SEC 6 SEC 8 SEC 10 SEC 20 SEC 30 SEC INPUT POWER ON OFF BLANK SLEEP page 41 OFF 60 MIN 90 MIN 120 MIN 150 MIN 180 MIN 210 MIN 240 MIN HIGH AL...

Page 20: ...ng CINEMA3 Vivid and crisp colour setting NOTE It may take a while until the selected mode is stabilised CONTRAST You can adjust the contrast of the projected image Adjust the BRIGHTNESS in advance if necessary Lower Higher Setting range 64 to 64 BRIGHTNESS You can adjust the brightness of the projected image Darker Brighter Setting range 32 to 32 COLOUR You can adjust the colour saturation of the...

Page 21: ...ased on the reference signal which consists of 0 and 100 The over scanned reference signal which runs off the edge of the screen below 0 or over 100 signal level will not be adjusted correctly MONITOR POSITION J J When the FULL SCAN is selected press to adjust the position of the monitor See Adjusting the signal condition with a waveform on page 14 AUTO ADJUST J J You can switch on off the automat...

Page 22: ... 5 IRE Setting range 16 to 16 Press to display the 444 CONTRAST R CONTRAST G CONTRAST B Adjust by pressing 555 Adjust the up line of the waveform to 100 100 IRE Setting range 32 to 32 FULL SCAN R SINGLE LINE SCAN R BRIGHTNESS R Adjust the bottom line of the waveform to 0 0 or 7 5 IRE CONTRAST R Adjust the top line of the waveform to 100 100 IRE FULL SCAN G SINGLE LINE SCAN G BRIGHTNESS G Adjust th...

Page 23: ...GAMMA settings through either the ADVANCED or SIMPLE mode Both settings cannot be used at the same time Select GAMMA ADJUSTMENT in ADVANCED MENU and press or the ENTER button GAMMA ADJUSTMENT CONTRAST R CONTRAST G CONTRAST B BRIGHTNESS R BRIGHTNESS G BRIGHTNESS B NR ADVANCED MENU ADVANCED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Setting the GAMMA with the Q Q ADVANCED mode The 111 GAMMA ADJUSTMENT menu will be displayed and...

Page 24: ... and to change the point from 1 to 9 Ex Press to change the point from 5 to 6 ADJUSTMENT MODE GAMMA HIGH GAMMA MID GAMMA LOW POINT Y ADJUST R ADJUST G ADJUST ADVANCED 5 GAMMA ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT MODE GAMMA HIGH GAMMA MID GAMMA LOW POINT Y ADJUST R ADJUST G ADJUST ADVANCED 6 GAMMA ADJUSTMENT Adjusting the 222 INPUT level To adjust the INPUT level from the present setting press continuously until ...

Page 25: ...olour ADJUST menu through the GAMMA ADJUSTMENT menu Select your required colour ADJUST Y ADJUST R ADJUST G ADJUST B ADJUST with in the GAMMA ADJUSTMENT menu and press the ENTER button ADJUSTMENT MODE GAMMA HIGH GAMMA MID GAMMA LOW POINT Y ADJUST R ADJUST G ADJUST B ADJUST INITIALIZE ADVANCED 5 GAMMA ADJUSTMENT ENTER RETURN SELECT RESET R ADJUST POINT INPUT 0 50 50 10 5 100 INPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT Sett...

Page 26: ... J J CONTRAST You can adjust the amount of contrast of individual RGB colours Press to increase decrease 1 point RGB Default setting CONTRAST R 0 CONTRAST G 0 CONTRAST B 0 Setting range 32 to 32 J J BRIGHTNESS You can adjust the brightness of individual RGB colours Press to increase decrease 1 point RGB Default setting BRIGHTNESS R 0 BRIGHTNESS G 0 BRIGHTNESS B 0 Setting range 16 to 16 J J NR Nois...

Page 27: ...adjust when the very edge point of the projection area is selected as sample You can create a profile only when ADJUSTMENT MODE is set to either CURSOR or RGBCMY ENTER DEFAULT RETURN SELECT CURSOR COLOUR TINT BRIGHTNESS 0 0 0 Sampled colour Press to select a menu item and the to 444 adjust each item level The result box is displayed on the right of the cursor and shows the adjusted colour ENTER DE...

Page 28: ...elect 111 LOG and press the ENTER button The LOG menu is displayed POINT1 POINT2 POINT3 POINT4 POINT5 POINT6 POINT7 POINT8 ALL DELETE 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 ADJUSTMENT MODE PICTURE MODE CURSOR NORMAL COLOUR TINT BRIGHTNESS Sampled colour Adjusted colour Press to select the required log from 1 8 or 222 ALL DELETE and press the ENTER button Select CHA...

Page 29: ...ile names You can change the name of the profiles from the PROFILE NAME CHANGE menu Press to select 111 PROFILE NAME CHANGE and press the ENTER button Press to select the required profile and press 222 the ENTER button Rename the profile 333 Use to specify the location of the required character to enter and press the ENTER button Select 444 OK and press the ENTER button to set the entered text as ...

Page 30: ...1 080 50p only When the input signal is not selected correctly with AUTO setting select RGB or YPBPR manually MEMORY SAVE You can save and name the adjusted PICTURE menu settings for instant access from MEMORY LOAD menu Adjust the items in 111 PICTURE menu Select 222 MEMORY SAVE and press the ENTER button Select the required memory setting and press the 333 ENTER button The confirmation screen wil...

Page 31: ...tting and press the 222 ENTER button Rename the memory setting 333 Use to specify the location of the required character to enter and press the ENTER button You can enter up to 16 characters OK CANCEL ALL DELETE MEMORY NAME INPUT Repeat step 3 until you finish the text line 444 Move the cursor to ALL DELETE and press the ENTER button to delete all the entered text line Press the DEFAULT button to ...

Page 32: ...only NOTE If the projecting signal s dot clock frequency is higher than 150 MHz the adjustment may not make a difference Available signals from YPBPR 1 125 1 080 60i 1 125 1 080 50i 1 125 1 080 60p 1 125 1 080 50p 1 125 1 080 24p 750 720 60p 750 720 50p ASPECT You can switch the aspect ratio manually when needed Aspect ratio depend on signals J J Press to cycle through the aspect ratio options The...

Page 33: ...HDMI signal 14 9 Adjusts to 14 9 COMPUTER COMPONENT HDMI Q Q Available with 1 125 1 080 50i 1 125 1 080 60i 1 125 1 080 50p 1 125 1 080 60p 1 125 1 080 24p 750 720 50p and 750 720 60p signals Original size 4 3 16 9 Cinescope H FIT Adjusts horizontally to 16 9 V FIT Adjusts to 16 9 vertically Escape and press to scroll the image to adjust the edge vertically Not available with HDMI signal ZOOM Adju...

Page 34: ...or is aligned non perpendicularly to the screen or if the projection screen has an angled surface you can correct the keystone vertically Image Operation Setting range 32 to 32 NOTE You can correct the distortion 30 degrees from the vertical plane For a better quality image installing the projector with minimum distortion is recommended Some distortion may be retained for the lens shift adjustment...

Page 35: ...and or the screen is tilted adjust the focus at the centre of the image The upper and lower edge might be out of focus When the image is distorted in keystone adjust the KEYSTONE in POSITION menu See KEYSTONE on page 34 LENS MEMORY LOAD You can access the saved lens control settings ZOOM FOCUS H V AREA POSITION and MASKING AREA instantly Select a setting from 111 LENS MEMORY 1 6 Press the 222 ENTE...

Page 36: ... step 3 Select 555 OK and press the ENTER button to set the entered text as a name NOTE The option that contains no saved adjustment will not be displayed If you leave the text box empty and save the default memory name will stay as a name AUTO SWITCHING You can automatically load the saved lens memory settings which are set for each screen size This function is able to identify the wide signal or...

Page 37: ...e 0 to 70 RIGHT MASKING AREA You can place a blank mask area in the right side edge on the screen Less More Setting range 0 to 70 UPPER MASKING AREA You can place a blank mask area in the upper side edge on the screen Less More Setting range 0 to 70 LOWER MASKING AREA You can place a blank mask area in the lower side edge on the screen Less More Setting range 0 to 70 NOTE If it is set to 0 each MA...

Page 38: ...USTMENT page 23 SPLIT ADJUST page 22 WAVEFORM AUTO ADJUST page 21 FRAME CREATION page 26 NORMAL page 20 DYNAMIC COLOUR1 COLOUR2 CINEMA1 CINEMA2 CINEMA3 TEST PATTERN page 41 OPERATE OTHER DEVICE Booklet ASPECT page 32 AUTO SETUP page 34 CONTRAST page 20 BRIGHTNESS BLANK page 38 HDMI 1 IN page 15 HDMI 2 IN HDMI 3 IN COMPUTER IN COMPONENT IN S VIDEO IN VIDEO IN The underlined item is factory default ...

Page 39: ... when starting up the projector Press to select the required option STARTUP LOGO Panasonic will be displayed for 15 seconds ON Active OFF Deactive AUTO SEARCH When the projector is turned on the input terminals are detected and an input signal is selected automatically You can switch the system on off Press to cycle through the options ON Active OFF Deactive NOTE When no signal is detected the las...

Page 40: ... 222 output function and press the ENTER button OFF Unable to transmit the trigger output signal It does not work even if trigger input signal is received Enable to receive the trigger input signal OUTPUT OPTIONS POWER ON SELECT 4 3 ASPECT SELECT LENS MEMORY 1 SELECT 16 9 ASPECT SELECT LENS MEMORY 2 SELECT S16 9 ASPECT SELECT LENS MEMORY 3 SELECT JUST ASPECT SELECT LENS MEMORY 4 SELECT ZOOM ASPECT...

Page 41: ...gh elevation the HIGH ALTITUDE MODE setting need to be ON to set the fan speed high Press to select the required option OFF The fan speed is low ON The fan speed is high NOTE At 1 400 2 700 m 4 593 8 858 ft above sea level the setting must be ON The loudness of fan noise depends on the HIGH ALTITUDE MODE setting LAMP POWER You can adjust the power of the lamp to save on electricity prolong the lam...

Page 42: ...Baud rate 9 600 bps X parameter None Parity None S parameter None J J Basic format Start byte 02h 1 byte 4 bytes End 03h 3 bytes 1 bytes STX Command Parameter ETX The data streaming from the computer will start with STX and proceed to Command Parameter and end with ETX You can add the required parameter The projector can not receive any command for 10 seconds after the lamp is switched on Wait 10 ...

Page 43: ... FC1 FUNCTION BUTTON Activates the function that is assigned to the FUNCTION button of the remote control OOT SLEEP Sets the duration of time to turn off the power automatically See SLEEP on page 41 0 OFF 1 60 min 2 90 min 3 120 min 4 150 min 5 180 min 6 210 min 7 240 min OSH BLANK Turns off the projection temporarily Sends the command to switch between ON and OFF Do not send the command consecuti...

Page 44: ...OUTPUT when RS 232C COMMAND LINK is set in the TRIGGER 2 SETTING menu TROI1 00000 LOW TROI1 00001 HIGH J J Inquiry commands Command Control contents Parameter QPW Power status 000 OFF 001 ON QFZ FREEZE status 0 OFF 1 ON QIN INPUT signal status CP1 COMPONENT IN SVD S VIDEO IN VID VIDEO IN HD1 HDMI1 IN HD2 HDMI2 IN HD3 HDMI3 IN RG1 COMPUTER IN QOT OFF TIMER status 0 OFF 1 60 min 2 90 min 3 120 min 4...

Page 45: ...nt 1 1 Control the menu of the connected equipment by projector remote control 1 1 1 Speaker control Available with equipment which has HDAVI Control 2 or later function Available with equipment which has HDAVI Control 4 function Connection DIGA Recorder DVD Player Blu ray Disc theatre HD Video Camera LUMIX Camera with VIERA Link function NOTE VIERA Link can only be used with one display projector...

Page 46: ...manufacturers equipment that supports HDMI CEC cannot be guaranteed Please refer to individual manuals for other manufacturers equipment supporting Link function About applicable Panasonic equipment consult your local Panasonic dealer Preparations J J Use fully wired HDMI compliant cable Non HDMI compliant cables cannot be utilised Set up the connected equipment Switch the connected equipment ON S...

Page 47: ...wer consumption This function will work when POWER OFF LINK is set to ON Auto standby for unnecessary equipment INTELLIGENT AUTO STANDBY Q Q Set INTELLIGENT AUTO STANDBY ON WITH REMINDER or ON NO REMINDER in the Setup Menu to use this function When the projector is ON non input selected connected equipment goes into standby mode automatically to reduce the power consumption If you select ON WITH R...

Page 48: ...ont leg adjusters 5 FUNCTION Remote control operation 15 FUNCTION BUTTON Main menu 38 Remote control operation 15 G GAMMA 23 H H AREA POSITION 37 HDMI IN Connection 8 HDMI SIGNAL LEVEL 39 H FIT 33 HIGH ALTITUDE MODE 41 H POSITION 32 I INPUT GUIDE 39 INPUT SELECT Remote control operation 15 INSTALLATION OPTION menu 39 Projection method 5 J JUST 33 K KEYSTONE 34 L LAMP POWER 41 LAMP RUNTIME 41 LEFT ...

Page 49: ...asic format 42 Cable specifications 43 Communication settings 42 Connection 42 Control commands 43 Inquiry commands 44 Pin assignments 42 SHARPNESS 20 SIGNAL MODE 31 SLEEP 41 SPLIT ADJUST 22 STARTUP LOGO 39 S VIDEO IN Connection 8 T Technical Information 42 TEST PATTERN 41 Throw distance 4 Throwing angle 5 TINT 20 TRIGGER OPTION menu 40 TV SYSTEM 30 U UPPER MASKING AREA 37 V V AREA POSITION 37 V F...

Page 50: ...GA is a registered trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association HDMI the HDMI logo and High Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC The font used in the on screen displays is a Ricoh bitmap font which is manufactured and sold by Ricoh Company Ltd All other trademarks are the property of the various trademark owners ...

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