Acer K330 User Manual

Acer Projector

Multi-media

User's Guide

Introduction 1

Multimedia Features 1

Getting Started 2

Connecting multi-media device to the projector 2

Control Panel and Remote Control 3

Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus 5

Media Gallery 6

Setup 8

Photo Setting 9

Music Setting 10

Video Setting 11

Using MPtG Converter Tool 12

Wireless Projection via acer USB WiFi Adapter 13

Projection with MobiShow 16

Using MobiShow 16

Photo reviewer 17

Wireless PtG 18

Using the PtG2 converter 19

Contents

Acer EquiView - Screen Projection from Acer Tablet20

Display over USB 21

Appendices 22

Troubleshooting 22

Problems and Solution 22

Multi-media format supported 23

1. Photo Format 24

2. Music Format 24

3. Video Format 25

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Introduction

The Acer multimedia support offers easier projection without PC and player
connected. Through SD card reader and USB type A slot, you can easily access
various photo, video and music media formats (See format supported table).
The stylish user interface gives you best experience while playing media files.

Multimedia Features

• Fancy and stylish user interface for better experience.

Supports SD/ SDHC card, USB memory stick and mass storage (FAT32,
FAT16, NTFS) device.

• Supports high resolution JPEG and BMP picture formats, slideshow and

kinds of slideshow effects for the best viewing experience.

• Supports MP3, PCM and WMA...audio formats, music spectrum and

random play function for your please control.

• Supports MJPEG, MPEG4, H.264, WMV, MKV and RMVB...video formats.

Smooth video playback with 1080p@30Hz.

• Support office documents playback (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF).

• Easy control for all media functions by remote controller.

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Copyright
All Rights Reserved.

Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication
without obligation to notify any 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.

© 2011. Acer Incorporated.

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Getting Started

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Connecting multi-media device to the projector

SD CARD

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# Icon Component Description

1 SD Card reader Connects to SD Card.

2 USB connector Connects to USB disk/stick

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Note: The media contents in external HDD drive via USB cable is

not supported.

Note: Support MicroSD with SD adapter.

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Control Panel and Remote Control

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# Icon Component Description

1 RESYNC Back or stop function in multimedia controls.

2 SOURCE Changes the active source.

3 MENU Press "MENU" to launch the Onscreen display

(OSD) menu, back to the previous step for the
OSD menu operation or exit the OSD menu.
Also press "MENU" to adjust projector setting
in multimedia mode.

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e key

5 Direction Keys

Enter or play function under certain control
conditions.

Press " " to select items or volume control
while media playing.

Press " " to enter or play function in most
multimedia controls.

Press " " to be back function in most
multimedia controls.

6Enter/Play/

Pause

Confirm your selection of items or play/pause
media file.

7 Back/Stop Stop playing media file or go back to upper

data folder.

8 Pre./Rewind

• <: Go to previous page or media file in file

list view.

• <<: Press 3 sec to have 2X speed backward.

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9 Next/Fast

forward

• >: Go to next page or media file in file list

view.

• >>: Press 3 sec to have 2X speed forward.

10 MEDIA Toggle between USB A, SD and RAM sources.

11 USB B Press "USB B" to change source to the USB B

connector.

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Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus

Main menu

Sub menu

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Setting

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Media Gallery

Photo: For access of photo files. Music: For access of music files.

Video: For access of video files. Office Reader: For access of WORD,

EXCEL, PPT, PDF files.

MPtG: For access of MPtG files. Please
refer to section "Using MPtG Converter
Tool"

Note:

Change source to USB A to play your media contents in USB

drive.

Note:

Change source to SD to play your media contents in SD card.

Note:

Change source to RAM to play your media contents in

internal memory.

Setup: For access of kinds of settings.

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Note:

Change source to USB B, make sure to plug USB cable well

and you can see disk and edit 1GB free space of internal memory.

Note:

Only support USB 2.0 handy drive. USB hubs are not

supported. External USB Hard disk is not supported.

Note:

Support USB handy drive/ SD card upto 32GB.

Note:

Office Reader:

1. All IPR, including but not limited to copyright, in the Picsel
Products is owned by Picsel suppliers.

2. The End User may not:

• Make copies of the Picsel Products 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, merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose of the Picsel Products or otherwise and all
such representations or warranties are specifically disclaimed
and excluded.

4. Picsel agrees and acknowledges that Picsel and the Picsel
Products will not be specifically mentioned in the end user
license agreement.

Note: No support for advanced settings, such as Microsoft Word

drawing plug-in or table background settings.

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 large files with complex

contents.

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Setup

Photo Setting For access of photo settings.

Music Setting For access of music settings.

Video Setting For access of video settings.

Firmware Upgrade Press enter to do firmware upgrade by SD card.

Note: K330 provides Media FW upgrade via SD card.

1. Download new media FW files by one compressed file from
acer global website

2. Copy all uncompressed files in SD card (XXXX.bin as released
and UPGRADEINFO.INF) , and plug in projector.

3. Check projector source upto SD.

4. Media Gallery -> Setup Mode -> Firmware Upgrade

5. Confirm to go.

6. Projector will show welcome screen automatically when
finished upgrade.

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Photo Setting

Display Mode

Display Ratio

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Press or to select display mode while
entering the photo list.

• File list

• Slideshow

• Thumbnail

• Browse Mode

Press or to select display ratio.

• Auto: Keep original aspect ratio and resize to

fit horizontal or vertical direction of the
screen.

• Full: Fit full screen without keeping the

original aspect ratio.

Slideshow Duration

Slideshow Repeat

Slideshow Effect

Press or to select the slideshow duration.

• Choose "On" to repeat slideshow always.

• Choose "Off" to stop slideshow when it goes

to the last page.

Press or to select what slideshow effect you
want. There are various kinds: Random, Snake,
Partition, Erase, Blinds, Lines, GridCross, Spiral,
Rect., Off.

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Music Setting

Play Mode

Press or to select the music play mode.

• Once

• Repeat One

• Repeat All

• Random

Show Spectrum Choose "On" to show the spectrum plot while music

is playing.

Auto Play Choose "On" to play music automatically while

entering the music list.

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Video Setting

Display Ratio

Play Mode

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Press or to select display ratio

• Auto: Keep original aspect ratio and resize to fit

horizontal or vertical direction of the screen.

• Original Size: Display video in original size of the

content.

Press or to select the video play mode.

• Once

• Repeat One

• Repeat All

• Random

Auto Play Choose "On" to play the video automatically while

entering the video list.

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Using MPtG Converter Tool

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Download MPtG converter tool from manual CD of projector. You can use this
tool to transfer PPT/PDF files and play by projector.

To install converter tool:

1 Insert manual CD in your PC, find "mptg.exe" in folder "Converter"

2 Execute the file "mptg.exe" on your PC/NB, and follow the onscreen

instructions to finish installation.

Click converter to select a PowerPoint or PDF files and start conversion.
The tool will transfer PowerPoint/PDF files to MPtG format. You can copy all of
converted results in media (ex. USB drive) you have and play MPtG files on
Presentation mode of Projector.

Note: Please make sure the Microsoft office is installed before

playing MPtG files. Office 2010 is not supported.

Note: Please make sure the Adobe reader or writer is installed

first. Adobe reader v.8, v.9, v9.1 are supported

Note: Please close required PowerPoint or PDF file before

conversion.

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Wireless Projection via acer USB WiFi Adapter

RESET

USB B

USB A1 USB A2

Plug in acer USB WiFi adapter in USB type A slot of projector. Change projector
source upto USB A, and screen of projector will as below.

Enable your WLAN of Notebook and select the access point labeled
AcerProjector or AcerProjector XXXX to connect wirelessly. The Server IP
indicates the IP address (192.168.100.10) your projector uses to connect to a
wireless network.

POWER

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Open the Internet browser and type by 192.168.100.10 or installation CD to
download Acer eProjection Management from the welcome page, and then
click Run to launch the Welcome to the Acer Projector Gateway Setup Wizard.

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The installation will proceed automatically. Make sure the installation is
complete.

Execute shortcut - Acer eProjection Management on desktop and see below
compact UI.

• Resolution : change the projection resolution

• Project : start and stop screen projection via wireless.

• Setting : tap Setting and link webpage by 192.168.100.10.
(1) Download : Download eProjection Management installer and install

for first time use. Windows and Mac OS are supported.

(2) Configure

• Networking Settings: You can adjust SSID name. This leaves 11
characters available for you to customize the name.

• Security Settings: You can have protection by setting up a WEP
or WPA-PSK key.

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The WEP key can support from 64- up to 128-bit encryption for wireless
connections. This feature can be set and enabled by the supervisor. You
must key in 5 or 13 ASCII characters, or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters.
The WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption key should be entered as 8 to 63 ASCII
characters. This feature can be set and enabled by the 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 you are using Windows XP, you need to apply the WPA2­PSK hotfix from Microsoft.

Note: Enabling WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK increases the computing load,
which may affect projection performance.

• About: displays version information of Acer eProjection Management.

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Projection with MobiShow

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MobiShow allows content projection from a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone
(Android, iPhone). Install application - Mobishow on smartphone and connect
to wireless projector (SSID by AcerProjector) .

Note: Windows Mobile is not supported.

Using MobiShow

• Tape the MobiShow icon to launch application.

• MobiShow will turn on your mobile WiFi and display available access points

for you to choose.

• The MobiShow client will automatically search for wireless projectors (SSID

with prefix AcerProjector) and connect.

• If more than one projector is found, the following list is displayed for you

to select the one to use.

• You can enjoy photo viewer and PtG playback.

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Photo reviewer

When you select the Photo function, MobiShow will automatically open
Explorer for you to select a photo folder. Open a file (JPG format) and controls

show on your device's screen.

Icon Item Description

Prev/ Next Tap to go to the previous or next item on the

slide.

Pause/Stop Pause or stop playing photo.

Rotate Rotate to left or right photo.

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Wireless PtG

Install the PtG2 converter from the installation CD on your PC; this will enable
you to convert PowerPoint files to PtG2 format.
When you select PtG, the MobiShow client will automatically open Explorer for
you to select a PtG2 file. Select the file to open for your presentation. When the
file is open, the PtG2 slides will be projected while you will be shown controls
on your device screen. The slides are projected full screen with all the effects of
the original PowerPoint slides preserved.

Icon Item Description

Prev/ Next Tap to go to the previous or next item on the

slide.

PgUp/ PgDn Tap to go to previous or next slide.

Stop Tap to stop projecting the file. The icon will

become Play if the file is not being played. Tap
Play again to play the file if it is stopped.

Home Tap to go to the first slide.

Jump Tap and MobiShow client will show thumbnails

of every slide in the PtG file. You can select any
page to go to.

Open Tap to select another PtG2 file.

Note: PtG & PtG2 supports 800X600 and 1024X768 resolutions.

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Using the PtG2 converter

To use the Presentation-to-Go feature, you need to install the PtG2 Converter
on your PC from the CD. Put the CD into your CD-ROM and follow the onscreen
instructions to install the PtG2 Converter.
Open Programs > PtG Utility > PtG2 Converter from the Start menu. The
following control panel is displayed on your desktop.

Click Convert to select a PowerPoint file and start conversion. PtG2 Converter
will open the PowerPoint file and convert it to PtG2 format. You can see the
conversion process on your desktop.
Click Preview to expand or collapse the preview pane. Click Play to play back the
selected PtG2 file or click Open to select a different PtG2 file.

Note: Please close PowerPoint before conversion.

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Acer EquiView - Screen Projection

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from Acer Tablet

EquiView provides screen projection of acer tablet via acer wireless projector.

• EquiView on acer tablet desktop or download EquiView from Android

Market.

• Turn on WiFi and connect the access Point where the EquiView compatibile

devices (SSID with prefix AcerProjector).

• Tape the EquiView icon to launch application.

• The EquiView client will automatically search EquiView compatible devices

• Choose a EquiView compatible device, you can control to project screen by

acer wireless projector.

Icon Item Description

Play Start screen projection.

Stop Stop screen projection.

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Display over USB

Display over USB (DoUSB) projection is an easy-to-use function to project a
computer's screen using a single USB cable (USB type A to mini USB) without
needing any drivers.

Set the projector source to USB B. Connect the USB cable to the miniUSB of
projector and USB type A of the computer. Detect the computer and screen will
be automatically projected out.
If you unplug the USB cable, the projector will stop projecting.

Note: Only one computer can be connected at a time.

Note: Support USB projection under windows OS.

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Appendices

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Troubleshooting

If you experience a problem with your Acer projector, refer to the following
troubleshooting guide. If the problem persists, please contact your local reseller
or service center.

Problems and Solution

# Problem Solution

1 The projector stops

responding to all
controls

2 Image or projector

problems

3 USB/SD read fail Please make sure the USB device or SD card is

4 USB drive fail USB does not support USB hub function and

5 Media file not

found or can’t be
opened in file list

If possible, turn off the projector, then unplug
the power cord and wait at least 30 seconds
before reconnecting power.

Please refer to projector CD manual’s
troubleshooting.

good and well inserted. Remove to try for
several times if necessary.

which power consumption is over 500mA.

The files by un-supported codec won’t be shown
on file list. Please check the media support table
again in this manual.

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Multi-media format supported

1 JPEG Decode Supports JPEG picture formats

Thumbnails preview

Supports BMP picture formats

2 Video Decode and

Movie Formats

3 Music Formats Supports PCM, ADPCM audio formats

4 Card Reader

Interface

5 USB Interface Supports mass storage class

Supports MJPEG

Supports H263, H264

Supports AVI, MOV movie formats

Supports 3gp movie format

Supports SRT Subtitle format.

Supports WMA/OGG/MP3

Supports SD memory card

Supports SDHC memory card

Supports USB2.0

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Note: The video clip and its SRT subtitle file must be located in

the same folder and with same filename (ex. Abcde.avi &
Abcde.srt).

Note: Some user-made subtitles may not work properly.
Note: Video clips produced with some encoders may not be

played correctly. Detail is to follow format supported table.

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1. Photo Format

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Image type (ext
name)

Jpeg / Jpg Baseline YUV420 No Limitation

BMP No Limitation

Sub type Encode type Max pixels

YUV422

YUV440

YUV444

Progressive YUV420 5120 X 3840

YUV422

YUV440

YUV444

Note: JPEG header size must be under 512 Kbytes.

2. Music Format

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

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3. Video Format

File
format

AVI
MKV
DIVX

TS MPEG-2

DAT
VOB
MPG
MPEG

MOV
MP4
3GP

RM
RMVB

WMV WMV3 1080P 20Mbps 30fps WMA2

Video
format

DIVX4/5/6
XVID
MPEG-2/4
H.264
M-JPEG
WMV3

H.264

MPEG-1
MPEG-2

MPEG-4
H.264

RV3
RV4

MAX

MAX

res

bit rate

1080P 20Mbps 30fps AC3

1080P 20Mbps 30fps AC3

1080P 20Mbps 30fps MPEG1/2/3

1080P 20Mbps 30fps AC3

720P 5Mbps 30fps Cook

Frame
rate

Audio
format

DTS
MPEG1/2/3
PCM
ADPCM
AAC

DTS
MPEG1/2/3
LPCM
AAC

AC3
DTS
LPCM

AMR
PCM
AAC

(RA6)
AAC (RA9)
RACP
(RA10)

WMA3

Remark

No support VC-1 AP
H. 264 support less
than 4 reference
frames
No Support AC3­HD,DTS-HD

H. 264 support less
than 4 reference
frames
No Support AC3­HD,DTS-HD

No Support AC3­HD,DTS-HD

H. 264 support less
than 4 reference
frames

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No Support VC-1 AP

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Note: Doesn’t support B-Frame function.

4. Subtitle Format

Format Font Subtitle Size

Standard SRT UTF-8/ UTF-16 4bits up to 448x200

Note: DO NOT support mixed code in subtitle files.

2bits up to 896x200