Acer MR.JES11.009 User manual

Acer Projector

K520/H112/PH-X01 Series

User's Guide

Acer Projector K520/H112/PH-X01 Series User's Guide Original Issue: 03/2012

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Information for your safety and comfort

Read these instructions carefully. Keep this document for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.

Turning the product off before cleaning

Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.

Caution for plug as disconnecting device

Observe the following guidelines when connecting and disconnecting power to the external power supply unit:

• Install the power supply unit before connecting the power cord to the AC

power outlet.

• Unplug the power cord before removing the power supply unit from the

projector.

• If the system has multiple sources of power, disconnect power from the

system by unplugging all power cords from the power supplies.

Caution for Accessibility

Be sure that the power outlet you plug the power cord into is easily accessible and located as close to the equipment operator as possible. When you need to disconnect power to the equipment, be sure to unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet.

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Warnings!

• Do not use this product near water.

• Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand or table. If the product

falls, it could be seriously damaged.

• Slots and openings are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable

operation of the product and to protect it from overheating. These openings must not be blocked or covered. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface.

This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register, or in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided.

• Never push objects of any kind into this product through cabinet slots as

they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind onto or into the product.

• To avoid damage of internal components and to prevent battery leakage,

do not place the product on a vibrating surface.

• Never use it under sporting, exercising, or any vibrating environment

which will probably cause unexpected short current or damage rotor devices.

Using electrical power

• This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the

marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power available, consult your dealer or local power company.

• Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this

product where people will walk on the cord.

• If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total

ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating. Also, make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed the fuse rating.

• Do not overload a power outlet, strip or receptacle by plugging in too

many devices. The overall system load must not exceed 80% of the branch circuit rating. If power strips are used, the load should not exceed 80% of the power strip's input rating.

• This product's AC adapter is equipped with a three-wire grounded plug.

The plug only fits in a grounded power outlet. Make sure the power outlet is properly grounded before inserting the AC adapter plug. Do not insert the plug into a non-grounded power outlet. Contact your electrician for details.

Warning! The grounding pin is a safety feature. Using a power outlet that is not properly grounded may result in electric shock and/or injury.

Note: The grounding pin also provides good protection from unexpected noise produced by other nearby electrical devices that may interfere with the performance of this product.

• Use the product only with the supplied power supply cord set. If you need

to replace the power cord set, make sure that the new power cord meets the following requirements: detachable type, UL listed/CSA certified, VDE approved or its equivalent, 4.5 meters (15 feet) maximum length.

Product servicing

Do not attempt to service this product yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel when:

• the power cord or plug is damaged, cut or frayed

• liquid was spilled into the product

• the product was exposed to rain or water

• the product has been dropped or the case has been damaged

• the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need

for service

• the product does not operate normally after following the operating

instructions

Note: Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions, since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal condition.

Warning! For safety reasons, do not use non-compliant parts when adding or changing components. Consult your reseller for purchase options.

Your device and its enhancements may contain small parts. Keep them out of the reach of small children.

Additional safety information

• Do not look into the projector's lens when the light is on. The bright may

hurt your eyes.

• Turn on the projector first and then signal sources

• Do not place the product in following environments:

• Space that is poorly ventilated or confined. At least 50cm clearance from walls and free flow of air around the projector is necessary.

• Locations where temperatures may become excessively high, such as inside of a car with all windows rolled up.

• Locations where excessive humidity, dust, or cigarette smoke may contaminate optical components, shortening the life span and darkening the image.

• Locations near fire alarms.

• Locations with an ambient temperature above 40 ºC/104 ºF.

• Locations where the altitudes are higher than 10000 feet.

• Unplug immediately if there is something wrong with your projector. Do

not operate if smoke, strange noise or odor comes out of your projector. It

might cause fire or electric shock. In this case, unplug immediately and contact your dealer.

• Do not keep using this product to break or drop it. In this case contact your

dealer for inspection.

• Do not face the projector lens to the sun. It can lead to fire.

• When switching the projector off, suggest to ensure the projector

completes its cooling cycle before disconnecting power.

• Do not frequently turn off the main power abruptly or unplug the

projector during operation. The best way is to wait for the fan to turn off before turning main power off.

• Do not touch air outlet grille and bottom plate which becomes hot.

• Clean the air filter frequently if have. The temperature inside may rise and

cause damage when the filter/ventilation slots clogged with dirt or dust.

• Do not look into the air outlet grille when projector is operating. It may

hurt your eyes.

• Always open the lens shutter or remove the lens cap when the projector is

on.

• Do not block the projector lens with any object when the projector is

under operation as this could cause the object to become heated and deformed or even cause a fire.

• Do not attempt to disassemble this projector. There are dangerous high

voltages inside which may hurt you. Refer servicing only to suitable qualified professional service personnel.

• Do not stand the projector on end vertically. It may cause the projector to

fall over, causing injury or damage.

Caution for Listening

To protect your hearing, follow these instructions.

• Increase the volume gradually until you can hear clearly and comfortably.

• Do not increase the volume level after your ears have adjusted.

• Do not listen to music at high volumes for extended periods.

• Do not increase the volume to block out noisy surroundings.

• Decrease the volume if you can't hear people speaking near you.

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Disposal instructions

Do not throw this electronic device into the trash when discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure utmost protection of the global environment, please recycle. For more information on the Waste from Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE) regulations, visit http://www.acer-group.com/public/Sustainability/sustainability01.htm

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First things first

Usage Notes

Do:

• Turn off the product before cleaning.

• Use a soft cloth moistened with mild detergent to clean the display

housing.

• Disconnect the power plug from AC outlet if the product is not being used

for a long period of time.

Don't:

• Block the slots and openings on the unit provided for ventilation.

• Use abrasive cleaners, waxes or solvents to clean the unit.

• Use under the following conditions:

• In extremely hot, cold or humid environments.

• In areas susceptible to excessive dust and dirt.

• Near any appliance that generates a strong magnetic field.

• Place In direct sunlight.

Precautions

Follow all warnings, precautions and maintenance as recommended in this user's guide to maximize the life of your unit.

Warning:

• Do not look into the projector's lens when the light is on. The bright may hurt your

eyes.

• To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product to rain or

moisture.

• Please do not open or disassemble the product as this may cause electric shock.

• When switching the projector off, please ensure the projector completes its cooling

cycle before disconnecting power.

• Turn on the projector first and then the signal sources.

• Do not use lens cap when projector is in operation.

Information for your safety and comfort iii

First things first viii

Usage Notes viii

Precautions viii

Introduction 1

Product Features 1

Package Overview 2

Projector Overview 3

Projector Outlook 3

Control Panel 4

Remote Control Layout 5

Getting Started 7

Connecting the Projector 7

Turning the Projector On/Off 8

Turning on the Projector 8

Turning the projector off 9

Adjusting the Projected Image 10

Adjusting the Height of Projected Image 10

How to optimize image size and distance 11

How to get a preferred image size by adjusting distance and zoom 13

Contents

User Controls 15

Installation menu 15

Acer Empowering Technology 16

Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus 17

Color 18

Image 20

Setting 22

Management 25

Audio 25

3D 26

Language 27

Appendices 28

Troubleshooting 28

LED & Alarm Definition Listing 32

Ceiling Mount Installation 33

Specifications 36

Compatibility modes 38

Regulations and safety notices 42

Introduction

Product Features

This product is a single-chip DLP® projector. Outstanding features include:

• DLP

• 1024 x 768 XGA resolution

• Versatile display modes (Bright, Presentation, Standard,Video, Picture,

• NTSC/PAL/SECAM compatible and HDTV (480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, 1080i/p)

• Compact size projector facilitates business purposes and home

• Acer EcoProjeciton Technology delivers Intelligent power management

• Empowering Key reveals Acer Empowering Technology utilities (Acer

• Equipped with HDMI

• Advanced digital keystone correction delivers optimum presentations

• Multi-language on screen display (OSD) menus

• Environmental light source and longer life by Laser/LED solution.

• Microsoft

technology

4:3/16:9 aspect ratio supported

Game, Education, User) enable optimum performance in any situation

supported

entertainment.

approach and physical efficiency improvement

eView, eTimer, e3D, ePower Management) for easy adjustment of settings

connection supporting HDCP

Windows® 2000, XP, Vista® Windows® 7, Macintosh® OS

compliant

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Package Overview

This projector comes with all the items shown below. Check to make sure your unit is complete. Contact your dealer immediately if any thing is missing.

Projector with lens cap Power cord Composite video cable

Quick start guide VGA cable Remote control

K520/H112/PH-X01 Series

P/N:MC.JES11.001

2 x Battery Carrying case User's Guide

Projector Overview

Projector Outlook

Front / upper side

# Description # Description

Lens cap

Tilt adjusting wheels

Zoom Lens

Focus ring

Rear side

Zoom lever

Remote control receivers

Control panel

Power button

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7654321

S-VIDEO

VGA IN

AUDIO IN

USB CtrlHDMI

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO

RS232

10 9 8

# Description # Description

1 RS232 connector 6 USB ctrl connector

2 Composite video input connector 7 Audio input connector

3 S-Video input connector 8 Audio output connector

PC analog signal/HDTV/component

video input connector

5 HDMI connector 10 Kensington™ lock port

9 Power socket

Control Panel

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# Icon Function Description

1 POWER Power button and Power Indicator LED.

See the contents in "Turning the Projector

On/Off" section. 2 LAMP Lamp Indicator LED 3 TEMP Temp Indicator LED 4 RESYNC Automatically synchronizes the projector

to the input source. 5 SOURCE Changes the active source. 6MENU

7 Empowering key

8 Remote control

receiver

9 Keystone Adjusts the image to compensate for

10 Four directional select

keys

• Press "MENU" to launch the Onscreen

Unique Acer functions: eView, eTimer, e3D

and ePower Management.

Receives signals from remote control.

distortion caused by tilting the projector (±

40 degrees).

Use the keys to select items or make

adjustments to your selection.

display (OSD) menu, back to the previous step for the OSD menu operation or exit the OSD menu.

Remote Control Layout

19 21

23 25 27 29 31

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Backlight LED

3 5 6 8

20 22 24

26 28 30

# Icon Function Description

1 Infrared

2 POWER Refer to the "Turning the Projector On/Off" section.

3 HIDE Momentarily turns off the video. Press "HIDE" to hide the

5 ASPECT RATIO To choose the desired aspect ratio (Auto/4:3/16:9) 6 SOURCE Press "SOURCE" to choose from RGB, Component, S-Video,

7 RESYNC Automatically synchronizes the projector to the input

8 ZOOM Zooms the projector display in or out. 9 Back No function.

transmitter

FREEZE To pause the screen image.

Sends signals to the projector.

image, press again to display the image.

Composite, HDTV and HDMI™ sources.

source.

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# Icon Function Description

10 Backlight

Press " " to trigger backlight mode

• Continue to light 3 sec then disappear if no action.

• Continue to light if action and keep 3 sec finally.

11 12 Four directional

13 KEYSTONE Adjusts the image to compensate for distortion caused by

14 MENU

Enter No function.

select keys

Use up, down, left, right buttons to select items or make adjustments to your selection.

tilting the projector (± 40 degrees).

• Press "MENU" to launch the Onscreen display (OSD)

menu, back to the previous step for the OSD menu operation or exit the OSD menu.

• Confirm your selection of items.

15 MOUSE Left/

16 Empowering key Unique Acer functions: eView, eTimer, e3D, ePower

17 VOLUME Increases/decreases the volume. 18 PAGE For computer mode only. Use this button to select the next

19 Prev No function. 20 Next No function. 21 Play/Pause No function. 22 Stop No function. 23 VGA Press "VGA" to change source to the VGA connector. This

24 S-VIDEO To change source to S-Video. 25 COMPONENT No function. 26 VIDEO To change source to COMPOSITE VIDEO. 27 SD/USB A No function. 28 USB B No function. 29 HDMI™/DVI Press "HDMI™/DVI" to change source to HDMI™. 30 LAN/WiFi No function. 31 KeyPad 0~9 Press "0~9" to input a password in the "Security".

Right Click

Left-/right-click buttons are on the left and right, respectively; the center button works as a multidirectional pointer stick. To enable this function, an USB cable must be connected to projector from your PC.

Management.

or previous page. This function is only available when connected to a computer via a USB cable.

connector supports analog RGB, YPbPr (480p/576p/720p/ 1080i), YCbCr (480i/576i) and RGBsync.

Getting Started

Connecting the Projector

S-Video Output

VIDEO

RBG

S-VIDEO

HDTV adapter

RBG

Video Output

RS232

DVD player, Set-top Box, HDTV receiver

RS232

D-Sub

VGA IN

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VGA

D-Sub

USB

HDMI

USB

AUDIO IN

USB CtrlHDMI

AUDIO OUT

Audio Output

# Description # Description

1 Power cord 7 Audio cable jack/jack

2 RS232 cable 8 VGA to component/HDTV adapter

3 Composite video cable 9 3 RCA component cable

4 S-Video cable 10 HDMI cable

5 VGA cable 11 Audio cable Jack/RCA

6 USB cable

Note: To ensure the projector works well with your computer, please make sure the timing of the display mode is compatible with the projector.

Turning the Projector On/Off

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Turning on the Projector

1 Remove the lens cap.(Illustration #1)

2 Ensure that the power cord and signal cable are securely connected. The

Power indicator LED will flash red.

3 Turn on the projector by pressing "Power" button on the control panel,

and the Power indicator LED will turn blue.(Illustration #2)

4 Turn on your source (computer, notebook, video player ,etc.). The

projector will detect your source automatically.

• If the screen displays "Lock" and "Source" icons, it means the projector is locked onto a specific source type and there is no such type of input signal detected.

• If the screen displays "No Signal", please make sure the signal cables are securely connected.

• If you connect to multiple sources at the same time, use the "Source" button on either control panel or the remote control or direct source key on the remote control to switch between inputs.

Power button

Lens cap

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