BrightLink® 710Ui
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Follow the steps on this card to get started with your
BrightLink projector:
Connecting your computer and installing interactive
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software
Easy Interactive Tools
With a computer, you can use Easy
Interactive Tools. This software
lets you use the interactive pens or or
your finger as a mouse to annotate,
save, and interact with content from
your computer.
Interacting with the screen
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Using the built-in toolbar
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BrightLink Interaction
The BrightLink interactive pens turn almost any wall or
table into an interactive area, with or without a computer.
The projector control toolbar lets you control the projector
from the screen just as you would using the remote
control.
Drawing toolbar
Command toolbar
Built-in Toolbar
Without a computer, you can use the
toolbar that is built into the projector
(PC Free Annotation). This lets you annotate
images from a document camera, tablet,
DVD player, or other source connected to
your projector.
Students and colleagues can connect
their own laptops and annotate on the fly
using the built-in toolbar, without installing
software.
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Connecting Your
Computer and Installing
Interactive Software
Turn on the projector by pressing the blue power
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button on the remote control.
Connect an HDMI or VGA cable from the projector to
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your computer.
HDMI
VGA
Note: You can also display media through a USB
connection with the USB Display feature. See the
online BrightLink User’s Guide for more information.
• Try pressing the Source Search button on the
remote control.
• Press the Home button on the remote control to
verify the source input and settings.
You may already have interactive software on your
computer, or you may need to install it. If you are using a
Mac, you need Easy Interactive Driver and Easy Interactive
Tools (or other interactive software). For Windows, you
only need Easy Interactive Tools (or other interactive
software).
Here’s how to find out if the Easy Interactive Tools
software is installed on your computer:
Mac: Look for the Easy Interactive Driver and Easy
Interactive Tools folders in the Application folder on your
hard drive. If you see these folders, the Easy Interactive
software is installed.
Windows 10: Select > EPSON Projector > Easy
Interactive Tools Ver. 4.2.
Windows 8.x: Navigate to the Apps screen and select
Easy Interactive Tools Ver. 4.2.
Connect the USB cable from the projector’s USB
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TypeB port directly to any available USB port on your
computer.
The default language of the menu system is English.
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To select another language, press the Menu button
on the remote control. Select Extended and press
. Select Language and press . Select your
language and press . Press the Menu button to
exit the menu system.
Display an image from your computer. If the image
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doesn’t appear, try one of the following:
• On some Windows® laptops, you may need to
hold down the Fn key on the keyboard and press
F7 or the function key that lets you display on
an external monitor. It may have an icon such as
, or it may be labelled CRT/LCD.
All other Windows versions: Select or Start > All
Programs or Programs > EPSON Projector > Easy
Interactive Tools Ver. 4.2.
If you see Easy Interactive Tools, the software is installed.
If the software is not installed, download it from:
www.epson.com/brightlinkdownloads (U.S.)
www.epson.ca/brightlinkdownloads (Canada)
www.epson.com.jm/support (Caribbean)
For more information about Easy Interactive Tools, see
the online Easy Interactive Tools tip sheet or the online
BrightLink User’s Guide.
• On Windows 7 or later, hold down the Windows
key and press P at the same time, then click
Duplicate.
• On a Mac, you may need to open System
Preferences and select Displays. Click the
Arrangement tab and select the Mirror Displays
checkbox.