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EPSON PowerLite 505c/715c Projector If you're using a PowerBook: You may need to set up your system to display on the projector screen as well as the LCD screen. Follow these steps: 1. From the Apple® menu, select Control Panels, then click Monitors and Sound. 2. Click the Arrange icon. 3. Drag one monitor icon on top of the other. If this option isn't available, you may need to select one of the Simulscan resolution settings: 1. Click the Monitor icon. 2. Select a Simulscan resolution. (Allow a few seconds for the projector to sync up after making the selection.) If you're using a PC laptop: ❏ Hold down the Fn key and press 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. Allow a few seconds for the projector to sync up after pressing it. Check your laptop's manual or online help for details. On most systems, the key lets you toggle between the LCD screen and the projector, or display on both at the same time. ❏ Depending on your computer's video card, you might need to use the Display utility in the Control Panel to make sure that both the LCD screen and external monitor port are enabled. See your computer's documentation or online help for details. Focusing and Zooming Your Image Rotate the focus ring to sharpen the image. lens ring tab focus ring Use the tab to rotate the lens ring and reduce or enlarge the image. You can also change the image size by moving the projector closer to or farther away from the screen. You can use the E-Zoom button on the remote control to zoom in on a portion of the image. See the User's Guide for instructions. Adjusting the Height of Your Image If the image is too low, you can raise it by extending the projector's feet. 1. Stand behind the projector. Pull up the blue foot release levers and lift the front of the projector. This unlocks the feet. Caution: Do not hold the projector by the lens; this can damage it. 2. Once the image is positioned where you want it, release the levers to lock the feet in position. 3. To fine-tune the height of the image, rotate the thumb wheels attached to the projector's feet. If the image is no longer square after raising it, see the next section. Adjusting the Image Shape If the projected image isn't square or has a "keystone" shape, try the following: ❏ If your image looks like or , you've placed the projector off to one side of the screen, at an angle. Move it directly in front of the center of the screen, facing the screen squarely. ❏ If your image looks like or , press the + or - side of the Keystone button to correct the shape of the image. After correction, your image will be slightly smaller. Keystone button 1/01 EPSON PowerLite 505c/715c Projector - 5

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If you’re using a PowerBook:
You may need to set up your system to display on the
projector screen as well as the LCD screen. Follow these steps:
1.
From the Apple
®
menu, select
Control Panels,
then click
Monitors and Sound
.
2.
Click the
Arrange
icon.
3.
Drag one monitor icon on top of the other.
If this option isn
t available, you may need to select one of the
Simulscan resolution settings:
1.
Click the
Monitor
icon.
2.
Select a
Simulscan
resolution. (Allow a few seconds for the
projector to sync up after making the selection.)
If you’re using a PC laptop:
Hold down the
Fn
key and press 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.
Allow a few
seconds for the projector to sync up after pressing it. Check
your laptop
s manual or online help for details.
On most systems, the
key lets you toggle between the
LCD screen and the projector, or display on both at the
same time.
Depending on your computer
s video card, you might need
to use the Display utility in the Control Panel to make sure
that both the LCD screen and external monitor port are
enabled. See your computer
s documentation or online help
for details.
Focusing and Zooming Your Image
Rotate the focus ring to sharpen the image.
Use the tab to rotate the lens ring and reduce or enlarge the
image.
You can also change the image size by moving the projector
closer to or farther away from the screen. You can use the
E-Zoom
button on the remote control to zoom in on a portion
of the image. See the
User
s Guide
for instructions.
Adjusting the Height of Your Image
If the image is too low, you can raise it by extending the
projector
s feet.
1.
Stand behind the projector. Pull up the blue foot release
levers and lift the front of the projector. This unlocks the
feet.
Caution:
Do not hold the projector by the lens; this can
damage it.
2.
Once the image is positioned where you want it, release the
levers to lock the feet in position.
3.
To fine-tune the height of the image, rotate the thumb
wheels attached to the projector
s feet.
If the image is no longer square after raising it, see the next
section.
Adjusting the Image Shape
If the projected image isn
t square or has a
keystone
shape,
try the following:
If your image looks like
or
, you
ve placed the
projector off to one side of the screen, at an angle. Move it
directly in front of the center of the screen, facing the screen
squarely.
If your image looks like
or
, press the
+
or
side of the
Keystone
button to correct the shape of the
image. After correction, your image will be slightly smaller.
focus ring
lens ring
tab
Keystone button