Epson Home Cinema 3800 Users Guide - Page 127

Solutions When \, Displaying From a PC Laptop, Solving Image or Sound Problems, Projector Connections

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Solutions When "No Signal" Message Appears If the "No Signal" message appears, try the following solutions: • Press a source button on the remote to select an available source. Wait a few seconds for an image to appear. • Press the Home button on the remote control to select from a list of available sources. • Turn on the connected computer or video source, and press its play button to begin your presentation, if necessary. • Check the connection from the projector to your video sources. • If you are projecting from a laptop computer, make sure it is set up to display on an external monitor. • If necessary, turn the projector and the connected computer or video source off and then on again. • Try a different video cable. • If the other solutions do not solve the problem, reset all of the projector settings using the options on the Reset menu. Displaying From a PC Laptop Displaying From a Mac Laptop Parent topic: Solving Image or Sound Problems Related concepts Projector Connections Related references Projector Reset Options - Reset Menu Displaying From a PC Laptop If you see the "No Signal" message when you display from a PC laptop, you need to set up the laptop to display on an external monitor. 1. Hold down the laptop's Fn key and press the key labeled with a monitor icon or CRT/LCD. (See your laptop manual for details.) Wait a few seconds for an image to appear. To display on both the laptop's monitor and the projector, try pressing the same keys again. Note: On Windows 7 or later, hold down the Windows key and press P at the same time, then click Duplicate. 127

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Solutions When "No Signal" Message Appears
If the "No Signal" message appears, try the following solutions:
• Press a source button on the remote to select an available source. Wait a few seconds for an image to
appear.
• Press the
Home
button on the remote control to select from a list of available sources.
• Turn on the connected computer or video source, and press its play button to begin your presentation,
if necessary.
• Check the connection from the projector to your video sources.
• If you are projecting from a laptop computer, make sure it is set up to display on an external monitor.
• If necessary, turn the projector and the connected computer or video source off and then on again.
• Try a different video cable.
• If the other solutions do not solve the problem, reset all of the projector settings using the options on
the
Reset
menu.
Displaying From a PC Laptop
Displaying From a Mac Laptop
Parent topic:
Solving Image or Sound Problems
Related concepts
Projector Connections
Related references
Projector Reset Options - Reset Menu
Displaying From a PC Laptop
If you see the "No Signal" message when you display from a PC laptop, you need to set up the laptop to
display on an external monitor.
1.
Hold down the laptop's
Fn
key and press the key labeled with a monitor icon or
CRT/LCD
. (See your
laptop manual for details.) Wait a few seconds for an image to appear. To display on both the
laptop's monitor and the projector, try pressing the same keys again.
Note:
On Windows 7 or later, hold down the Windows key and press
P
at the same time, then click
Duplicate
.