User manual EPSON EH-TW5500

[. . . ] About the Manuals and Notations Used Types of Manual The documentation for your EPSON projector is divided into the following two manuals. Safety Instructions/Support and Service Guide This manual contains information on using the projector safely, and also includes a guide for warranty service, and a troubleshooting check sheet. User's Guide (this manual) This User's Guide contains information on installing the projector, basic operations, using the configuration menus, troubleshooting and maintenance. Notations used in this User's Guide Safety indications So that you can use the product safely and correctly, symbols are applied in the User's Guide and on the product to indicate possible harm to the user or to others and the risk of damage to property. This symbol indicates information that, if ignored, could possibly result in death or personal injury due to incorrect handling. [. . . ] Orange p. 50 Indicator statuses in normal operation During normal operation, the Standby condition If you press Warm-up in progress , projection will start after a brief interval. : Lit : Flashing Warm-up time is approximately 30 seconds. Power off operations are ignored while warm-up is in progress. Projection in progress Normal operation is in progress. Cool-down in progress (Approx. 16 seconds) Remote control and control panel are disabled while cool-down is in progress. If the main power switch at the rear of the projector is turned off while cool-down is still in progress, wait until the lamp has cooled down sufficiently (approximately 10 minutes is required), and then turn the main power switch back on. 38 Problem Solving When the indicators provide no help If any of the following problems occur and the indicators do not offer a solution, refer to the pages given for each problem. Problems relating to images No images appear p. 39 Projection does not start, the projection area is completely black, the projection area is completely blue, etc. Moving images are not displayed p. 40 Moving images played on computer are not displayed. The message "Not Supported" is displayed p. 40 The message "No Signal" is displayed p. 41 Images are fuzzy or out of focus p. 41 Interference or distortion appear in images p. 41 Problems such as interference, distortion or black & white checked patterns appear. Image is truncated (large) or small p. 42 Only part of the image is displayed. Image colors are not right p. 42 The whole image appears purplish or greenish, images are black & white, colors appear dull, etc. (Computer monitors and LCD screens have different color reproduction performance, so that the colors projected by the projector and the colors appearing on the monitor may not necessarily match, but this is not a sign of a problem. ) Images appear dark p. 43 Projection stops automatically p. 43 Problems when projection starts Power does not turn on Problems with the remote control The remote control does not work p. 44 p. 43 Problems relating to images No images appear Have you pressed the [Power] button?on the remote control or on the projector's control Turn on the main power switch at the rear of the projector. Press on the remote control to cancel the blank function. Check that the power for the connected equipment is turned on. If the "Messages" menu command has been set to "On", messages relating to the image signals will be displayed. "Settings" - "Display" - "Messages" p. 35 39 Troubleshooting Problem Solving Are the image signal format settings correct? If a composite video or S-Video signal is being input. If projection does not occur when the "Video Signal" menu command is set to "Auto", select the signal format that matches the signal source. "Settings" - "Input Signal" - "Video Signal" p. 35 If the signal source is connected to the [Component] input port If projection does not occur when the "Component" in the "Input Signal" menu command is set to "Auto", set the signal format that matches the signal that is being projected from the connected equipment. "Settings" - "Input Signal" - "Component" p. 35 Have the configuration menu settings been made correctly? Try resetting all of the current settings. p. 36 Were the projector and computer If the connection is made while the power is already turned on, the connected while their power was function [Fn] key that switches the computer's video signal to external output may not work. When a computer is connected Moving images are not displayed Is the computer image signal set to output simultaneously both externally and to the LCD monitor?Only when projecting images from a laptop computer or computer with a built-in LCD screen When attempting to display images simultaneously on an external monitor and an LCD monitor, moving images may not be displayed due to specifications of the computer. Computer documentation, under a title such as "External output" or "Connecting an external monitor" The message "Not Supported" is displayed Are the image signal format settings correct? If a composite video or S-Video is being input If projection does not occur when the "Video Signal" menu command is set to "Auto", select the signal format that matches the signal source. "Settings" - "Input Signal" - "Video Signal" p. 35 If the signal source is connected to the [Component] input port If projection does not occur when the "Component" in the "Input Signal" menu command is set to "Auto", set the signal format that matches the signal that is being projected from the connected equipment. "Settings" - "Input Signal" - "Component" p. 35 Does the mode match the frequency and resolution of the image signals? 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