Philips LC4246, LC4242 Operation Preparation/Display and picture control, Tip for Windows users

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8. Operation

Preparation/Display and picture control

 

 

2.Use Cursor Control left and/or right to move the cursor to any other item in the menu bar.

Display Picture Audio Settings

Brightness

Contrast

Sharpness

Hue

Saturation

Colour temperature

Picture format

Mirror

Tip for Windows users:

To adjust size and phase correctly:

1.Select ‘Start’ and then ‘Shut down’.

2.Adjust the projectors size control, so that no vertical bars are visible.

3.Now adjust the projectors phase control for maximum brightness of the projected image.

4.Press ‘No’ in the Windows shutdown screen to cancel the shutdown action.

3.

Select the sub menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

item to be adjusted using

Display

Picture

Audio

Settings

 

Cursor Control up and/or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

down.

Brightness

 

 

 

 

4.

Adjust the selected item

Contrast

 

 

 

 

Sharpness

 

 

 

 

 

in the action window at

Hue

 

 

 

 

 

the bottom of the screen,

Saturation

 

 

 

 

 

using Cursor Control left

Colour temperature

 

 

 

 

Picture format

 

 

 

 

and/or right.

Mirror

 

 

 

 

5.

Select the next item to

min

 

 

max

 

 

 

 

be adjusted in the sub menu and adjust as

Move pointer left or right to adjust the contrast level.

described above.

6.Press MENU to close the On Screen Display.

Language selection

The projector can display menus in one of six different languages.

1.Press MENU.

The menu bar appears on the screen.

2.Use Cursor Control to select SETTINGS in the menu bar.

3.Use Cursor Control to select LANGUAGE from the sub menu.

4.Use Cursor Control to select the required language in the action window.

5.Press OK (–/–) to confirm and store the selected language.

6.If required, select the next item to be adjusted or press MENU to exit.

Display and picture control

The projector’s picture is set to standard specifications at the factory. However, you can adjust the image to suit your own preferences.

The projector will store the last used settings for every source. So when you switch from one source to another, the settings of the source switched from will be stored and the settings of the source switched to will be recalled.

When the projector is switched off and on again the settings for the selected source will be recalled again.

Data only

For data signal input, the following adjustments can be made:

Auto image

automatically sizes and positions the image to fit optimally in the screen picture;

Horizontal size

adjusts the computer image in a horizontal direction to make the image completely fill the screen;

Shift

adjusts the computer image in horizontal and vertical direction to centre it on the screen;

Phase

when connecting the projector to your PC for the first time, be sure to adjust the phase control for optimal readability of the projected text;

Data and Video/S-Video

For both data and video/s-video signal input, the following adjustments can be made:

Digital Freeze

captures a moving picture (still picture);

Digital Zoom

enlarges a part of the picture;

Pan

selects another section of enlarged picture (in combination with digital zoom);

Keystone Correction

corrects picture distortion of the vertical keystone type by internal scaling;

Brightness

adjusts brightness of the dispalyed picture;

Contrast

adjusts the overall contrast intensity;

Sharpness

controls the contour impression of the picture;

Colour Temperature

adjusts the overall picture impression from warm to cool;

Picture Format

selects one of three picture format options (4:3, 16:9 or 16:9 enlarged);

Mirror

mirrors the picture for use of the projector in various positions with respect to the user(s) and the projection screen (for further explanation see ‘Display and picture control’ - ‘Mirror’).

Video/S-Video only

For Video/S-Video signal input, the following adjustments can be made:

Hue (only for NTSC)

adjusts the tint of the projected image;

Saturation

adjusts the colour saturation of the projected image.

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LC4246, LC4242 specifications

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