NEC VT440, VT540 Menu Descriptions & Functions, Source Select, Picture, Volume, Image Options

Menu Descriptions & Functions

Source Select

Enables you to select a video source such as a VCR, DVD player, laser disc player, computer or document camera depending on what is connected to your inputs. Press the “Select” button on the projec- tor cabinet or ▲▼ buttons on your remote control to highlight the menu for the item you want to adjust.

RGB

Selects the computer connected to your RGB or component signal.

NOTE: An optional component cable (Component V cable) is needed for a component signal.

Video

Selects what is connected to your Video input-VCR, laser disc player, DVD player or document camera.

S-Video

Selects what is connected to your S-Video input-VCR, DVD player, or laser disc player.

NOTE: A frame may freeze for a brief period of time when a video is played back in fast-forward or fast-rewind with a Video or S-Video source.

Picture

Provides access to controls for your image. Use the “Select” button on the projector cabinet or the remote control to highlight the menu for the item you want to adjust.

Brightness

Adjusts the brightness level or the back raster intensity.

Contrast

Adjusts the intensity of the image according to the incoming signal.

Color

Increases or decreases the color saturation level (not valid for RGB).

Hue

Varies the color level from +/- green to +/-blue. The red level is used as reference. This adjustment is only valid for Video and Component inputs (Not RGB).

Sharpness

Controls the detail of the image for Video (Not for RGB and Compo- nent).

Volume

Adjusts the sound level of the projector.

NOTE:You can display the volume bar without opening the menu.See "Volume Bar (Direct Button)"on page E-31 for more details.

Image Options

Basic Mode Advanced Mode

Provides optional controls such as Keystone Correction, Color Tem- perature and Lamp Mode. When you select Advanced Mode, the fol- lowing options are available: Gamma Correction, Aspect Ratio, Noise Reduction, Color Matrix, White Balance, Auto Adjust, Position/Clock, Resolution, and Factory Default.

Keystone

This feature corrects the keystone (trapezoidal) distortion to make the top of the screen longer or shorter to be the same as the bottom. Use the  or  buttons on the slide bar to correct the keystone (trapezoidal) distortion.

Keystone distortion Normal

NOTE: The maximum keystone angle that can be corrected is 15 degrees upward and downward with the projector placed horizon- tally. However, a picture will be blurred if you correct the keystone angle beyond +12 degrees or more for SXGA signal on VT440.

Color Temperature

This feature adjusts the color temperature using the slide bar.

Move the slide bar to the right to increase the color temperature for a bluish image; to the left to decrease it for a reddish image.

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