Epson PowerLite Pro Z8250NL Operation Manual

Epson PowerLite Pro Z8250NL Operation Manual

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  • Page 1 EasyMP Multi PC Projection Operation Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents About EasyMP Multi PC Projection Operations During a Meeting Meeting Styles Proposed by EasyMP Multi PC Projection ..5 Project Screens ..........22 Holding Meetings Using Multiple Images .
  • Page 3 Limitations in Windows Aero ......... 32 Appendix Other Limitations .
  • Page 4: About Easymp Multi Pc Projection

    About EasyMP Multi PC Projection This chapter introduces the meeting styles you can use with EasyMP Multi PC Projection, and explains how to install the software.
  • Page 5: Meeting Styles Proposed By Easymp Multi Pc Projection

    Meeting Styles Proposed by EasyMP Multi PC Projection Meeting Styles Proposed by EasyMP Multi PC Projection Smoothly change presenters using drag and drop By using EasyMP Multi PC Projection, you can use the projectors to hold When connected to the same projector, anyone can change the screen interactive meetings.
  • Page 6: Installing The Software

    Installing the Software Installing the Software For Windows You can find EasyMP Multi PC Projection on the EPSON Projector Windows XP Professional 32-bit Software for Meeting & Presentation CD-ROM. Install the software on Home Edition 32-bit the computer you are using.
  • Page 7: Installing

    You can download the latest version of EasyMP Multi PC Projection from • When the language selected for the installation varies from that of the the following Epson web site. Go to www.epson.com and select your location. OS being used, the screens may not be displayed correctly.
  • Page 8: Operation Summary

    Operation Summary This chapter explains the basic procedures for using EasyMP Multi PC Projection in a meeting.
  • Page 9: Operating Procedures

    "Starting EasyMP Multi PC Projection" p.15 For Windows Start - All Programs - EPSON Projector - EasyMP Multi PC Projection - EasyMP Multi PC Projection Ver. x.xx For Mac OS Applications - EasyMP Multi PC Projection - EasyMP Multi PC Projection...
  • Page 10 Operating Procedures Connect to the projectors. s "Searching for and Connecting to the Projectors" p.17 Select Automatic search to search for the projectors. Select the projectors you want to connect to, and then click Join. • You can search for the projectors using three different methods; Automatic search, Manual search, and Profile. See the following for more details on each search method.
  • Page 11 Operating Procedures Project screens. s "Using the Projection Control Screen" p.22 On the projection control screen, the projection area is divided into four panels. You can change the number of available panels and change which computer's screens are projected. The computer's screen for the first user to connect is projected in the top left panel. Users who connect later can project by dragging and dropping the user's icons into the available (white) panels.
  • Page 12 Operating Procedures End the meeting. s "Ending the Meeting" p.25 Select Leave or End Session from the Tool menu to stop projecting. When you select Leave or End Session, you are returned to the search screen. Leave The connection between your computer and the projectors is cut. End Session The connection between all computers and projectors participating in the session is cut.
  • Page 13: Preparations Before Starting A Meeting

    Preparations Before Starting a Meeting This chapter explains the settings you need to make before starting a meeting.
  • Page 14: Preparing To Connect

    Preparing to Connect Preparing to Connect Preparing Your Computer Follow the steps below to connect the computer to the projectors and Preparing Your Projector start projecting. Follow the steps below to put the projector into connection standby Install EasyMP Multi PC Projection on the computer. status.
  • Page 15: Connecting To The Projectors

    Start EasyMP Multi PC Projection using one of the following methods. For Windows Click Start, and then select All Programs. Select EPSON Projector, and then EasyMP Multi PC Projection. Click EasyMP Multi PC Projection Ver. x.xx. EasyMP Multi PC Projection starts, and the search screen is dis- played.
  • Page 16: Using The Search Screen

    Connecting to the Projectors Profile Using the Search Screen Searches for the projectors on the network by using the projector When you start EasyMP Multi PC Projection, the following search screen information saved previously. is displayed. s "Profile search" p.19 Profile list Displays the registered profiles (projector information).
  • Page 17: Searching For And Connecting To The Projectors

    Connecting to the Projectors Projector List Manual search box Displays a list of the projectors found on the network. You can then When using Manual search, enter the projector's IP address or the select projectors to connect. projector name. The search results for each search mode (Automatic search, Manual Click the Search button to search for the specified projector.
  • Page 18: Manual Search

    Connecting to the Projectors Click Automatic search. Manual search Start EasyMP Multi PC Projection. s "Starting EasyMP Multi PC Projection" p.15 Click Manual search. Enter the IP address or the projector name for the projector you want to connect to, and then click Search. The EasyMP Multi PC Projection searches for projectors on the network.
  • Page 19: Profile Search

    Connecting to the Projectors Select the projectors you want to connect to from the list When a projector keyword has been set, the keyword entry screen is displayed, and then click Join. displayed when you connect to the projector. Enter the keyword, and then click OK.
  • Page 20: Connecting To Projectors On A Different Network

    Connecting to the Projectors • When other participants are already connected to the projector You cannot perform mirroring with projectors that are not compatible You can only select the same combination of projectors as the user who with EasyMP Multi PC Projection. connected before you.
  • Page 21: Operations During A Meeting

    Operations During a Meeting This chapter explains how to control the screen being projected during a meeting.
  • Page 22: Project Screens

    Project Screens Project Screens See the following table for more details on the function of each item. Change projection buttons Changes the number of panels available for projecting computer's Using the Projection Control Screen screens. When you connect to projectors, the following screen is displayed. s "Changing the Number of Projected Screens"...
  • Page 23: Changing The Number Of Projected Screens

    Project Screens User's area Changing the Number of Projected Screens Displays the user names for the computers connected to the projectors. Your computer is always displayed on the left-hand side of You can divide the projected image into a maximum of four areas. By the user's area.
  • Page 24: Changing The Presenter

    Project Screens In the projection area, drag and drop an icon you want to move to the Changing the Presenter target position. When changing the projection screen Drag and drop an icon in the user's area to the panel you want to project. When are selected, you can change the computer's screen being projected by switching the icon being projected (the icon in the white...
  • Page 25: Ending The Meeting

    Ending the Meeting Ending the Meeting When you want to end a session, use one of the following methods to disconnect from the projectors. When only you disconnect Right-click your icon in the user's area, and then select Leave. You can also disconnect by selecting Leave from the Tool menu. When ending the session Select End Session from the Tool menu.
  • Page 26: Holding Frequent Meetings With Ease

    Holding Frequent Meetings with Ease This chapter explains how to save and organize projector information used during a meeting allowing you to hold subsequent meetings with ease.
  • Page 27: Saving Projector Information

    Saving Projector Information Saving Projector Information Registering a Profile By saving the projector information used during the first meeting, you can participate smoothly in subsequent meetings when they are held in You can save information for the projectors you have searched for in a the same environment.
  • Page 28: Sharing A Profile

    Saving Projector Information When registering projectors from the List of Connected Enter the projector name and select or create the folder Projectors where you want to save the profile, and then click OK. If you want to register projectors displayed in the List of Connected Projectors to a Profile, click Register.
  • Page 29: Exporting The Profile You Want To Share

    Saving Projector Information Exporting the profile you want to share Follow the steps below to export the registered profile. In the profile list, right-click the folder containing the profile you want to share, and then select Export. Select where you want to save the profile (.mplist), and then save the profile.
  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This chapter identifies possible problems and explains how to handle them.
  • Page 31: Limitations

    Limitations Limitations Display Color When projecting computer images while running EasyMP Multi PC Projection, the following restrictions apply. The following number of screen colors can be projected. Windows Mac OS Supported Resolutions 16-bit color About 32,000 colors (16-bit) 32-bit color About 16.7 million colors (32-bit) The following computer screen resolutions can be projected.
  • Page 32: When Using Windows Vista/Windows 7

    Limitations • The image on the computer screen and the image projected by the • A few minutes after you connect a computer to the projector over a projector may not match exactly. network with EasyMP Multi PC Projection, the following message may be displayed.
  • Page 33: Solving Problems

    Solving Problems Solving Problems Cannot connect to the projector you want to use Cannot connect the projector and the computer via wireless LAN Check Remedy Is the Wireless LAN unit connected? Check that the Wireless LAN unit is securely connected. Is the projector connection mode set to Quick connection EasyMP Multi PC Projection cannot connect using Quick connection mode.
  • Page 34: Cannot Connect The Projector And The Computer Via Wired Lan

    Solving Problems Cannot connect the projector and the computer via wired LAN Check Remedy Is the network cable connected correctly? Check that the network cable is securely connected. Are the computer's LAN card and the built-in LAN function Check that LAN is valid by checking the device manager under Control Panel - System - Hardware. available? Is the DHCP function for Wired LAN turned On? Turn off the DHCP setting for Wired LAN from the Configuration Menu.
  • Page 35: Cannot Select The Projector

    "Manual search" p.18 Does the projector support the EasyMP Multi PC Install EasyMP Multi PC Projection from the EPSON Projector Software for Meeting & Presentation Projection version being used? CD-ROM supplied with the projector. Do you have the latest version of EasyMP Multi PC Only 16 computers can be connected under either of the following conditions.
  • Page 36: The Screen Is Not Projected

    Solving Problems The Screen is not Projected The movie image and audio are not displayed, the image is slow to appear, or either the video or audio stop when projecting using EasyMP Multi PC Projection Check Remedy Did you try to play back movies with Media Player or try to Depending on the computer, the movie playback screen in Media Player may not be displayed, and operate the screen saver preview? the screen saver preview may not be displayed normally.
  • Page 37: Projection

    Solving Problems No audio from the projector when connecting with EasyMP Multi PC Projection Check Remedy Are multiple projectors connected to one computer? Audio can only be transferred to one projector. Cut the current connection, and then select one projector from the search screen. Are you projecting a divided screen from multiple You can only output the computer's audio from the projector when projecting one computer's screen computers?
  • Page 38: Error Message List

    This application is already running. Two instances of EasyMP Multi PC Projection have been started. Cannot start this application because other EPSON Close the other projector software and then start EasyMP Multi PC Projection. Projector software (Quick Wireless Connection) is already running.
  • Page 39: Error Messages When Searching For And Selecting Projectors

    Error Message List Error Messages Remedy Cannot start from the shortcut while the Option screen is The Option screen is displayed. Close the Option screen. displayed. Close the Option screen, and then try opening the shortcut again. The slide show may will not begin until PowerPoint is Close PowerPoint, and then start again.
  • Page 40: Error Messages When Projecting

    Error Message List Error Messages when Projecting Error Messages Remedy The projector has disconnected. An error may have occurred in the projector. Check the projector's indicators. See your projector User’s Guide for details. A network error occurred. A network error occurred. Check the connection between the computer and the projector. Error Message when Operating a Profile Error Messages Remedy...
  • Page 41: Appendix

    Appendix...
  • Page 42: Set Options

    Set Options • Select Set options from the Tool menu on the projection control Set Options You can display the Set options screen by using one of the following screen. methods. • Click Set options on the search screen. If you display the Set options screen from the projection control screen, neither the User Settings tab or the General settings tab are displayed.
  • Page 43: User Settings Tab

    Set Options User Settings Tab General Settings Tab User name Set the user name displayed in the user's area. You can enter up to 32 characters. Encrypt Select to encrypt and transmit data. Even if data is Manual search Delete the input history for Manual search. intercepted, it cannot be decrypted.
  • Page 44: Adjust Performance Tab

    Set Options Switch LAN Windows only Adjust Performance Tab This is used to switch the network adapter to be used for a search when a computer has multiple adapters. By default, all of the network adapters are used to perform a search. When a wired LAN is always used as the connection method, select a wired LAN adapter.
  • Page 45: Audio Output Tab

    Set Options Transfer layered Windows XP only Audio Output Tab window The layered window is in use when contents such as messages displayed on the computer are not projected by the projector. Select this check box to project contents such as messages that use the layered window.
  • Page 46: Uninstalling The Software

    Uninstalling the Software Uninstalling the Software Uninstalling Make sure you check the following points before starting uninstallation. • For Windows, you need administrator authority to uninstall EasyMP Multi PC Projection. • Close all running applications before starting uninstallation. For Windows XP Click Start, and then Control Panel.
  • Page 47: Notices

    10.4.x", "Mac OS X 10.5.x", "Mac OS X 10.6.x", and "Mac OS X 10.7.x". Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the Furthermore, the collective term "Mac OS" is used to refer to them all.
  • Page 48 Notices Other product names used herein are also for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Epson disclaims any and all rights in those marks. Software Copyright: This product uses free software as well as software to which this company holds the rights.

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