Projecting An Image; Selecting The Input Signal; Adjusting The Image - Panasonic PT-AE8000U Operating Instructions Manual

Projecting an image

Check the connections of the external devices
(  page 26) and the connection of the power cord
(  page 28), and switch on the power (
start projecting. Select the video for projection, and
adjust appearance of the projected image.

Selecting the input signal

1) Switch on the external devices.
z Press the play button on an external device, such
as a Blu-ray player. When [AUTO SEARCH] in the
[OPTION] menu is [ON], the projector automatically
searches for an input signal and starts projection.

( page 78)
2) Switch the video input.
z The video selected with the <INPUT SELECT>
button is projected. (
Attention
z The video may not be displayed properly depending on
the external device, or the blu-ray disc or DVD disc, to
be played back. In such cases, set [TV-SYSTEM], [RGB/
YC C ] or [RGB/YP P ] of the [ADVANCED MENU].
B R B R
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( page 57, 58)
z Check the projection screen and video aspect ratio, and
select the most appropriate aspect ratio with [ASPECT]
in the [POSITION] menu. (

Adjusting the image

1) Adjust the angle of the projector.
z Place the projector parallel to the screen, and
then install it on a flat surface so that the screen
becomes rectangle.
z If the screen is tilted lower than the screen, extend
the adjustable feet to make a rectangle screen.
z For details, see "Front adjustable feet and throwing

angle". ( page 23)
2) Remove the lens shift cover.
z For details, see "Opening the lens shift cover".
(  page 19)
3) Rotate the lens shift lever in a
counterclockwise direction to disengage
the shift lever lock.
 page 29), to

page 34)
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page 61)
Projecting an image
4) Adjust the lens shift.
z Adjust the projection position with the shift lever.
z See "Lens shift and positioning". (
5) Rotate the shift lever clockwise to fix.
6) Attach the lens shift cover.
7) Managing the lens control settings
z Press +/− of the <FOCUS> and <ZOOM> buttons
on the device controls to adjust.
Press the <FOCUS> buttons (+/-) to change the
projection size, and press the <ZOOM> buttons
(+/-) again to fine tune the projection size.
Note
z It is recommended that you display the [ZOOM/FOCUS]
test pattern from the [LENS CONTROL] menu to
accurately adjust the focus (
performed with the remote control. (
z Panasonic recommends that focus adjustment be made
after 30 minutes or more have elapsed since picture
display.

page 24)
<ZOOM> button
<FOCUS> button

page 73).This can also be
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page 32)
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