Owner's Manual

5. Using On-Screen Menu

Options Function

AUTO

Theprojectorwillautomaticallydeterminetheincomingsignalanddisplayitinitsaspect

ratio.

Theprojectormayerroneouslydeterminetheaspectratiodependingonitssignal.Ifthis

occurs,selecttheappropriateaspectratiofromthefollowing.

4:3 Theimageisdisplayedin4:3aspectratio.

16:9 Theimageisdisplayedin16:9aspectratio.

15:9 Theimageisdisplayedin15:9aspectratio.

16:10 Theimageisdisplayedin16:10aspectratio.

WIDEZOOM Theimageisstretchedleftandright.

Partsofthedisplayedimagearecroppedattheleftandrightedgesandthereforenotvisible.

NATIVE Theprojectordisplaysthecurrentimageinitstrueresolutionwhentheincomingcomputer

signalhasalowerresolutionthantheprojector’snativeresolution.

[Example 1]When the incoming

signalwiththeresolutionof800x600

isdisplayedon the VE280/VE281/

VE282:

[Example 2]When the incoming

signalwiththeresolutionof800x600

isdisplayedontheVE280X/VE281X/

VE282X:

NOTE:

• Whenanon-computersignalisdisplayed,the[NATIVE]isnotavailable.

• Whenyouare displaying anRGBimagewitha higherresolutionthantheprojector's native

resolutionsuchasSXGA,theimagewillbedisplayedintheprojector’snativeresolution(XGA

orSVGA)evenif[NATIVE]isselected.

Sample image when the appropriate aspect ratio is automatically determined

[Computersignal]

Aspectratioofincomingsignal 4:3 5:4 16:9 15:9 16:10

Sample image when the

appropriate aspect ratio is

automaticallydetermined

[Videosignal]

Aspectratioofincomingsignal 4:3 Letterbox Squeeze

Sampleimagewhentheaspect

ratioisautomaticallydetermined

NOTE:To display a squeezedsignal

properly,select[16:9]or[WIDEZOOM].

TIP:

• Theterm“letterbox”referstoamorelandscape-orientedimagewhencomparedtoa4:3image,whichisthestandardaspectratio

for a video source.

 Theletterboxsignalhasaspectratioswiththevistasize“1.85:1”orcinemascopesize“2.35:1”formovielm.

• Theterm“squeeze”referstothecompressedimageofwhichaspectratioisconvertedfrom16:9to4:3.