Calibrate a Digital Projector
A digital projector may not work in the same way as a tube-based projection unit, but it still must be calibrated if it is to provide its best picture. You can calibrate your digital projector by following a series of procedures that are essentially the same regardless of make or model. You will need the digital projector's remote control and a DVD calibration disc in order to properly calibrate the projector.
Instructions
1. Turn on the projector with the remote control. Let the projector bulb warm up for several minutes. Focus the lens on the projector so that the edges of the light being projected on the screen are sharp.
2. Press the "Sharpness" or "Sharpness/noise" button on the remote control. Adjust the sharpness while viewing the test pattern that appears on the screen by pressing the left and right sides of the center ring on the remote. Stop the adjustment when the edges of the test pattern are just barely distinct and there is no distortion or interference seen between the lines.
3. Press the "Color" or "Color temperature" button on the remote control. Select your preferred color temperature; Daylight, Warm Daylight or Standard.
4. Press the "Pattern" or "Pattern generator" button on the remote control. Adjust the projector so the horizontal and vertical lines of the test pattern are not distorted.
5. Adjust the height of the projector so that the top and bottom of the test pattern are not being cut off on the screen with the vertical shift dial on the projector. Adjust the sides of the test pattern with the lateral shift dial on the projector, so the sides of the pattern are not cut off on the screen.
6. Plug an HDMI cable into the HDMI input on the projector. Plug the other end of the HDMI cable into the HDMI output on a DVD player.
7. Turn on the DVD player. Eject the disc tray. Put a DVD calibration disc on the disc tray and close the tray. Press the "Input" button on the DVD 's remote control until the image from home menu on the DVD is projected from the projector.
8. Select the "Black Level" test pattern from the DVD calibration disc using the DVD's remote control. Press the "Contrast" button on the projector's remote control. Push the left and right side of the center ring on the projector's remote control to decrease/increase the contrast of the projector.
9. Stop pushing on the left and right side of the center ring when the edges of the lines running through the black bars merge and become indistinct.
10. Select the "Menu" button on the screen to return to the DVD calibration disc's home menu suing the DVD remote. Select the "Gray level" chart.
11. Adjust the chart that appears on the screen in the same manner as was done with the "Black level" text, making sure no colors are being seen in the gray areas and the steps between shades of gray look smooth.
12. Select the "Menu" button on the screen to return to the DVD calibration disc's home menu using the DVD remote. Select the "Tint" or "Color/Tint" chart.
13. Hold the blue filter that comes with the DVD calibration disc in front of your eyes. Adjust the chart that appears on the screen in the same manner as was done with the "Black level" text, stopping when the edges of the black squares merge with the blue background and become indistinct.
14. Select the "Menu" button on the screen to return to the DVD calibration disc's home menu suing the DVD remote. Eject the DVD calibration disc. Take the DVD calibration disc off the disc tray. Close the disc tray. Turn off the DVD. Turn off the digital projector which is now calibrated for watching in your home.
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