Acer K130 Series User manual

Acer Projector
Multi-media
User's Guide

Introduction 1
Multimedia Features 1
Getting Started 2
Connecting multi-media device to the projector 2
Control Panel and Remote Control 3
Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus 5
Media Gallery 6
Setup 9
Photo Setting 10
Music Setting 11
Video Setting 12
Using MPtG Converter Tool 13
Wireless Projection via acer USB WiFi Adapter 14
Projection with MobiShow 17
Using MobiShow 17
Photo reviewer 18
Wireless PtG 19
Using the PtG2 converter 20
Acer EquiView - Screen Projection from Acer Tablet21
Display over USB 22
Appendices 23
Troubleshooting 23
Problems and Solution 23
Multi-media format supported 24
1. Photo Format 25
2. Music Format 25
3. Video Format 26
Contents

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Introduction
The Acer multimedia support offers easier projection without PC and player
connected. Through Micro SD card reader and USB type A slot, you can easily
access various photo, video and music media formats (See format supported
table). The stylish user interface gives you best experience while playing media
files.
Multimedia Features
•Fancy and stylish user interface for better experience.
Supports Micro SD/ SDHC card, USB memory stick and mass storage (FAT32,
FAT16, NTFS) device.
•Supports high resolution JPEG and BMP picture formats, slideshow and
kinds of slideshow effects for the best viewing experience.
•Supports MP3, PCM and WMA...audio formats, music spectrum and
random play function for your please control.
•Supports MJPEG, MPEG4, H.264, WMV, MKV and RMVB...video formats.
Smooth video playback with 1080p@30Hz.
•Support office documents playback (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF).
•Easy control for all media functions by remote controller.
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Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication
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This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or
implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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Getting Started
Connecting multi-media device to the
projector
Note: The media contents in external HDD drive via USB cable is
not supported.
#Icon Component Description
1 MicroSD Card
Slot
Connects to MicroSD Card.
2 USB connector Connects to USB disk/stick/cable.
USB
HDMI
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micro
USB

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Control Panel and Remote Control
#Icon Component Description
1 Back/Stop Stop playing media file or go back to upper
data folder.
2 Menu Press to be back or stop function in multimedia
controls.
3 Media Toggle between USB A, Micro SD and RAM
sources.
4 Empowering
key
Unique Acer functions: eView, eTimer, e3D and
ePower Management.
Toolbar During Office Reader viewing, press to
bring up the toolbar.
Thumbnail Press to display folders or photos as
thumbnails at Photo category.
5 Enter/Play/
Pause
Confirm your selection of items or play/pause
media file.
Rotate During Office Reader viewing, press to
rotate the image from the toolbar.
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6 Pre./Next Press / to select previous or next item
when the media is playing.
Rewind/Fast
forward Long press / to rewind or fast forward
when the media is playing.
Volume Press / to decreases or increases the
volume when the media is playing.
Select
Enter When the Media Gallery is displayed, press /
to make a selection and then press to
enter submenu for feature setting .
Enter/Play
Back Press to enter or play function or press
to be back function in most multimedia
controls.
Zoom During Office Reader viewing, select / to
zoom out or zoom in from the toolbar.

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Onscreen Display (OSD) Menus
Setting
Main menu
Sub menu

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Media Gallery
Note: Change source to USB A to play your media contents in USB
drive.
Note: Change source to Micro SD to play your media contents in
Micro SD card.
Photo: For access of photo files. Music: For access of music files.
Video: For access of video files. Office Reader: For access of WORD,
EXCEL, PPT, PDF files.
MPtG: For access of MPtG files. Please
refer to section "Using MPtG Converter
Tool"
Setup: For access of kinds of settings.

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Note: Change source to RAM to play your media contents in
internal memory.
Note: Change source to USB B, make sure to plug USB cable well
and you can see disk and edit 1GB free space of internal memory.
Note: Only support USB 2.0 handy drive. USB hubs are not
supported. External USB Hard disk is not supported.
Note: Support USB handy drive/ Micro SD card upto 32GB.

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Note: Office Reader:
1. All IPR, including but not limited to copyright, in the Picsel
Products is owned by Picsel suppliers.
2. The End User may not:
• Make copies of the Picsel Products or make them available
for use by third parties.
• Reverse engineer, disassemble, reverse translate, or in any
way decode the Picsel Products or any copy or part of it in
order to derive any source code, save only as is permitted
by any applicable law.
3. Picsel make no representations or warranties whether express
or implied (by statute or otherwise) relating to the
performance, quality, merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose of the Picsel Products or otherwise and all
such representations or warranties are specifically disclaimed
and excluded.
4. Picsel agrees and acknowledges that Picsel and the Picsel
Products will not be specifically mentioned in the end user
license agreement.
Note: No support for advanced settings, such as Microsoft Word
drawing plug-in or table background settings.
Note: Contents outside the defined borders in Microsoft Word
will not be displayed.
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint slide effects not supported.
Note: Worksheets are displayed individually and sequentially
when the workbook has multiple worksheets.
Note: Page layout and numbering may be changed during
decoding.
Note: Objects embedded in files cannot be activated or viewed.
Note: Decoding may take a while for large files with complex
contents.

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Setup
Note: K130 provides Media FW upgrade via Micro SD card.
1. Download new media FW files from acer global website
2. Copy all uncompressed files in Micro SD card (XXXX.bin as
released and UPGRADEINFO.INF) , and plug in projector.
3. Check projector source upto Micro SD.
4. Media Gallery -> Setup Mode -> Firmware Upgrade
5. Confirm to go.
6. Projector will show welcome screen automatically when
finished upgrade.
Photo Setting For access of photo settings.
Music Setting For access of music settings.
Video Setting For access of video settings.
Firmware Upgrade Press enter to do firmware upgrade by Micro SD card.

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Photo Setting
Display Mode Press or to select display mode while
entering the photo list.
•File list
•Slideshow
•Thumbnail
•Browse Mode
Display Ratio Press or to select display ratio.
•Auto: Keep original aspect ratio and resize to
fit horizontal or vertical direction of the
screen.
•Full: Fit full screen without keeping the
original aspect ratio.
Slideshow Duration Press or to select the slideshow duration.
Slideshow Repeat •Choose "On" to repeat slideshow always.
•Choose "Off" to stop slideshow when it goes
to the last page.
Slideshow Effect Press or to select what slideshow effect you
want. There are various kinds: Random, Snake,
Partition, Erase, Blinds, Lines, GridCross, Spiral,
Rect., Off.

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Music Setting
Play Mode Press or to select the music play mode.
•Once
•Repeat One
•Repeat All
•Random
Show Spectrum Choose "On" to show the spectrum plot while music
is playing.
Auto Play Choose "On" to play music automatically while
entering the music list.

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Video Setting
Display Ratio Press or to select display ratio
•Auto: Keep original aspect ratio and resize to fit
horizontal or vertical direction of the screen.
•Original Size: Display video in original size of the
content.
Play Mode Press or to select the video play mode.
•Once
•Repeat One
•Repeat All
•Random
Auto Play Choose "On" to play the video automatically while
entering the video list.

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Using MPtG Converter Tool
Download MPtG converter tool from manual CD of projector. You can use this
tool to transfer PPT/PDF files and play by projector.
To install converter tool:
1 Insert manual CD in your PC, find "mptg.exe" in folder "Converter"
2 Execute the file "mptg.exe" on your PC/NB, and follow the onscreen
instructions to finish installation.
Click converter to select a PowerPoint or PDF files and start conversion.
The tool will transfer PowerPoint/PDF files to MPtG format. You can copy all of
converted results in media (ex. USB drive) you have and play MPtG files on
Presentation mode of Projector.
Note: Please make sure the Microsoft office is installed before
playing MPtG files. Office 2010 is not supported.
Note: Please make sure the Adobe reader or writer is installed
first. Adobe reader v.8, v.9, v9.1 are supported
Note: Please close required PowerPoint or PDF file before
conversion.

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Wireless Projection via acer USB
WiFi Adapter
Plug in acer USB WiFi adapter in USB type A slot of projector. Change projector
source upto USB A, and screen of projector will as below.
Enable your WLAN of Notebook and select the access point labeled
AcerProjector or AcerProjector XXXX to connect wirelessly. The Server IP
indicates the IP address (192.168.100.10) your projector uses to connect to a
wireless network.
Open the Internet browser and type by 192.168.100.10 or installation CD to
download Acer eProjection Management from the welcome page, and then
click Run to launch the Welcome to the Acer Projector Gateway Setup Wizard.
USB
HDMI AV IN DC IN
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The installation will proceed automatically. Make sure the installation is
complete.
Execute shortcut - Acer eProjection Management on desktop and see below
compact UI.
•Resolution : change the projection resolution
•Project : start and stop screen projection via wireless.
•Setting : tap Setting and link webpage by 192.168.100.10.
(1) Download : Download eProjection Management installer and install
for first time use. Windows and Mac OS are supported.
(2) Configure
• Networking Settings: You can adjust SSID name. This leaves 11
characters available for you to customize the name.
• Security Settings: You can have protection by setting up a WEP
or WPA-PSK key.

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The WEP key can support from 64- up to 128-bit encryption for wireless
connections. This feature can be set and enabled by the supervisor. You
must key in 5 or 13 ASCII characters, or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters.
The WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption key should be entered as 8 to 63 ASCII
characters. This feature can be set and enabled by the supervisor.
Note: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) is a code for representing characters as “0-9, a-z, A-Z,
!, @, #, $, %, &, *, -, _, +,=, /, ?“are allowed. Hexadecimal digits
consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F/a-f.
Note: If you are using Windows XP, you need to apply the WPA2-
PSK hotfix from Microsoft.
Note: Enabling WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK increases the computing load,
which may affect projection performance.
•About: displays version information of Acer eProjection Management.

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Projection with MobiShow
MobiShow allows content projection from a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone
(Android, iPhone). Install application - Mobishow on smartphone and connect
to wireless projector (SSID by AcerProjector) .
Note: Windows Mobile is not supported.
Using MobiShow
•Tape the MobiShow icon to launch application.
•MobiShow will turn on your mobile WiFi and display available access points
for you to choose.
•The MobiShow client will automatically search for wireless projectors (SSID
with prefix AcerProjector) and connect.
•If more than one projector is found, the following list is displayed for you
to select the one to use.
•You can enjoy photo viewer and PtG playback.

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Photo reviewer
When you select the Photo function, MobiShow will automatically open
Explorer for you to select a photo folder. Open a file (JPG format) and controls
show on your device's screen.
Icon Item Description
Prev/ Next Tap to go to the previous or next item on the
slide.
Pause/Stop Pause or stop playing photo.
Rotate Rotate to left or right photo.