Polaroid PV330 User Manual

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Maintaining the Projector

This section outlines problems you might encounter while using the 
projector and tells you how to solve them.

Warning:  Except to replace the lamp or dust filter, do not attempt to 

open the projector cabinet to service it yourself. Doing so will 
subject you to dangerous voltages and other hazards.

If you need technical help with the projector:

1  Check the table below to see if you can solve the problem.

2 Call your dealer’s technical support line and explain your problem.

3 Call Polaroid Corporation. Refer to the listing of Polaroid offices and 

When using a laptop, only 
the logo or blank screen is 
projected.

• Check that you have activated the video 

output port on the laptop computer. The 
logo will only appear if there is no signal 
present on the computer or video input. See 
“Activating the Laptop External Video 
Port” on page 32.

• Activate the external port on Macintosh 

computers by opening the Macintosh Con-
trol Panel and selecting Video Mirroring. 
See “Macintosh PowerBook Series 160, 165, 
180, 185, 500, 520, 540” on page 31.

The projected image has ver-
tical lines or vertical shaded 
areas in the background.

The frequency of the projector does not match 
the frequency of the computer. 
1 Press the Menu button on the remote con-

trol or on the projector keypad. 

2 Select Picture from the menu.

3 Select Frequency from the menu. 

4 Use the up and down direction keys on the 

remote control or on the projector keypad 
to adjust the frequency until the vertical 
lines and/or shaded areas disappear.

Tip: On a PC that is running Windows 95, 

use the Shut Down screen to adjust 
the frequency. To display this screen, 
click on the Start button in the lower 
left-hand corner of the screen. Click 
on Shut Down. When you finish the 
Frequency adjustment, click on No to 
return to the display screen.