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[Jaysunvzw]

I have spent a great deal of time trying to educate myself on my Barco 701. I plan to build a screen for it next week like the one in the advanced procedures section of this site. I will be doing a ceiling mount for my projector. I would like any and all advice. I have read so much stuff on this site that I've just about scared myself from even trying. If you would like to reply I need further clarification on adjustment. Do I adjust on the floor and then re adjust after mounting it on the ceiling. My barco has a lot of electronic adjustments for aligning my screen. However if I understand correctly their is a lot of mechanical steps to align that I should work on first. Damn their is so much you have to know before trying to set this up that I'm a little frustrated.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

[jkruger]

I found it best to try to do as much as possible on the floor (or table), and then do it all again just to make sure I got it right before putting it overhead. (I mounted my first PJ before doing the convergence and it was a real pain in the A) Do you have a remote?
Once it is in final position you will have to do all the focus and convergence stuff again and the remote makes it much easier .

[garyfritz]

Adjustment on the floor is primarily to figure out the appropriate distance to the screen. Maximize the rasters to where you expect to use them, feed it a signal from your highest-frequency source (1080i, 720p, whatever you plan to use), then move the pj forward & back until the image fills the screen. That tells you how far away you should hang the projector.

Just about everything else will have to be done after the pj is mounted. Focus, convergence, etc is all position-dependent. You could set the color temps on the floor, but I'd wait to do it once everything else is set up.

When you hang it, be really anal about getting it right: exactly centered on the screen, exactly perpendicular to the screen, exactly level. That will reduce the work your convergence circuits have to do and give you a more stable setup.

Then do a really great job on the optical focus and flapping, and get to work on the convergence.

Do a good job on it, then quit when it looks "good enough" and watch some movies. Plan to go back and tweak with it often. Hopefully you enjoy that. You'll get better as you learn the projector and understand how it all works, and you'll be able to improve your setup with experience.

Above all, have fun!

[Jaysunvzw]

Thanks a lot guys for the tips. I love to tweak and I really like working on my projector so thats not an issue. Cant wait for my blackout material get here so I can get started. I don't have a remote so I'll be reaching a lot.