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Originally Posted by mijotter /t/1432437/official-owners-thread-p...t-at6000e-european-version/2220#post_23862996
Does the 8000 need to be perfectly centered to the screen for the CIH to work properly when changing between ratios? Would roughly 4.5" of center horizontally be ok?
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Originally Posted by FilmReverie /t/1432437/official-owners-thread-p...t-at6000e-european-version/2220#post_23863069
The ae8000 doesn't need to be perfectly center. As long as you don't need lens shift between the two aspect ratios any lens shift position it is capable of will work just fine with the shifting aspect ratios.
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Originally Posted by GWCR /t/1432437/official-owners-thread-p...t-at6000e-european-version/2220#post_23863288
Perfectly centered, no. But you will want to test to make sure it works within your throw distance, screen size, etc. The center of my lens is about 2" above the top of my screen and a hair off center left to right. Once I got it centered with the joystick in 16:9, I used the v-area position and zoom to get the 2.35:1 correct. Save each setting, turn on the auto detect and BAM! Works like a charm.
Mine is about an inch above the top of the screen and a inch to the left of center. That is where the pain in the butt joy stick comes in. If I had it to do over his is the order I would do it in.
MAKE SURE YOU SAVE TO THE LENS CONTROL AREA OF THE MENU!!!!!
This only applies if you are ceiling mounted and have a Constant Image Area screen. My screen is a DYI frame stretched on a custom Seymour Center Stage XD materiel and is about 2.1 ratio 126" wide and 65" tall giving me a 2.35:1 of 126"X53" 136" diagonal and a 16x9 of 115"x65" 132" diagonal. (check my signature for screen build) When I turned on the projector the image was projected into my coffered ceiling. I did not realize that zooming to a larger screen actually lowered the image so I started messing with the joy stick big mistake. Here is what to do.
Edit 29 Oct I lowered my screen an inch and a half and followed the above procedure. Once you get the hang of the joystick this really works out great. So if you have a Constant Image Area or constant Image height screen this will work for you.
1. Power on for first time image will be projected high
2. Zoom until the image is on screen and is near the size that your screen is top to bottom. It may still be too high.
3. Focus on that size just enough so you can flip the image for ceiling mounting in the menu or learn how to read upside down your choice.
4. Put in your 16x9 source and start playing. Get into the movie not the trailers or menu of the disk.
5. Now loosen the joystick but not too much and center the image top to bottom. You will need to zoom in or out as you use the joy stick until you get it perfect.
6. Focus
7. Tighten the joy stick but not real tight.
8. This is where I could see I needed to fine tune the level on my Peerless Universal mount as the image was tilted down left to right about 3/4 “. Not bad for 115” wide image. After you adjust the level you may need to do step 5 thru 7 again until you are perfect.
8. Save this as 16x9 in the menu.
9. Put in a Scope source I used 2.40:1 get to the movie not the trailers or the menu.
10. Zoom out until you are close to filling the screen you will see more space on one side then the other if your projector is not centered like mine. I zoomed until one edge was just off the screen and the other was about an inch still inside the screen. Also as you zoom out the image drops as it gets larger as stated earlier.
11. As careful as you can because you do not want to screw up your height adjustment from earlier loosen the joy stick but keep it rather snug and move the image the direction you need to be. You will need to zoom in and out and play with the joy stick left to right until it is perfect.
12. Focus and save as 2.40:1
13. You can go into the menu and move your horizontal position on the screen up or down until you get the image where you want it. I wanted my image closer to the center so I moved it back up a little. You will have to resave the image.
14. Go into the menu and turn on the automatic detection of format.
15. Put the 16x9 source back in the projector. With any luck when the image resizes automatically your top and bottom will be as set in step 5. If not it is because of the stupid joy stick was nudged up or down when you did your left to right adjustment. I would repeat steps 5-8 until you get it perfect just be careful not to push joystick left to right when adjusting up and down. Resave this as 16x9. I am not certain but you may be able to adjust using the horizontal shift like step 13 instead of messing with the joy stick again.
16 If you made any changes via the joy stick you will have to resave this as 16x9 and then put the 2.40:1 image back in to insure you did not mess up the left to right again. If so repeat steps 11 thru 15 until you are satisfied it is centered left to right in scope and top to bottom in 16x9. If you made changes here you will have to repeat step 15 until both sources are where you want them.
Edit 29 Oct I lowered my screen an inch and a half and followed the above procedure. Once you get the hang of the joystick this really works out great. So if you have a Constant Image Area or constant Image height screen this will work for you.
From the photos it looks like the image is not square but that is not the case I guess that is what you get using a cell phone camera.
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20131020_223657.jpg.html
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20131020_224118.jpg.html
from my seat about 11 feet from screen
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20131020_224139.jpg.html
Edit 29 Oct I lowered my screen an inch and a half and followed the above procedure. Once you get the hang of the joystick this really works out great. So if you have a Constant Image Area or constant Image height screen this will work for you.