Epson Brightlink 595Wi Projector Review - Hardware Tour 2

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Jarrod Buckley

BRIGHTLINK 595WI PROJECTOR – HARDWARE TOUR PAGE 2: Inputs and Connectors, Remote Control

Talk about a lot of connectors! Fortunately most people will only use a modest number of these, as it would get very crowded in there if all were in use. That wouldn’t happen though when you consider that would mean, for openers, having up to six different sources hooked up. Unlikely to happen.

The 595Wi's connector panel is located at the back of recessed 'cubbyhole' that can be accessed once the cover panel has been removed. Let’s start in what appears in the photo, as the top left, with the Microphone input. This is a nice touch. Using a Mic with the projector’s 16 watt speaker will help any presenter better handle a somewhat noisy room, or a moderately large one.

As mentioned elsewhere, you can even use the mic feature with the projector lamp off, so that it can double as a small PA, without wasting lamp life or extra electricity.

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Brightlink 595Wi Remote Control

The Epson Brightlink’s remotre control is a compact one. No, it’s not a credit card type, it’s far larger than that, it has over 30 buttons on it. The range is pretty good, certainly works at more than 20 feet. It also worked well with standing behind, but off toward the side of the projector.

Let’s look at the remote control’s feature set, starting at the top, as usual:

The power switch is a blue button (the only non-white button) at the top left. It’s the usual, “press once for on, press twice to turn off.” To its right is Source Search which let’s you manually toggle through all the many inputs, or let it search to find the first one that’s active. The next four buttons relate to those inputs. There’s Computer, which toggles through the computer inputs, Video offers the S-Video and Composite, there’s a button for USB, and below it, one for the LAN network (as source).

Next comes four rows that are first, a numeric pad, useful with this projector for several functions, including security. But five of the buttons take on other uses when not in Numeric mode. Those functions are labeled, and are: MHL Menu, Auto (for syncing to a computer – if needed), Aspect Ratio, Color Mode (toggle through the choices), and Pen Mode.

The next section is navigation Menu on the upper left, and the four arrow keys in a round configuration in the center. Enter button (which can double as right mouse click) is in the middle of those arrows. The Escape button is upper right, across from Menu.

There’s a User button you can program (select a desired function) below Menu, and across from it, a button to bring up one of the three pointers.

Below all of that are three pair of buttons. Left are Page Up/Down for basic interactive (aka remote mousing), then E-zoom (digital zoom), and Volume Up/Down.

Three to go: A/V Mute (left), blanks the screen and audio, Freeze, which does what you expect: Freeze what’s on the screen, and finally, bottom right, Epson’s interactive Help function. (You’ll see an example in the following section on menus.

That pretty much covers the Epson’s remote control. Naturally it comes with batteries, a pair of double A’s, to be specific. No backlight, but rarely is one needed on a projector that can light up a room with over 3000 lumens.