Epson's remote control for the G series is a typically good sized remote, black finish, white buttons and a reasonable backlight that's amber. I might complain that the backlight could be a touch brighter, but with something approaching 6000 lumens under the hood, the G6900WU isn't likely to be spending much time presenting in pitch black rooms.
Let's run through all the menu buttons. With our new site, we haven't figured out how to show the remote at near full size, with the descriptive text along side. So your stuck with clicking on the large image to get a good look at the remote, but having to close that window to read the notes. Here goes:
From the top, the left most button is power on. Press once. Next to it, is a smaller red button which is power down, and also a one press only. To their right is the backlight button. The backlight stays on for roughly 15 seconds, fading to black at the end.
Below the backlight button is Source Search, which will look through all the inputs and lock onto the first active source. For those in a hurry, the next three rows of three buttons each, take you directly to nine difference sources. Below that section are two more row of three, this group are direct buttons to menu features: Auto (sync - for computers), Aspect ratio, Color Mode, Test Patterns, Freeze (image), and the AV Mute. There are, I should note, 9 test patterns, providing a wide range of usable ones for alignment, color, more.
The next section is navigation. The round navigation layout has the four arrow keys, with Enter in the center. The buttons for navigation are above to the left (Menu) and right (Escape).
Unlike the arrows on the control panel on the G6900WU, the arrows do not have separate functions on the remote, when not in the menus.
The two buttons below the navigation are Split Screen (left) and Default. When in Split Screen, hitting Menu brings up options to switch screens, change sources, choose the audio and Exit back to single screen mode.
The next section consists of three rocker switches: Page (up/down) for remote "mousing", Volume up/down (no speakers, but controls the volume going out the audio output), The right rocker is digital zoom which allows you to zoom in to any section of the screen to a magnification of 4X which means you are filling your screen, with 1/16th of the original image size.
You'd think we'd be done by now, but there are three definable User areas. Default settings have User 1 taking you to the Lamp power menu, User 2 to Keystone correction, and the right button brings up Info.
And there's more. Below those, are a full numeric keyboard, for passwords, and setting ID (such as setting up networking) Finally at the bottom right is the interactive HELP button which provides four primary questions and takes you directly to adjusting those items. Example: The Image is Distorted, which if you proceed takes you to Geometric Correction, so you can adjust immediately instead of hunting down the same control by navigating the menus.
That's it. Good remote, very good range. 25 feet was no problem. Note also that this remote has a hard wire jack so that you can run a long cable from remote to projector, should the projector be placed where the IR remote signal won't reach it (rear projection is typical for that, but also long throw applications. For example, a projector might be mounted in a church, 100 feet from the screen, and well beyond the reach of the remote if held by someone up by the screen. Instead, run the cable, then, no problem!
