Hitachi CP-X1 Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE HITACHI CP-X1
VIDEO/DATA PROJECTOR AS SUPPLIED BY
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Be careful that children do not look directly into the light beam or touch
the lens.
After connecting to a computer, switch on the projector before the
computer.
When finished, switch off the bulb, not the mains, and allow the
projector to cool down.
In the winter bring in the video recorder and videos from a car first before setting up the equipment, to allow
maximum time for them to warm up, and connect the video recorder to the mains as soon as possible.
(Condensation can damage the recorder head.)
SETTING UP:
I suggest that you set up this equipment well in advance of the starting time for showing the video
or computer presentation, to ensure you are ready. The video/data projector should be put on a
table or firm base so that it cannot be knocked over, or pulled off if the leads were tripped over.
(Tie the leads around the table leg?)
When setting up the screen, attach the top to the arm so that it is leaning towards the projector.
This will allow you to have the screen higher than the projector for easier viewing, as the beam
needs to be near to right angles to the screen. To alter the angle of the projector there is a button
on each side which allows the feet to be adjusted. If the screen cannot be moved use the menu to
alter the setting for the KEYSTONE. You will not need blackout with this projector, but ensure
there is no bright light directly on the screen.
Setting-up the leads for use with video
[a] Take the lead that has 3 coloured phono jack plugs each end. These plugs have centre pins
that stick out which are used to take the video and audio signals from the video recorder to the
projector. Put the yellow plug into the corresponding coloured socket on the SCART adapter (this
converts the video recorder output from SCART to Phono). Plug the adapter into the rear of the
video recorder and the other end of the yellow lead into the corresponding projector coloured
input. The CP-X1 has no red and white audio in but has got a single audio in say from a laptop
using a phono.
Plug a mains extension lead, which has at least a double socket, into a suitable mains outlet, and
plug the projector and video recorder into this.
[b] If you are using a separate amplifier to the projector's internal amplifier, then these are the
instructions. The 30' long audio lead is used to connect the video recorder's sound output by
plugging the phono jack plug into the video recorder's SCART white and red sockets. Take the
wire to the amplifier, ideally by going along the back of chairs to the left and then down the side of
the room to the front, and then back out to where it is positioned. This reduces the chance of
tripping. (All leads that might be tripped over, please fix down with Gaffa tape.) Put the large jack
plug of the long lead into the line input socket of one amplifier. The other large plug is used when
both amplifiers are used. Switch on the mains and turn the volume control down. The two phono
to minijack socket lead supplied by us, is used with computer speakers. The jack socket to XLR
male plug is used with PA systems. The stereo mini jack to mini jack lead is used to take sound
from a computer / laptop to the projector.
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