Before operating this projector, read this manual thoroughly and operate the projector properly. This projector provides many convenient features and functions. Operating the projector properly enables you to manage those features and maintains it in better condition for a considerable time. Improper operation may result in not only shortening the product-life, but also malfunctions, fire hazard, or other accidents.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. Read all of the instructions given here and retain them for later use. Unplug this projector from AC power supply before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
Federal Communication Commission Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
TRADEMARKS G Apple, Macintosh, and PowerBook are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer,Inc. G IBM and PS/2 are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines, Inc. G Windows and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. G Each name of corporations or products in the owner's manual is a trademark or a registered trademark of its respective corporation.
Compatibility This projector widely accepts various video and computer input signals including; G Computers IBM-compatible or Macintosh computer up to 1600 x 1200 resolution. G 6 Color Systems NTSC, PAL, SECAM, NTSC 4.43, PAL-M or PAL- N color system can be connected.
PREPARATION NAME OF EACH PART OF PROJECTOR FRONT OF CABINET INFRARED REMOTE RECEIVER PROJECTION LENS LENS CAP CAUTION Do not turn on a projector with lens cap attached. High temperature from light beam may damage lens cap and result in fire hazard. BACK OF CABINET EXHAUST VENT HOT AIR EXHAUSTED !
PREPARATION This projector uses nominal input voltages of 120 V or 200-240 V AC. This projector automatically selects correct input voltage. It is designed to work with single- phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor. To reduce risk of electrical shock, do not plug into any other type of power system.
Before setting up a projector, install Projection Lens on a Projector. 1. Before installation, check where a projector is used and prepare suitable lens. For specifications of Projection Lens, refer to manual separately attached or contact sales dealer where you purchased a projector. 2.
PREPARATION PICTURE LEVEL AND TILT ADJUSTMENT Picture tilt and projection angle can be adjusted with handles on both sides of a projector. Projection angle can be adjusted to 5.7 degrees upper way. Press knob on handle. Handle pop out. Turn handles (right and left) until picture is projected on proper position.
CONNECTING PROJECTOR TERMINALS OF PROJECTOR This projector applies various input/output terminals and 4 terminal slots for expansion to tune to diversity of signals from computers and video equipment. 4-built-in Terminal Slots enable you to arrange desired combinations of input sources just by changing Terminal Boards.
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CONNECTING PROJECTOR INPUT/OUTPUT TERMINALS AND JACKS INPUT 2 5 BNC INPUT JACKS Connect component video output (Cr, Y, Cb or Pr, Y, Pb) from video equipment to R/Pr, G/Y and B/Pb jacks or connect computer output [5 BNC Type (Red, Green, Blue, Horiz.
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SERIAL PORT IN TERMINAL If you control a projector by computer, you must connect a cable (not provided) from your computer to this terminal. SERIAL PORT OUT TERMINAL This terminal outputs signal SERIAL PORT IN from SERIAL PORT IN. More than two projectors can be controlled with one computer by connecting SERIAL PORT...
CONNECTING TO VIDEO EQUIPMENT Cables used for connection • Video Cable (BNC x 1, BNC x 2 or BNC x 3) • S-VIDEO Cable ✽ ✽ • Audio Cable (RCA x 2) ✽ = Cables are not supplied with this projector.) Video Source (example) Video Cassette Recorder Composite...
BEFORE OPERATION SIDE CONTROLS AND INDICATORS FRONT INDICATORS ZOOM BUTTONS Used to adjust zoom. (P23) MENU BUTTONS Used to open or close MENU operation. (P20, 21) SELECT BUTTON Used to execute item selected. It is also used to expand image in DIGITAL ZOOM mode.
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FRONT INDICATORS LAMP REPLACE INDICATOR WARNING TEMP. INDICATOR This indicator flashes red This LAMP REPLACE when internal projector indicator lights yellow when temperature is too high. any of Projection Lamps is (P43) nearing its end, and flashes when any of them becomes out.
BEFORE OPERATION OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL Left Side ALL-OFF SWITCH When using Remote Control Unit, turn this switch to “ON.” And turn it to “ALL OFF” when it is not used. This Remote Control Unit emits a laser beam as laser pointer function from Laser Light Window. When LASER button is pressed, laser light goes on.
ZOOM BUTTON Used to adjust zoom. (P23) ZOOM FOCUS D.ZOOM FOCUS BUTTON MUTE Used to adjust focus. (P23) MENU MUTE BUTTON Used to mute sound.(P25) LASER NO SHOW BUTTON Used to turn picture into KEYSTONE black image. (P24) NO SHOW AUTO PC ADJ.
BEFORE OPERATION OPERATING ON-SCREEN MENU HOW TO OPERATE ON-SCREEN MENU You can control and adjust this projector through ON-SCREEN MENU. Refer to following pages to operate each adjustment on ON-SCREEN MENU. 1 DISPLAY MENU Press MENU button to display ON-SCREEN MENU. 2 MOVING POINTER Move pointer ( ✽...
FOR PC SOURCE Press MENU BUTTON while connecting to PC input source. GUIDE WINDOW PC SYSTEM MENU Shows selected Used to select item of ON- computer system. SCREEN MENU. (Refer to P27, 28) INPUT MENU Used to select input source (Input 1, Input 2, Input 3 or Input 4).
BASIC OPERATION TURNING ON / OFF PROJECTOR Complete peripheral connections (with Computer, VCR, etc.) before turning on projector. (Refer to "CONNECTING TO PROJECTOR" on Pages 12~15 for connecting that equipment.) Connect a projector's AC Power Cord into a wall outlet and turn MAIN ON / OFF SWITCH to ON.
ADJUSTING SCREEN Press ZOOM L/M button on Side Control or on Remote Control Unit to display a message “Zoom”. Press ZOOM L button to make image larger, and press ZOOM M button to make image smaller. Press FOCUS L/M button on Side Control or on Remote Control Unit to display a message “Focus”.
BASIC OPERATION Press FREEZE button on Remote Control Unit to freeze picture on-screen. To cancel FREEZE function, press FREEZE button again or press any other button except POINT / SELECT / RIGHT CLICK / LASER button. Press NO SHOW button on Remote Control Unit to black out a image. To restore to normal image, press NO SHOW button again or press any other button except POINT / SELECT / RIGHT CLICK / LASER button.
SOUND ADJUSTMENT DIRECT OPERATION Volume Press VOLUME (+/–) button(s) on Side Control or on Remote Control Unit to adjust volume. Volume dialog box appears on screen for a few seconds. (+) button to increase volume, and (–) button for decreasing. Mute Press MUTE button on Remote Control Unit to cut off sound.
COMPUTER INPUT DIRECT OPERATION Select INPUT source by pressing INPUT 1/2 and INPUT 3/4 buttons on Side Control or on Remote Control Unit. MENU OPERATION Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT buttons to select Input and press SELECT button.
AUTOMATIC MULTI-SCAN SYSTEM This projector automatically tunes to most different types of computers based on VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA or UXGA (refer to “COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SPECIFICATION” on page 28). When selecting Computer, this projector automatically tunes to incoming signal and projects proper image without any special setting. (Some computers need setting manually.) Note : Projector may display one of following messages.
COMPUTER INPUT COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Basically this projector can accept a signal from all computers with V, H-Frequency mentioned below and less than 230 MHz of Dot Clock. ON-SCREEN RESOLUTION DISPLAY VGA 1 640 x 480 VGA 2 720 x 400 VGA 3 640 x 400 VGA 4...
Auto PC Adjustment function is provided to automatically adjust Fine sync, Total dots and Picture Position to conform to your computer. Auto PC Adjustment function can be operated as follows. Auto PC Adj. Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button to move a red frame pointer to PC ADJUST Menu icon.
COMPUTER INPUT This projector can automatically tune to display signals from most personal computers currently distributed. However, some computers employ special signal formats which are different from standard ones and may not be tuned by Multi-Scan system of this projector. If this happens, projector cannot reproduce a proper image and image may be recognized as a flickering picture, a non-synchronized picture, a non-centered picture or a skewed picture.
Display area Selects area displayed with this projector. Select resolution at Display area dialog box. Display area H Adjustment of horizontal area displayed with this projector. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to decrease/increase value and then press SELECT button. Display area V Adjustment of vertical area displayed with this projector.
COMPUTER INPUT PICTURE IMAGE ADJUSTMENT Select image level among Standard, Real, Image 1, Image 2, Image 3 and Image 4 by pressing IMAGE button on Side Control or on Remote Control Unit. Standard Normal picture level preset on this projector. Real Picture level with improved halftone for graphics.
IMAGE LEVEL ADJUSTMENT Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT buttons to move a red frame pointer to IMAGE ADJUST Menu icon. Press POINT DOWN button to move a red frame pointer to item that you want to adjust and then press SELECT button. Level of each item is displayed.
COMPUTER INPUT PICTURE SCREEN ADJUSTMENT This projector has a picture screen resize function, which enables you to display desirable image size. Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to move a red frame pointer to SCREEN Menu icon.
VIDEO INPUT SELECTING INPUT SOURCE WHEN SELECT INPUT 2 (5 BNC TERMINAL ) When connecting to video equipment, select a type of Video source in SOURCE SELECT (VIDEO) Menu. Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button to move a red frame pointer to INPUT Menu icon.
VIDEO INPUT Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT buttons to move a red frame pointer to AV SYSTEM Menu icon. Press POINT DOWN button to move a red arrow pointer to system that you want to select and then press SELECT button. VIDEO JACK OR S-VIDEO JACK Auto Projector automatically detects incoming Video system, and adjusts...
PICTURE IMAGE ADJUSTMENT IMAGE LEVEL SELECT (DIRECT) Select image level among Standard, Cinema, Image 1, Image 2, Image 3 and Image 4 by pressing IMAGE button on Side Control or on Remote Control Unit. Standard Normal picture level preset on this projector. Cinema Picture level adjusted for picture with fine tone.
VIDEO INPUT Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to move a red frame pointer to IMAGE ADJUST Menu icon. Press POINT DOWN button to move a red frame pointer to item that you want to adjust and then press SELECT button. Level of each item is displayed.
Store To store adjustment data, move a red frame pointer to Store icon and press SELECT button. Image Level Menu will appear. Move a red frame pointer to Image Level 1 to 4 and then press SELECT button. Other icons operates as follows. Reset Reset all adjustment to previous figure.
SETTING Press MENU button and ON-SCREEN MENU will appear. Press POINT LEFT/RIGHT button(s) to move a red-frame pointer to SETTING icon. Press POINT DOWN button to move a red-frame pointer to item that you want to set and then press SELECT button. Setting dialog box appears.
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Power management This function turns Projection Lamp off when this projector detects signal interruption and is not used for a certain period in order to reduce power consumption and maintain Lamp-life. (This projector is shipped with this function ON.) Power Management function operates to turn Projection Lamp off when input signal is interrupted and any button is not pressed over 5 minutes.
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SETTING This Projector is equipped with USB port for interactive operation between a projector and computer. Set mode following steps below. Wireless Mouse mode Select " " when controlling a computer with Remote Control of this projector. Projector mode Select " "...
APPENDIX OPERATING WIRELESS MOUSE Wireless Remote Control Unit is not only able to operate this projector but also usable as a wireless mouse for most Personal Computers. POINT buttons and two CLICK buttons are used for wireless mouse operation. This Wireless Mouse function is available only when PC mouse pointer is displayed on a projected screen. When ON- SCREEN MENU or any message / dialog box is displayed on screen instead of PC mouse pointer, this Wireless Mouse function cannot be used.
APPENDIX Air Filter prevents dust from accumulating on surface of Projection Lens and Projection Mirror. Should Air Filter become clogged with dust particles, it will reduce Cooling Fans' effectiveness and may result in internal heat build up and adversely affect life of a projector. Clean Air Filter following steps below: Turn power off, and disconnect AC power cord from AC outlet.
This Projector is equipped with 4 Projection Lamps to ensure brighter image and those lamps are controlled by Lamp Management Function. Lamp Management Function detects status of all lamps and shows status on screen or on LAMP REPLACE indicator. This function also automatically controls Lamp Mode when any of lamps is out for end of life or malfunctions.
APPENDIX When the life of the Projection Lamp of this projector draws to an end, the LAMP REPLACE indicator lights yellow. If this indicator lights yellow, replace the projection lamp with a new one promptly. FRONT INDICATORS READY WARNING TEMP. LAMP REPLACE Allow a projector to cool, for at least 45 minutes before...
ORDER REPLACEMENT LAMP Replacement Lamp can be ordered through your dealer. When ordering a Projection Lamp, give the following information to the dealer. Model No. of your projector Replacement Lamp Type No. LAMP HANDLING PRECAUTIONS This projector uses a high-pressure lamp which must be handled carefully and properly. Improper handling may result in accidents, injury, or create a fire hazard.
APPENDIX Before calling your dealer or service center for assistance, check matters below once again. 1. Make sure you have connected a projector to your computer or video equipment as described in section "CONNECTING PROJECTOR" on pages 12 ~ 15. 2.
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Problem: G Check batteries. Remote Control Unit G Check ALL-OFF switch on Remote Control Unit is set to “ON.”. does not work. G Make sure nothing is between Infrared Remote Receiver and Remote Control Unit. G Make sure you are not too far from a projector when using Remote Control Unit. Maximum operating range is 16.4’...
APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Projector Type Dimensions (W x H x D) Net Weight LCD Panel System Panel Resolution Number of Pixels Color System High Definition TV Signal Motorized Lens Shift Scanning Frequency Horizontal Resolution Projection Lamp Input 1 Jacks Input 2 Jacks Input 3 Jacks Input 4 Jacks Other Jacks...
CONFIGURATIONS OF TERMINALS DVI-I TERMINAL (DIGITAL/ANALOG) This terminal accepts only Digital (TMDS) or Analog (RGB) output signal. Connect display output terminal of computer to this terminal with DVI cable (supplied). Pin Configuration C1 C2 HDB 15-PIN TERMINAL (ANALOG) Connect display output terminal of computer to this terminal with VGA Cable (supplied). G When connecting Macintosh computer, use MAC/VGA Adapter (supplied).
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APPENDIX SERIAL PORT IN/OUT TERMINAL Pin Configuration Connect serial port output terminal of computer to this terminal with Serial Cable (not supplied). USB PORT TERMINAL Pin Configuration Connect USB port output terminal of computer or peripheral equipment to this terminal with USB port Cable (not supplied).
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