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E-3 Warnings and Safety Precautions ● Warning Symbols To alert the user to important safety precautions, the following symbols are usedin this manual and on the product. Make sure you understand what thesesymbols mean before operating the projector. WARNING : Death or serious injury may result if th...

E-4 • Do not look through the lens. • Do not look through the lens into the projector during operation.The powerful rays passing through the lens may damage the eyes. • Do not put the projector in unstable places. • Do not put the projector in unstable places such as on unstable desks orslopes.Doing...

E-5 • Clean the lens surface with a commercial blower or lens cleaning paper.Wiping with tissue paper or a handkerchief can damage the lens. • To clean the cabinet, operation panel, and glass surface, wipe gently with a softcloth. For particularly dirty spots, soak the cloth in a neutral detergent m...

E-7 ● Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a ClassA digital device, pursuant to Par t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de-signed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when theequipment is operated in a commercial environment. This...

E-8 Contents Part Names and Functions ............................................................ E-9 Projector ................................................................................................................... E-9 Terminal panel .......................................................

E-9 Part Names and Functions Part Names and Functions Projector Adjustment panel These buttons are provided for setting the adjustment menu.See page E-13 for details. Operation panel This panel houses the buttons and indicators used for normal control of the projector. The lamp ON/OFF button, input ...

E-10 NOTE • About the anti-theft lock MicroSaver and Kensington are registered trademarks of Kensington Technol-ogy Group. All product names mentioned in this document are trademarks orregistered trademarks of their respective owners.© 1998 Kensington Technology Group. Kensington Technology Group285...

E-11 Part Names and Functions ■ Terminal panel PC video input PC video output PC audio input Video Source audio inputs Video Source video input S-video video input Audio output Test (maintenance) input/output R L V OUT IN PC-AUDIO VIDEO-IN S-VIDEO TEST PC-OUT PC-IN S-video video input Video Source a...

E-12 ■ Buttons (Operation Panel) POWER LAMP ALARM OHP PC VIDEO ON/STANDBY BRIGHTNESS ZOOM Source selections (OHP, PC, video source) Lamp indicator ON/STANDBY Power indicator Magnification control Alarm indicator Brightness control ON/STANDBY button Source Selections (OHP, PC, andvideo source) Magnif...

E-13 Part Names and Functions ■ Buttons (Adjustment Panel) MENU SET ADJUST VOLUME SET button MENU button + / – button MENU button + / – button SET button * The menu screen and adjustment display are automatically turned off and the new settings are stored in memory after about 15 seconds if no butto...

E-14 Remote Control ON/STANDBY button Select buttons (OHP/PC/VIDEO) MENU button SET button / / t / s buttons ZOOM buttons Brightness control buttons Volume control buttons AUTO SYNC button KEY STONE button • Turns the projector lamp ON/OFF. • Only this button is valid when the projector lamp is turn...

E-15 Part Names and Functions ■ Using Remote Control • Use the Remote control within about 6 meters (20 feet) and within an angle of 30 ˚ either side of a line at right angles to the front or back of the projector. Note that the distance willdiminish as the batteries become exhausted. • Note that th...

E-16 Installation ■ Installation Procedure ■ Adjustable feet Use the adjustable feet to adjust the position or inclination of the projected image.Press the right and left tilt adjust button to lift the front side of the unit and let go your holdwhen the desired height is reached. Rotate the bottom o...

E-17 Installation ■ Projection Distance and Image Size Use the following diagrams to determine the exact image size and what screen is requiredfor any given projection distance. • The focal range is 1.43m (56.3") to 14.86m (585") from the lens. You must install your projector within this pro...

E-18 ■ Typical Installation 1. Determine where to set up your projector and screen. Set up your projector on a strong and stable surface that is as level as possible. 2. Connect the supplied power cable and press the ON/STANDBY button (or ON/ STANDBY button.) 3. Position your projector so that the s...

E-19 How to Connect Your Projector How to Connect Your Projector CAUTION • To protect your projector and external input devices, make sure that all power supplies connected to these devices are turned OFF. • For details of how to use and connect external input devices to be connected to your project...

E-20 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 15 14 13 12 11 About the PC INPUT and OUTPUT connectors A 15-pin mini D-SUB connector is used as the PC INPUT and OUTPUT terminals. Thefollowing shows the correspondence between pins and signals. 1 RED VIDEO 6 GND 11 GND 2 GREEN VIDEO 7 GND 12 ---- 3 BLUE VIDEO 8 GND 13 H.S...

E-21 How to Connect Your Projector ● Images are not projected correctly though they are displayed normally on the notebook PC. 1 Check the function of the notebook PC. There is a possibility that images are not projected correctly even through the images aredisplayed correctly on the LCD of the note...

E-22 ■ Input Signal Compatibility Table (PC video input) Signals marks by ● are compatible on the DT100. If there is a flicker or blur in the projected screen depending on PC model, adjust the screen using the "Sync adjustment" menu. Signal Resolution Horizontal Frequency Vertical Frequency ...

E-23 How to Connect Your Projector ● Typical Connection Examples ● IBM Notebook Models and Compatible IBM PC/AT and compatibles NOTE Connect the Supplied signal cable, then use the PC's software to check the external CRT output and internal LCDoutput status and select the correct mode.Unless in exte...

E-24 ● Apple Macintosh Notebook Models and Compatible Excluding PowerBook Duo, 100, 140, 145B, 150, and 170 NOTE • The Duo Dock or Mini Dock is required for the PowerBook Duo.• The PowerBook display adapter is supplied only with some PowerBook models. If not supplied, please purchase one from your M...

E-26 Main control OHP PC VIDEO Remote control OHP PC VIDEO POWER LAMP ALARM 2, 5, 6, 7 1 4 3 Operation ■ Basic Operation of Input Devices PC and Video Source Preparation : Turn on the power of PC or video source. 1 Connect the power cable. The unit enters the standby mode and the POWER indicator lig...

E-27 Operation 4 Adjust the focus. Rotate the lens focusing ring until a sharp image is projectedon the screen. 5 Compensating keystoning Refer to “Compensating keystoning” on page E-32. 6 Adjusting PC zoom Refer to “PC zoom” on page E-31. 7 Adjusting volume Remote control ZOOM Remote control VOLUME...

E-28 9 8 Main control ON/STANDBY Remote control ON/ STANDBY When You Have Finished Using Your Projector 8 Turn off the lamp. Press the ON/STANDBY button. “Press ON/STANDBY switch again to turn off ” appears on theprojected image. Press the ON/STANDBY button again.The LAMP indicator blinks in green a...

E-29 Operation Main control BRIGHTNESS Remote control BRIGHT Main control ZOOM Remote control ZOOM 1 2, 3, 4 ■ Basic Operation in the OHP Mode The functions described here can only be used when your projector is set for OHP use. NOTE • In the case of the OHP projection (material projection), there m...

E-30 4 Compensating keystoning. Refer to “Compensating keystoning” on page E-32. Remote control KEYSTONE Document Direction and Scan Size Place materials or printed matter in the following direction. The maximum scan size of materials or printed matter is 216 mm/8.5" (vertical) by 288 mm/11.3...

E-31 Operation ■ PC Zoom This function is valid only for PCs.The zoom function can be executed by the remote control. 1 Select the external input device. Press the PC (Personal Computer) button for the input device.The display of the PC input image appears.* You can select the external input device ...

E-32 ■ Compensating Keystoning After compensating keystoning, the resolution at the top (or bottom) of the image is deterio-rated and the small characters are hard to read. To prevent this, place the projector on abase as even as possible and set "Keystone" of the "Setting" menu to &...

E-33 Operation ■ Making Adjustment Menu Structure Use buttons to show the menu display on the projected screen for various adjustments andsettings. To show the main menu display, connect PC or video source, and press the MENU button (or MENU button) with the power turned on. Select each submenu from...

E-34 Description of Menu Items Each menu display and items and functions to be set are described. Refer to "Basic Opera-tion" on page E-37 for information about setting. ◆ Image adjustment Brightness Red Blue Standard Quit I m a g e a d j u s t m e n t 0 0 0 Contrast 0 <Image adjustment m...

E-35 Operation ◆ Video adjustment (Only when video source is selected as an input device) Sharpness Quit V i d e o a d j u s t m e n t 0 Color 0 Tint 0 R R R G G G Standard <Video adjustment menu> ◆ Memory (Only when PC is selected as an input device) M e m o r y S a v e L o a d Q u i t <Me...

E-36 ◆ Projection mode Floor Rear Quit P r o j e c t i o n m o d e <Projection mode menu> ◆ Video select (Only when video source is selected as an input device) V i d e o s e l e c t Quit AUTO PAL M PAL N PAL 60 PAL B , G , H , I NTSC 3.58 SECAM NTSC 4.43 <Video select menu> Menu item Pr...

E-37 Operation ■ Basic Operation The basic operation of each menu, “Image adjustment”, “Sync adjustment”, “Setting”, “Videoadjustment”, “Volume”, “Language selection”, “Projection mode”, and “Video select” isdescribed. Refer to E-41 page about the operation of the "Memory" menu. 1 Press the ...

E-38 3 Press the SET button (or SET button). The menu display of the item selected for setting. In the "Image adjustment", "Sync adjustment", "Setting" or "Video adjustment" menu, select “Standard” and press the SET button (or SET button) to return the setting to the ...

E-39 Operation MENU SET ADJUST VOLUME Main control When adjusting in units of point The menu items required to be adjusted in units of pointare “Contrast”, “Brightness”, “Red”, “Blue”, “Clock”, “Phase”,“Horizontal”, “Ver tical”, “Keystone”, “Tint”, “Color”, “Sharp-ness”, and “Volume”. See page E-34 ...

E-40 Main control MENU SET ADJUST VOLUME 5 Remote control OHP ON/ STANDBY AUTOSYNC PC VIDEO MENU SET ZOOM BRIGHT KEYSTONE VOLUME 5 4 -2 Others Other menu items include “Language selection”, “Projectionmode”, and “Video select”. See page E-34 for the detail ofeach menu. 4 -2 Press the buttons (or but...

E-41 Operation ■ About the "Memory" menu When PC is selected as an input device and you make an adjustment for the size of an image,noises and flicker, or the ver tical/horizontal positions, you can save the contents of the adjust-ment. You can then call up the saved contents of the setting....

E-42 ● Loading 1 Select "Memory" in the main menu. M e m o r y S a v e L o a d Q u i t 2 Select "Load". Press the MENU button (or / buttons) to select data to load.Select an item to which the saved data isregistered. The message "Load ?" appears as below and if you select [YE...

E-43 Maintenance Maintenance ■ Protection from Overheating Your projector is provided with internal protection circuits for preventing fire and damage tointernal components caused by abnormal temperature rises inside. When the ALARM indicator is blinking: ● Action 1. Pull out the power plug from the...

E-45 Maintenance ■ Replacing the Lamp unit The life of the lamp used on this projector is 1400 hours.(This may shorten due to theconditions of use.)The lamp is designed to forcibly turn off in the case of a lamp possibly breaking if it is usedbeyond the lamp usage of 1500 hours. When the lamp is use...

E-46 Quit S e t t i n g Auto power off O N O F F / Keystone 0 Start up screen O N O F F / Input signal Lamp usage time 1024 X 768 60Hz 48.2KHz 0H Standard OHP PC VIDEO MENU 1 2 3 NOTE • As a safety interlock, your projector lamp does not turn on unless the lamp unit cover is installed. • The lamp un...

E-47 Maintenance ■ Cleaning the Air filter The air filter keeps the optical components of your projector free from dust and dirt. Dust ordirt on the air filter can cause heat to build up inside your projector, resulting in the increaseof the fan speed. This, in turn, may reduce lamp life or result i...

E-48 See Page Troubleshooting If you think a fault has occurred, check the following table and take the required action. Problem Projector does not turn on E-18 E-45 The projector lamp does not light. E-45 E-47 E-43 E-45 No picture E-26 E-19, E-25 E-34 E-21 Picture is distorted. E-18 E-32 Picture is...

E-49 Troubleshooting Model Number Optical LCD panel Size Drive method Number of pixels Arrangement Lens Lamp Image size / Projection Distance Electrical Color reproduction Scanning frequency Display of available resolution (RGB signal input) OHP Scanner Scan speed Scan size PC Signal system (Analog ...