Sanyo PLC-XC56 - Manual

5 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 fo...

6 Safety Instructions Openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked or covered. CAUTION Hot air is exhausted from the exhaust vent. When using or installing the projector, the f...

7 Compliance Federal Communications Commission Notice Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential ...

8 Part Names and Functions ① ⑤ ⑥ ③ ② Front Back ④ ① Air Intake Vent ② Power Cord Connector ③ Infrared Remote Receiver ④ Focus Ring (front) ⑤ Lens and Lens cover ⑥ Zoom Ring (rear) ⑦ Slide Shutter ⑧ Exhaust Vent CAUTION Hot air is exhausted from the exhaust vent. Do not put heat-sensitive objects nea...

11 Part Names and Functions  Note: To ensure safe operation, please observe the following precautions: – Do not bend, drop, or expose the remote control to moisture or heat. – For cleaning, use a soft dry cloth. Do not apply benzene, thinner, spray, or any chemical material. ⑦ ⑭ ⑩ ⑳ ④ ⑱ ② ⑧ ⑨ ⑬ ⑯ ⑤...

1 Part Names and Functions To ensure safe operation, please observe the following precautions : ● Use two (2) AAA or LR03 type alkaline batteries. ● Always replace batteries in sets. ● Do not use a new battery with a used battery. ● Avoid contact with water or liquid. ● Do not expose the remote cont...

1 For projector positioning, see the figures below. The projector should be set perpendicularly to the plane of the screen. Installation  Note: • The brightness in the room has a great influence on picture quality. It is recommended to limit ambient lighting in order to obtain the best image. • All...

14 Installation Unplug the power cords of both the projector and external equipment from the AC outlet before connecting cables. Cables used for connection • VGA Cable (Mini D-sub 15 pin) * • DVI-VGA Cable • DVI Cable • Audio Cables (*One cable is supplied; other cables are not supplied with the pro...

15 Installation Cables used for connection • Video and Audio Cable (RCA x 3) • S-Video Cable • Audio Cable (Cables are not supplied with the projector. ) Unplug the power cords of both the projector and external equipment from the AC outlet before connecting cables.  Note: When the AUDIO OUT is plu...

16 Installation  Note: • When the AUDIO OUT is plugged-in, the projector's built-in speaker is not available. • See page 77 for ordering optional cables. U n p l u g th e p o w e r c o r d s o f both the projector and external equipment from the AC outlet before connecting cables. Cables used for c...

17 Installation This projector uses nominal input voltages of 100-120 V or 200–240 V AC and it automatically selects the correct input voltage. It is designed to work with single-phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor. To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not plug into any oth...

18 The preparation display will disappear after 30 seconds. (See page 52 for Lamp control status.) Connect the projector’s AC power cord into an AC outlet. The POWER indicator lights red. Press the ON/STAND-BY button on the top control or on the remote control. The POWER indicator lights green and t...

19 what is PIN code? PIN (Personal Identification Number) code is a security code that allows the person who knows it to operate the projector. Setting a PIN code prevents unauthorized use of the projector. A PIN code consists of a four-digit number. Refer to the PIN code lock function in the Settin...

0 TO MAINTAIN THE LIFE OF THE LAMP, ONCE YOU TURN THE PROJECTOR ON, WAIT AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES BEFORE TURNING IT OFF. Power off? disappears after 4 seconds. Press the ON/STAND-BY button on the top control or on the remote control, and Power off? appears on the screen.Press the ON/STAND-BY button aga...

1 Basic Operation The projector can be adjusted or set via the On-Screen Menu. The menus have a hierarchical structure, with a main menu that is divided into submenus, which are further divided into other submenus. For each adjustment and setting procedure, refer to respective sections in this manua...

For detailed functions of each menu, see “Menu Tree” on pages 70-71. Basic Operation ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ Main Menu Sub-Menu ⑨ ⑩ ③ Image select For computer source, used to select an image mode from among Dynamic , Standard , Real , Blackboard(Green) , Colorboard and Image 1 - 4 (p.33). For Video source,...

Basic Operation Open the slide shutter. Rotate the Zoom Ring to zoom in and out. Rotate the Focus Ring to adjust the projected picture focus. Close the slide shutter. If a projected picture still has keystone distortion after pressing the AUTO SETUP button on the top control or the AUTO SET button o...

4 1 Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen Menu. Use the Point ▲▼ buttons to select Sound . Press the Point ► or the SELECT button to access the submenu items. Press the VOLUME+/– buttons on the top control or on the remote control to adjust the volume. The volume dialog box appears on the s...

5 Basic Operation Using the remote control for some frequently used operations is advisable. Just pressing one of the buttons enables you to make the desired operation quickly without calling up the On-Screen Menu. Press the COMPUTER 1/2, VIDEO, S-VIDEO and COMPONENT buttons on the remote control to...

6 Basic Operation black out → normal → black out → normal • • • • • Press the NO SHOW button on the remote control to black out the image. To restore to normal, press the NO SHOW button again or press any other button. The screen changes each time you press the NO SHOW button as follows. Press the P...

7 Choose either Computer 1(RGB) or Computer 1(Scart) or Computer (Analog) by pressing the INPUT button on the top control or press the COMPUTER 1 button or Computer 2 on the remote control. Before using INPUT button, correct input source should be selected through Menu operation as described below. ...

8 Computer Input Choose Computer (PC digital) or Computer (AV HDCP) by pressing the INPUT button on the top control or press the COMPUTER 2 button on the remote control. Before using INPUT button, correct input source should be selected through Menu operation as described below.  Note: • When the I...

9 Computer Input PC System Menu PC System Menu This projector automatically tunes to various types of computers with its Multi-scan system and Auto PC Adjustment. If a computer is selected as a signal source, this projector automatically detects the signal format and tunes to project a proper image ...

0 Computer Input Auto PC Adjustment function is provided to automatically adjust Fine sync . , Total dots , Horizontal , Vertical , Clamp , Display area H and Display area V positions to conform to your computer. PC adjust Menu To store adjustment parameters The adjusted parameters from the Auto PC ...

1 Computer Input PC adjust Menu Some computers employ special signal formats which may not be tuned by Multi-scan system of this projector. Manual PC Adjustment enables you to precisely adjust several parameters to match those signal formats. The projector has five independent memory areas to store ...

Computer Input Computer Input Image select Menu IMAGE button Remote Control IMAGE button Select the desired image mode among Dynamic , Standard , Real , Blackboard (Green) , Colorboard , Image 1 , Image , Image and Image 4 by pressing the IMAGE button on the remote control. Picture mode with improve...

4 Computer Input Image Adjust Menu Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen Menu. Use the Point ▲▼ buttons to select Image adjust and then press the Point ► or the SELECT button. 1 Use the Point ▲▼ buttons select the desired item and then press the SELECT button to display the adjustment dialo...

5 Computer Input This projector has the picture screen resize function, which enables you to customize the image size. Screen Menu Provide the image to fit the screen size. Provide the image in its original size. When the original image size is larger or smaller than the screen size (1024 x 768), th...

7 Choose Video or S-video by pressing the INPUT button on the top control or the VIDEO button or the S-video button on the remote control. 1 Input Menu Video Input When video input signal is connected to the VIDEO jack, select Video . Video When video input signal is connected to the S- VIDEO jack, ...

9 Video Input 1 AV System Menu (Video or S-video) AV System Menu (Component) If the projector cannot reproduce proper video image, select a specific broadcast signal format from among PAL , SECAM , NTSC , NTSC 4 .4 , PAL-M , and PAL-N . The projector automatically detects an incoming video signal, a...

4 Video Input Use the Point ◄► buttons to adjust the gamma value to obtain a better balance of contrast (from 0 to 15). Press the Point ◄ button to decrease the sharpness of the image; press the Point ► button to increase the sharpness of the image (from 0 to 15). An interlaced video signal can be d...

44 The language used in the On-Screen Menu is available in English , German , French , Italian , Spanish , Portuguese , Dutch , Swedish , Finnish , Polish , Hungarian , Romanian , Russian , Chinese , Korean , japanese , Turkish and Thai . Setting Menu Setting Press the MENU button to display the On-...

45 Setting  Note: • Auto Keystone corrects vertical distortion only, not correct horizontal distortion. • The Auto Keystone function cannot work when the Ceiling feature is set On in the Setting menu (p.50). • Perfect correction of the image distortion cannot be ensured with the Auto setup function...

46 This function is used to store or reset the keystone correction when the AC power cord is unplugged. Store ....... Keep the keystone correction even when the AC power cord is unplugged. Reset ....... Release the keystone correction when the AC power cord is unplugged. To correct keystone distorti...

47 Setting Logo (Logo and Logo PIN code lock settings) Logo select This function allows you to customize the screen logo with Logo select , capture , Logo PIN code lock and Logo PIN code change functions.  Note: When On is selected in the Logo PIN code lock function, Logo select and Capture functio...

49 Setting Enter a Logo PIN code Use the Point ▲▼ buttons to enter a number. Press the Point ► button to fix the number and move the red frame pointer to the next box. The number changes to  . If you fixed an incorrect number, use the Point ◄ button to move the pointer to the number you want to cor...

50 Setting Ceiling Rear When this function is set to On , the picture will be top/ bottom and left/right reversed. This function is used to project the image from a ceiling-mounted projector. When this function is set to On , the picture will be left/right reversed. This function is used to project ...

51 Setting Time left before Lamp is off. Power management For reducing power consumption as well as maintaining the lamp life, the Power management function turns off the projection lamp when the projector is not operated for a certain period. Select one of the following options: Ready ................

5 Setting You can replace the filter with this function. Press the SELECT button at Filter control to display a confirmation box. To replace, press the SELECT button at “YES” and the electrically operated filter starts to scroll. Filter control  Note: • Filter replacement icon and “Please wait . . ...

54 Setting Key lock Security (Key lock and PIN code lock) This function locks the top control and remote control buttons to prevent operation by unauthorized persons.Select Key lock and then press the SELECT button, and select the desired item by pressing the Point ▲▼ buttons. ..... Unlocked. ..... ...

56 This function provides the following options in the cooling fans’ operation when the projector is turned off (p.20). L1 ...... Normal operation L ...... Slower and lower-sound than the normal operation ( L1 ), but it takes more time to cool the projector down. Setting Fig.1 Filter replacement ico...

57 Setting This function returns all setting values except for the User logo , PIN code lock , Logo PIN code lock , Lamp counter and Filter counter to the factory default settings. Factory default This function records anomalous operations while the projector is in operation and use it when diagnosi...

58 The Information Menu is used for checking the status of the image signal being projected and the operation of the projector. Information Menu The horizontal frequency of the input signal is displayed in KHz , or - - - - - when no signal. The vertical frequency of the input signal is displayed in ...

59 The WARNING TEMP. indicator shows the state of the function which protects the projector. Check the state of the WARNING TEMP. indicator and the POWER indicator to take proper maintenance. The projector is shut down and the wARNING TEMP . indicator is blinking red . When the temperature inside th...

61 Maintenance and Cleaning Turn off the projector, and unplug the AC power cord from the AC outlet.First, clean up the dust on the projector and around the air vents. 1 Loosen 2 screws of the filter cover with a screwdriver and open the filter cover. Rotate the handle of the filter and pull out the...

6 Maintenance and Cleaning Be sure to reset the Filter counter after replacing the filter cartridge. Press the MENU button to display the On-Screen Menu. Use the Point ▲▼ buttons to select the Setting and then press the Point ► or SELECT buttons. Use the Point ▲▼ buttons select Filter counter and th...

64 Maintenance and Cleaning When the projection lamp of the projector reaches its end of life, the Lamp replacement icon appears on the screen and LAMP REPLACE indicator lights yellow. Replace the lamp with a new one promptly. The timing when the LAMP REPLACE indicator should light is depending on t...

65 Maintenance and Cleaning 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. ● Lamp life may differ from lamp to lamp and according to the environment of use. There is no guarantee Lamp ...

66 Problem: – Solutions No power – Plug the power cord of the projector into the AC outlet. – See if the POWER indicator lights red. – Wait until the POWER indicator stops blinking to turn on the projector again. The projector can be turned on after the POWER indicator turns red. See page 18. – Chec...

70 Appendix SVGA 1Mode 1Mode 2 - - - - Total dotsHorizontalVertical Display area HDisplay area V Reset Dynamic RealBlackboard (Green) Image 1Image 2Image 3 Image Adjust ContrastBrightnessColor temp. Red Gamma Store NormalTrue Digital zoom – Full 0–630–63 PC adjust Mode 1Mode 2Mode 3Mode 4Mode 5 Imag...

7 Check the indicators for projector condition. The projector is operating normally . The projector is off. (The AC power cord is unplugged.) The projector is in stand-by mode. Press the POWER ON/STAND-BY button to turn on the projector. Projector Condition POWER red/green Indicators LAMP REPLACE ye...

7 Appendix The projector has been cooled down enough and the temperature returns to normal. When turning on the projector, the WARNING TEMP. indicator stops blinking. Check and replace the filter. Projector Condition POWER red/green Indicators LAMP REPLACE yellow WARNING TEMP. red WARNING FILTER ora...

74 Appendix Basically this projector can accept the signal from all computers with the V-, H-Frequency mentioned below and less than 140 MHz of Dot Clock. When selecting these modes, PC adjustment can be limited. ON-SCREEN DISPLAy RESOLUTION H-Freq . (KHz) V-Freq . (Hz) VGA 1 640 x 480 31.47 59.88 V...

75 When the input signal is digital from DVI terminal, refer to the chart below.  Note: The specifications are subject to change without notice. Appendix ON-SCREEN DISPLAy RESOLUTION H-Freq . (KHz) V-Freq . (Hz) D-VGA 640 x 480 31.47 59.94 D-480p 640 x 480 31.47 59.88 ON-SCREEN DISPLAy RESOLUTION H...

76 Appendix Mechanical Information Projector Type Multi-media Projector Dimensions (W x H x D) 16.1" x 3.3" x 10.3" (410 mm x 85 mm x 262.8 mm) (Not including protrusions) Net Weight 9.0 lbs (4.1 kg) Feet �djustment 0˚ to 10˚ Panel Resolution LCD Panel System 0.63" TFT Active Matrix ...

77 Appendix Model No. COMPONENT~VGA Cable : POA-CA-COMPVGA SCART~VGA Cable : POA-CA-SCART VGA-Cable (10 m) : KA-MC-DB10 The parts listed below are optionally available. When ordering those parts, specify the item name and Model No. to the sales dealer. Accessories Owner’s Manual (CD-ROM) Quick Refer...

78 Appendix This projector is compliant with PJLink Standard Class 1 of JBMIA (Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association). This projector supports all commands defined by PJLink Class 1 and is verified conformance with PJLink Standard Class 1. For PJ Link password, see the...

79 Appendix COMPUTER IN 1 /COMPONENT IN /MONITOR OUT (ANALOG)Terminal: Analog RGB (Mini D-sub 15 pin) 5 1 2 3 4 10 9 6 7 8 15 14 13 11 12 Red (R/Cr) Input/Output Ground (Horiz.sync.) Green (G/Y) Input/Output ----- Blue (B/Cb) Input/Output Ground (Red)Ground (Green)Ground (Blue) 1 5 4 678 +5V Power/-...

80 Appendix Write down the PIN code number in the column below and keep it with this manual securely. If you forgot or lost the number and unable to operate the projector, contact the service station. Factory default set No: 1 2 3 4* Factory default set No: 4 3 2 1* Put the label below (supplied) on...

81 Appendix Unit: mm(inch) Screw Holes for Ceiling Mount Screw: M4 Depth: 12.0(0.472) 8.60(218.5) (50.7) 2.17(55.0) (410.0) 5.91(150.2) 3.04(77.3) 3.52(89.4) 2.17(55.2) 10.35(262.8) 10.50(266.8) 3.35(85.0) 4.04(102.7) 4.38(111.2) 2.81(71.5) 2.17(55.0) (56.3) (143.0) (230.0) (50.0) (50.8) (102.0) (97...